By:John Prine
Song:Leave The Lights On

(E)Feeling kind of boney
On the telephoney
Talking to Marconi
Eating Rice-A-Roni
(A)Nominated for Tony
For acting like a phoney
(E)Watching Twilight Zoney
On my forty-two inch Sony
Th(B7)is is just a long song
It ain't no poem
Le(E)ave the lights on till you baby gets home.

(E)It's like sitting in the kitchen
When the music's really b***hin'
Your nose it starts to itchin'
As you count your old age pension
D(A)id I forget to mention
The ride that I was hitchin'
To the al(E)uminum convention
I had such good intentions
Ke(B7)ep you cotton pickin' fingers off my song poem
And le(E)ave the lights on till you baby gets home.

Le(E)ave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Do(A)n't forget your toothbrush
Your hairbrush and your comb
L(E)eave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Got a b(B7)ig ol' dog
A chrome crowbar
I k(E)eep that mother humper in the back seat of my car
(E)      (A)       (E)        (B7)       (A)       (E)

(E)Me and Billy Shakespeare
Stepped out to get a root beer
We sat together so near
People thought we were queer
Pun(A)ctuated by the big scare
We joined the Air Force right there
To d(E)efend our country first class
Who couldn't give a rat's ass
Do(B7)n't you tell me that the White House is my home
Le(E)ave the lights on till you baby gets home.

Le(E)ave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Do(A)n't forget your toothbrush
Your hairbrush and your comb
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Got a b(B7)ig ol' dog
A big iron bar
I k(E)eep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

(E)It's like kissing Greta Garbo
With a mouth full of marbles (A)
Like tr(E)ying to cash a paycheck
In the middle of a train wreck  (B7)
Le(E)ave the lights on
Leave the lights on

(E)Like trying to get aroundo
In a car made of bondo   (A)
Like sp(E)eaking German lingo
To a dog named Dingo(B7) - Plotz!!
(E)Leave the lights on
Leave the lights on

(E)Like a french-fried quesadilla
In a franchised pizzeria (A)
(E)Leave the lights on
Leave the lights on(B7)
A big iron bar
I k(E)eep that mother humper in the back seat of my car