When the Lights Came On - Strawbs

The party wasn’t over when my friends started leaving

Still a lot of things I had to say

If I walked back in the room would it be the way I left it?

Lost my nerve and turned away

And the rains came, and the skies turned grey

When the lights came on

I could see the picture

It burned my eyes and it bruised my mind

Gave me hope to face the future

I was not alone when the lights came on

They crucified the ox and threw his carcass to the fire

Stood around proclaiming they were free

Stripped away his flesh while giving thanks for all his labours

No-one saw the joke but him and me

Then the rains came, and the skies turned grey

The wise man built his house upon the rock beside the river

Cared not for the storms that lashed around

The foolish man was tempted, dipped his soul into the water

His body, though at peace, has not been found

Because the rains came, and the skies turned grey