WHEN I WAS YOUNG
I WAS FRIGHTENED
BY SHADOW MONSTERS
ON MY WALL
AND I WAS CONVINCED
THEY WOULD GET ME
IN THE DARK
IF I SLEPT AT ALL
I KNEW SHE WAS THERE
IN HER BEDROOM
SO I TIPTOED
DOWN THE HALL
LAY MY HEAD
ON THE FLOOR
AND TRIED TO SEE
UNDER HER DOOR
I WAS LOOKIN'
FOR THE LIGHT
WHEN IT WAS ON
I KNEW EVERYTHING
WAS ALRIGHT
BEFORE I COULD KNOCK
SHE'D OPEN THE DOOR
AND I'D LOOK UP
AND SEE THAT SMILE
SHE ALWAYS KNEW
WHEN I WAS LOOKIN'
FOR THE LIGHT
AT NINETEEN I HAD
ALL THE ANSWERS
THOUGHT I COULD
MAKE IT ON MY OWN
AS WE WERE PACKIN'
SHE SAID
DON'T EVER FORGET
THIS IS
ALWAYS YOUR HOME
SOON I FOUND A
ONE ROOM APARTMENT
HAS MONSTERS
OF IT'S OWN
SO SOMETIMES I GO OUT
AND DRIVE BY
THAT OLD HOUSE
AND I WAS LOOKIN'
FOR THE LIGHT
WHEN IT WAS ON
I KNEW EVERYTHING
WAS ALRIGHT
BEFORE I COULD KNOCK
SHE'D OPEN THE DOOR
AND I'D LOOK UP
AND SEE THAT SMILE
SHE ALWAYS KNEW
WHEN I WAS LOOKIN'
FOR THE LIGHT
I STOOD THERE
FILLED WITH FEAR
AS SHE WAS
PASSIN' AWAY
THEY SAID SHE
CAN'T HEAR YOU NOW
ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY
AS I SQUEEZED HER HAND
SHE OPENED HER EYES
AND SMILED FOR ME
ONE LAST TIME
SHE ALWAYS KNEW
WHEN I WAS LOOKIN'
FOR THE LIGHT