Nobody's getting what they wanted
Everyone is all alone inside
Some are barely breathing
Some are only half alive

Sitting on my own outside a window
TV screen's the only light I have
Soon I will be dreaming
And I hope that it will last

The chilly air of the evening
Is taking me downstream
Nothing really happens to me
The darkness is the only light I see
So please leave the light on for me...

And I find no comfort in the twilight
The secrets that I have I'll never tell
Soon I will forget you
And you will forget me here as well

So if you see my dreaming, won't you tell me?
I'm not sure who I'm supposed to be
The time's they are a changin'
And it's colder than the fall of '83

And doing all of this thinking
It does me no good
I'm doing nothing that I thought I would
Believe me, it's no easy feat to beat
So please leave the light on for me...