C
when societies crumble
F C
and everything's gone
C F
and the cars are all rusted away
C
and there ain't no more money
F C
and there's nothing to buy
Dm G
and all that we have is the day
C
when the world becomes silent
F C
no planes in the air
C F
when the voices just gather to sing
C
when the guns are the fence post
F C
the cars are the doghouse
Dm G
and the telephones no longer ring
F C
what, what of the night
F C G F
with no electrical light
G
so what then?
C F
you, you and the candles
Dm G
will be all that i need
C F
your face bathed in the firelight
Dm G
will be all i want to see
F G
and i'll still sing you a song
E7 Am G
that will last the whole night long oh
F G
you, you and the candles
C F C
when the grocery stores are all hollow inside
F C
and the airports are filled with a breeze
F C
after the anarchy finally subsides
Dm G
when you reckon with how it will be
C
when empires are humbled
F C
before the eyes of the people
F C
and the truth will be like a parade
C
when industry's fallen
F C
we'll make our own clothes now
Dm G
and gifts of our hands rise again
F C
what, what of the night
F C G F
with no electrical light
G
so what then?
C F
you, you and the candles
Dm G
will be all that i need
C F
your face bathed in the firelight
Dm G
will be all i want to see
F G
and i'll still sing you a song
E7 Am G
that will last the whole night long oh
F G
you, you and the candles
Dm
in a waste paper basket
F
the timing's fantastic
C G
for lovers to mean what they say
Dm
and a night lit in candles
F
on stained wooden mantles
C G
keep us safe 'til the night turns to day
C F
you, you and the storm clouds
Dm G
and the puddles at our feet
C F
the lightning cuts through the heavens
ch]Dm G
and light you so briefly
F G
and i'll still write you a song
E7 Am G
to last the whole night long
F G
you, you and the candles
F G
Oh,you, you, you. You and the candles.
C
