No One Turns Me On Lyrics

I am a lamp

On the table

The son of the living room

You can find me shining

Mornin, night, or noon

The old man that I work for

He's gettin on in years

He was married fifty-seven

Then she left him for Heaven

Now I illuminate her picture

Stained with his mournful tears

He's up each morning

Drinkin coffee and watching CNN

Says he's ready to go home

But home is where he's been

The last time that I saw him

He was wheelchair bound and thin

Then they wheeled him to a nursing home

We never spoke again

Now no one turns me on

In the middle of the night

Nobody jokes, nobody smokes, Nobody needs a light

My days are dark and dim now

Except for a nightly timer

No one turns me on

Now he's in the ground beside her

I stand here waiting

Oh so patient

For someone to flick my switch

It's usually their firstborn

Or one of the grandkids

They're cleaning out the cabinets

And they're going through what's left

My bulb shines ever stronger

Wish they'd stay a little longer

They turned off all the water

I'm afraid I might be next

Through the window

In the front yard

Sets a sign that says "For Sale"

Someone come by just today

To gather all the mail

How I miss that sweet old man

And I wish that he was home

Watching Western's there beside me

Now he's left me all alone

Now no one turns me on

In the middle of the night

Nobody jokes, nobody smokes, Nobody needs a light

My days are dark and dim now

Except for a nightly timer

No one turns me on

Now he's in the ground beside her

I am a lamp on the table

And I'm looking for a friend

Won't someone come get me

And make my darkness end