I drove into the night to lay my head down In a dingy room in a nowhere town I'm gonna make it some day, I just don't know how But this is how it all goes down I drove all day into another town Where they were singing my songs, you'd have been so proud The story's always better when there's someone around But this is how it all goes down. So before you fall asleep tonight Please think of me before you turn out the lights Before you fall asleep tonight Please think of me before you turn out the lights The lights are always on I woke up last night from the oddest dream
Was finally living my life the way I meant it to be But you weren't there and it wasn't a dream It was just so unreal that that's how it seemed And this is how it all goes down We can catch up later when I finally get home I can square with the guilt of leaving you alone Because you're not here, this is not a dream But we're finally getting close to how I meant things to be We are getting so close to how I meant for things to be The lights are always on And this is how it all goes down The lights are always on This is how it all goes down The lights