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Arlo Guthrie – Somebody Turned On The Light lyrics
By Hoyt Axton

I've been to wild Montana
I went there in a storm
My boots were Texas leather
My Levis wet and torn

I loved it in Montana
Loved it in the storm
I think I'm gonna cross that river
I just might be reborn

New York, New York - winter, '61
Takin' me a city ride
Somebody tall musta put out the lights
'Cause it got real dark outside

Chorus:
And I never saw the sun till '71
But I never gave up the fight
I sure was glad when I saw the dawn
Somebody, somebody turned on the light
Somebody turned on the light

Women, wine and fast red cars
And I couldn't see to read the signs
Somebody said "Whose life is this?"
And I said that it can't be mine

Chorus

When the world is wrong better right yourself
It'll make the dark clouds fly
Nobody tall can put out the lights
Just don't let the spirit die

If you never see the sun till '91
Don't you ever give up the fight
Sure be glad when you see the dawn
Somebody, somebody turns on the light
Somebody turns on the light.
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    Eddie Bryan
    Sounds like a song about rebirth, spiritual rebirth. I have always resisted the born again Christian idea of it but the turning on of the light does not need to have significance of a religious order. It's an Awakening and I thought of it this morning when I woke up.
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      Sounds like a song about rebirth, spiritual rebirth. I have always resisted the born again... Read more →

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