When The Lights Go Out - Wall Of Voodoo

Jimmy, Jimmy

Where have you been?

We had a date

It’s four am and you’re

Five hours late again

Jimmy said he had a feeling tonight…

He couldn’t go to sleep

It was getting light…

Drank some coffee and I got a buzz

So I got myself a fifth with a friend

And then the lights go out, and

He said it’ll be the same as yesterday

Hey-hey

When the lights go out

It’ll be the same

Hey-hey

Simi Valley, where the hell is that?

When I woke up, I swore I’d quit

No more, no more, I swore I swore

And then the lights go out, and

He said it’ll be the same as yesterday

Hey-hey

When the lights go out

It’ll be the same

Hey-hey

I slept with the door unlocked

When I left her…

I thought she might come back

Even though I knew her

Better than that

And I was better off, I did it anyway…

I’d wake and hear her voice decay

Into police sirens far away

Jimmy said he had a feeling tonight…

He couldn’t go to sleep

It was getting light…

And then the lights go out…