When the lights go down
he'll be fillin' a pan
with a broom in his hand
In some drive across town
he'll be wipin' the bar
and moppin' the floor
Countin' his tips
and knockin' the doors
Restlin' the devil that
tells him to poor
another round
When the lights go down
she'll be callin up friends
from the Mercedes Benz
But it's too late now
they were there for the fame
the flash and the thrill
the drop of the name
the parties and the hits
so another star falls from the
Hollywood hills
Without a sound
When the lights go down
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see
When you feel that hole
inside your soul
Wonder what your made of
where we all find out
When the lights go down
When the lights go down
At the end of the day
With this game that I play
It's gone another round
As I lay there alone
in this big empty bed
Nothing but thoughts of you
in my head
I think of the things
I wish I had said
when you were still around
When the lights go down
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see
And I wonder if all the lights
are down
some of them are here
and all my doubts
Yeah when the lights go down oh
When the lights go down
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see
When you feel that hole
inside your soul
Wonder what your made of
where we all find out
When the lights go down
when the lights go down