Lights Go Out (US Mix) [2005 Remaster]

Now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now
Now, now the lights go out
Now, now the lights go out
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now

I went to my mother, said
Please make me king
I went to my mother, said
I've got to be king
She said, son, well you've got to wait your turn
Patience is a virtue that you never seem to learn
You were born with nothing
To nothing you'll return

And now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out
There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now

I went to my father, said
Please make me king
I went to my father, said
I've got to be king
He said, son, well you've got to do your time
I've done fifty-three years and I haven't yet done mine
You're just one of the millions
Waiting in line

And now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out
There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now

History gave us meaning

Gave us a place
Gave my father reason
For the lines on his face
But we asked for the money

And money they gave
Forgot how that made us
Easy to enslave
So today at the office

We picked up the cheque
A handshake of gold
A stab in the back
The old men went home
Silent and bowed
And the young men went drinking
Drowning it out
So in every street

In every town

Comes some young pretender
All just gunning
Gunning for a crown

Take it
Take it
Take it
Take it all

But, but, oh
Now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out
There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now

Now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out

There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now
Now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out

There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now
Now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out

There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now

Now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out

There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now
Now, now the lights go out
There's no warning
Now, now the lights go out
There's no reason
Now, now the voices cry
We don't need you now