When The Lights Go Down

When the lights go down 
he'll be fillin a pan with a broom in his had 
in some dive across town 
he'll be wiping the bar, moppin the floor 
countin his tips, lockin the doors 
wrestling the devil that tells him to pour another round 
when the lights go down 
she'll be callin her friends from her mercedes benz 
but its too late now 
they were there for the fame, the flash and the thrill 
for the drop of the name, the parties, the pills 
as another star falls from the hollywood hills without a sound 

when the lights go down and theres nothin left to be 
when the lights go down and the truth is all you see 
when you feel that hole inside your soul 
and you wonder what you're made of 
well we all find out 
when the lights go down 

when the lights go down 
at the end of the day when this game that i play 
has gone another round 
as i lay there alone on this big empty bed 
with nothin but thoughts of you in my head 
i think of the things that i wish i had said 
when you were still around 

when the lights go down and theres nothin left to be 
when the lights go down and the truth is all you see 
and i wonder if all my life's about the sum 
of all my fears and all my doubts 
when the lights go down 

when the lights go down and theres nothin left to be 
when the lights go down and the truth is all you see 
when you feel that hole inside your soul 
and you wonder what you're made of 
well we all find out 
when the lights go down 

oo when the lights go down