Put A Light In Your Window

Put A Light In Your Window
by Si Kahn, Jon Cobert & Tom Chapin
© Joe Hill Music, Red Wagon Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

I was standing at the station waiting for a Greyhound bus.
Had that familiar sensation thinking ‘bout the two of us
And how this old world will not leave us alone,
Put a light in your window Mama, I’m a’coming home.

I been out of circulation, I been out of my head.
Been in isolation, it’s a wonder I ain’t dead.
Now there’s money in my pocket, I got my new clothes on…
Put a light in your window, Mama, I’m a’coming home.

Put a light in your window, a pallet on your floor
Put a light in your window, lead me to your door

I had a fire in my belly, had my future in my hand.
Took me a long time, Babe, to understand
What a hard world this can be when you’re alone,
Put a light in your window, Mama, I’m a’coming home.

Put a light in your window, a beacon in the dark
Put a light in your window, put some hope in my heart
Some hope in my heart

I thought I knew everything there was to know
Where the sky was blue and why the four winds blow
‘Til the darkness took me, stripped me to the bone,
Put a light in your window, Mama, I’m a’coming home.

Put a light in your window, keep it burning bright
Put a light in your window, I’ll be home tonight
Put a light in your window, I’ve come a long, long way
You better blow out that candle, Ma, I’m coming home to stay
Home to stay, yeah, home to stay.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's 70 CD.

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