When The Lights Go Down

When the lights go down
he'll be fillin' a pan with a broom in his hand
In some drive across town
he'll be wipin' the bar, and moppin' the floor
Countin' his tips, and knockin' the doors
Restlin' the devil that tells him to poor, another round

When the lights go down
she'll be callin up friends from the Mercedes Benz
But it's too late now
they were there for the fame, the flash, and the thrill
the drop of the name, the parties, and the hits
so another star falls from the Hollywood hills
Without a sound

When the lights go down
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see

When you feel that hole
inside your soul
Wonder what your made of
where we all find out
When the lights go down

When the lights go down
At the end of the day
With this game that I play
It's gone another round
As I lay there alone in this big empty bed
Nothing but thoughts of you in my head
I think of the things I wish I had said
when you were still around

When the lights go down
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see

And I wonder if all the lights are down
some of them are here
and all my doubts
Yeah, when the lights go down, oh

when the lights go down
when theres nothing left to be
when the lights go down
and the truth is all you see
when you feel that hole
inside your soul
wonder what your made of
where we all find out
when the lights go down

oooo, when the lights go down

Free

I had it tough when I was just a little kid
It didnt matter what I thought
It didnt matter what I did

I felt the doubt for what I lacked
Right from the start
It did a number on my head
But it could never touch my heart

Cause I had just enough imagination
Just enough to keep the faith
That somehow I would think of what to do
When Id get lost in a momentary weakness of emotion
All the angels came around to help me through

Life pulls fast changes
Winds blows past pages
All I see is I dont need this
Highstrung tight rope walk
Ticking time bomb clock
Scratch my name off
Cut these chains

Im free
Kicking out of that prison...I am free
Singing those words of wisdom...let it be
Nobodys gonna put the blues inside of me

And in the stress to be the best, Ive done it all
Ive slammed the doors, Ive jammed the locks
Ive laid the bricks, Ive built the walls
No one could tell me back then
Why joy eluded me
Kept bumping into that misery
Locked up deep down inside of me
Took that rage and I
Turned that page and I
Packed my tools, went back to school
And I passed my graduation
And I hold my Ph.D.
In crash test blues I paid those dues

Im free
Kicking out of that prison...I am free
Singing those words of wisdom...let it be
Nobody gonna put those blues inside of me

Time flies by in photographs
And paper scraps and songs
Here I stand in ruby slippers
Three taps takes me home, yeah

Im free
Im free
Im free
Kicking out of that prison...I am free
Singing those words of wisdom...let it be
Let it be
Nobody gonna put those blues inside of me

Yeah, I am free
I am free
Im free
I am free
Im free
Im free

Time flies by in photographs
And paper scraps and songs
Here I stand in ruby slippers
Three taps takes me home

Im Free
Im free
Im free

Yeah, Im free
Free