When the lights go down

he'll be fillin a pan with a broom in his had

in some dive across town

he'll be wiping the bar, moppin the floor

countin his tips, lockin the doors

wrestling the devil that tells him to pour another round

when the lights go down

she'll be callin her friends from her mercedes benz

but its too late now

they were there for the fame, the flash and the thrill

for the drop of the name, the parties, the pills

as another star falls from the hollywood hills without a sound



when the lights go down and theres nothin left to be

when the lights go down and the truth is all you see

when you feel that hole inside your soul

and you wonder what you're made of

well we all find out

when the lights go down



when the lights go down

at the end of the day when this game that i play

has gone another round

as i lay there alone on this big empty bed

with nothin but thoughts of you in my head

i think of the things that i wish i had said

when you were still around



when the lights go down and theres nothin left to be

when the lights go down and the truth is all you see

and i wonder if all my life's about the sum

of all my fears and all my doubts

when the lights go down



when the lights go down and theres nothin left to be

when the lights go down and the truth is all you see

when you feel that hole inside your soul

and you wonder what you're made of

well we all find out

when the lights go down



oo when the lights go down