Baby,
leave a candle burning for me.
And, baby
leave the curtains open wide.
Momma,
please be sure that the window’s shining bright.
I’ll be
walking in sometime tonight.
The moon
and the stars have all retired,
And the
lantern that I had was left behind.
Prometheus
refused to lend my fire.
Baby, let
a candle ease my mind.
I’ll be
walking through that empty forest,
With the
shadows that are only seen at night,
And,
baby, just to show that you’re still waiting,
Let a
candle burn for me tonight.
Oh, don't
let me down,
Oh, don't
let me down,
Let there
be light when I get around,
To the
door.
This
darkness is so cold as it hugs my body,
And
leads me shivering through the crooked trees,
I hope so
that I will not now become one,
And rot
until I’m taken by the breeze.
I cannot
turn my face back to the twilight,
I know
that if I did, it’d blind me,
And then,
my darling, then they’d never let me see you again,
Baby,
leave a candle burning for me.
Oh, don't
let me down,
Oh, don't
let me down,
Let there
be light when I get around,
To the
door.
Baby,
come and see my lonesome graveyard,
And leave
flowers so the neighbors all can see.
The love
that I had found in greener pastures,
And
honey, leave a candle burning for me.
Darling,
leave a candle burning for me.
Baby,
leave a candle burning for me.