Lights at Night

The neighborhood's asleep There is nothing for you now So just count those tiny sheep And forget you know this house But before you drift away There is something we can do A little game that we can play Something that's fresh and new Now tell me how many lights do you see? Yes, how many lights do you see? Well there's one that says that night has come And there's one that says you're still awake And there's one that guides the children home And there's one to light the path they take There's one to keep the dark at bay And there's two to tell me you got home And there's one that lights the entryway Then there's four that say we're not alone How many lights do you see? How many lights do you see? There's one that says it's closing time And there's lots that watch this dimming world And there's one that will complete this rhyme And there's lots that shine on every word There's one that sees Saturday shrink And there's one that waits for Sunday mass And there's one that watches Mommy drink As she cries into her murky glass How many lights do you see? How many lights do you see? There's one that tells the birds to fly There's a dim one that is quite discrete There's a bright one in the Western sky That shines down on these quiet streets There's one that helps the stranded see But reminds them that their life's at stake There are so many that lay hidden now But will show themselves when you awake Now I see you in your dreams A peaceful little brain Tired arms that once heaved But as of now feel no pain Dismiss all the fear Away in the streets There is nothing left to hear So just listen to your heart beat