The Light in Her Window

Verse 1

Every night at half past nine
I’d walk that same old street
A little light behind the blind
Made every night complete

I never knew her name back then
She never noticed me
But somehow when that light came on
That’s where I had to be

Chorus

Oh, the light in her window
Was shining every night
The light in her window
Made everything seem right

But tonight I walked the old way home
And something wasn’t right
I looked up at her window…
There wasn’t any light

Verse 2

Next morning on my way to work
A van stood by the door
Boxes waited on the step
I’d never seen before

I watched them take the curtains down
And carry them away
And wondered why somebody
I’d never met could make me feel this way

Chorus

Oh, the light in her window
Was shining every night
The light in her window
Made everything seem right

But tonight I walked the old way home
And something wasn’t right
I looked up at her window…
There wasn’t any light

Verse 3

A week went by, then maybe two
I still walked home that way
Someone else had moved inside
The curtains changed one day

And every night their light came on
Behind that window pane
Funny how the very same light
Could never look the same

Bridge

I should have stopped
I should have tried
I should have knocked
Just once, that night

But sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost
What never quite was yours

Final Chorus

Oh, the light in her window
Was shining every night
The light in her window
Made everything seem right

Now someone else’s light comes on
As I walk home each night
But I’ll always see her window…
And remember that little light

Outro

The light in her window…
The light in her window…
That used to shine for me.

Lyrics Michael Forty

Voice Michael Forty

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