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Artist: Iris DeMent
Canonical path: /iris-dement/wait-for-the-blackout
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Wait For The Blackout
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Wait For The Blackout
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Don't you ask me to come out
out when the sun does shine
Gonna stay here with curtains drawn
in darkness you'll be mine
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Well welcome to my basement flat
No windows to see through
With darkness closing in, my friend
We both know what to do
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Yea!
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Come roam with me upon this earth
Keep us both alive
Know everything has lasted here
And ne'er would survive
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
In darkness there is no sin Light only brings in fear There's
nothing to corrupt the eyes There is no vision here At first you
may find it strange But do not go away The darkness holds a power
that you wont find in the day There is no vision here (repeat)
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