Empty Stadium, One Light Left Burning

Lyrics

Gates are chained and the lot is bare
Paper cups dancing in the cold night air
I used to sell programs at gate number four
Now I'm just a man at a locked iron door

Forty thousand voices used to shake these stands
Now there's one old janitor with a broom in his hands
He waves at my truck as I roll on by
Says the field still remembers when the lights were high

And somewhere up in the rafters
One bulb is burning still

Oh, leave one light on in the empty stadium
Somebody's gonna need it, somebody's gonna come
When the crowd goes home and the night gets long
There's a little light left on, there's a little light left on

I walked the warning track in my work boots slow
Thought about the summers, thought about the roar
Every game ends, every season turns
But the grass keeps growing and the old heart learns

Oh, leave one light on in the empty stadium
Somebody's gonna need it, somebody's gonna come
When the crowd goes home and the night gets long
There's a little light left on, there's a little light left on

Sing it to the seats, sing it to the sky
Sing it to the ones who said their goodbyes
The cheering never dies, it just goes quiet for a while
Like a long road home and a tired, tender smile

Oh, leave one light on in the empty stadium
Somebody's gonna need it, somebody's gonna come
When the crowd goes home and the night gets long
There's a little light left on, there's a little light left on

One little light left on
One little light left on