"LITTLE
BIT O' LIGHT"
is
a song about those restless, sleepless, hundred-year-long nights when
your mind won't stop turning and your worries won't stop worrying you.
And what you might try doing about that as you hang on. It was originally
titled "Such a Night," until several people pointed me to a
Dr. John tune of that title.
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VOCAL:
Douglas Imbrogno
GUITAR: Douglas
Imbrogno
ELECTRONICA: Gar
Ragland, Stephen Sikorsky
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All songs by Douglas Imbrogno (except 'Lights' by Rebecca Skeen Webb, 'Rosie's Lullaby,' by Bob Webb and 'Scarborough Fair,' traditional) Copyright 2004.
LITTLE
BIT O' LIGHT
words & music by Douglas Imbrogno (copyright 2004)
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The
avenue is wet and cold and dark...
Rain pours down like it's time for Noah's Ark.
The news is bad, but it always seems to be.
It's even worse when you take it personally.
Midnight's
past, it's a hundred years to go,
before the sun returns with the power of its glow.
CHORUS:
Ain't nothin' there but a little bit o' light.
It's enough to carry you, through a long and lonesome night.
We all can recall ... such a night.
The
sky is grey, the color of a stone.
Wind blows hard, it sounds just like a moan.
You need some sleep, but that party in your head
Goes on and on and on and on... while you toss and turn
in bed.
So strike a match, a candle lights the room...
Sit there quietly in the center of the room.
CHORUS:
Ain't nothin' there but a little bit o' light.
It's enough to carry you, through a long and lonesome night.
We all can recall ... such a night.
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