Keeper of the Light on Cedar Point

Lyrics

I came to Cedar Point with nothing left to lose
A bad back and a bottle and a pair of broken shoes
The old keeper looked me over, said "there's work if you can climb"
So I polished brass for winters, learned to count the dark by time

Oh, keep the light, keep the light
For the lost ones out in the night
You don't have to know their names
Just keep the flame, keep the flame
Keep the light, keep the light
Somebody's coming in tonight
And the dark don't last forever
When you keep the light

Every storm that rolled across brought another battered ship
Fishermen with frozen hands, and tears on every lip
I never saw them make the harbor, never heard them say thank you
But I'd see their lanterns in the morning, and I knew what I'd got through

Oh, keep the light, keep the light
For the lost ones out in the night
You don't have to know their names
Just keep the flame, keep the flame
Keep the light, keep the light
Somebody's coming in tonight
And the dark don't last forever
When you keep the light

I was the one who was lost once, on a road with no end
And a stranger left a porch light on, and I stepped in
Now I climb these hundred stairs each dusk, to pay it back in kind
It's the only kind of thanks I know, to leave a light behind

They say they're putting in a robot lamp, no keeper needed soon
But I'll sit here on the gallery beneath the harvest moon
And when it's done, and the tower's dark, I'll say it to the sea
I kept my light, I kept it well, now somebody keep it for me

Oh, keep the light, keep the light
For the lost ones out in the night
You don't have to know their names
Just keep the flame, keep the flame
Keep the light, keep the light
Somebody's coming in tonight
And the dark don't last forever
When you keep the light

When you keep the light