Lyrics

"LIGHTHOUSE"

V1
CARVED IN STONE ON THE FRONT, BUILT IN THIRTY FOUR
A SIGN THAT READ, GOD BRING OUR SAILORS SAFELY BACK TO SHORE
HER WALLS WERE CRACKED AND WEATHERED, AND AT A MEETING OF THE TOWN
(THEY SAID) COST TO MUCH TO KEEP HER UP, NEED TO TEAR THAT OLD LIGHTHOUSE DOWN?

V2
THEN FROM THE BACK AN OLD SEAMAN SPOKE, SAID NOW FOR YOU ALL DECIDE
YOU NEED TO THINK BACK THROUGH THE YEARS AND ALL THOSE STORMY NIGHTS
(WHEN SO) MANY COULD HAVE PERISHED, ?NEATH A SEA OF ANGRY WAVES
BUT THANKS TO THAT OLD LIGHTHOUSE, SOME OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY?

CHORUS
(THEN HE SAID) YOU NEVER KNOW, WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A LIGHTHOUSE
STORMS CAN COME WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT THEM TO
IT?S EASY TO FORGET, WHEN___SKIES ARE CLEAR AND BLUE
AND THE SEAS___ARE CALM, ALL AROUND
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A LIGHTHOUSE?

V3
THAT NIGHT THE TOWN LAY SLEEPING, THE WINDS BEGAN TO BLOW
SOME SAID IT WAS THE WORST STORM, THEY HAD EVER KNOWN
THEY NEVER SAW IT COMIN' SPITE ALL THEIR TECHNOLOGY
ALL THE TOWN COULD DO WAS WAIT AND PRAY, FOR THEIR FISHERMEN LOST AT SEA?

CHORUS
YOU NEVER KNOW, WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A LIGHTHOUSE
STORMS CAN COME WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT THEM TO
IT?S EASY TO FORGET, WHEN___SKIES ARE CLEAR AND BLUE
AND THE SEAS___ARE CALM, ALL AROUND
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A LIGHTHOUSE?

BRIDGE
BY DAYBREAK EVERY FISHERMAN (HAD MADE IT) BACK TO SHORE
EACH SAID THEY?D NEVER SEEN THAT LIGHT, SHINE SO BRIGHT BEFORE
THAT OLD FISHERMAN JUST STOOD THERE SMILING, CAUSE WHAT THEY DIDN?T KNOW
WAS THE LIGHT IN THAT OLD LIGHTHOUSE, BURNED OUT TWO NIGHTS AGO?

CHORUS
YOU NEVER KNOW, WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A LIGHTHOUSE
STORMS CAN COME WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT THEM TO
IT?S EASY TO FORGET, WHEN___SKIES ARE CLEAR AND BLUE
AND THE SEAS___ARE CALM, ALL AROUND
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A LIGHTHOUSE?

TAG
YOU NEVER KNOW, WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A LIGHTHOUSE?
© 2004

WRITTEN BY:
RON STEVENS
JERRY BLACKBURN