shut out the light

the runway rushed up at him as he felt the wheels touch down, he stood out on the blacktop and took a taxi into town, he got out down on main street and went into a local bar, he bought a drink and found a seat in a corner off the dark, well she called up her mama to make sure the kids were out of the house, she checked herself out in the dining room mirror, and undid an extra button on her blouse, he felt her lying next to him, the clock said 4:00 am, he was staring at the ceiling, he couldn't move his hands, oh mama mama mama come quick, i've got the shakes and i'm gonna be sick, throw your arms around me in the cold dark night, hey now mama don't shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, well on his porch they stretched a banner that said "johnny welcome home", bobby pulled his ford out of the garage and they polished up the chrome, his mama said "johnny oh johnny, i'm so glad to have you back with me", his pa said he was sure they'd give him his job back down at the factory, oh mama mama mama come quick, i've got the shakes and i'm gonna be sick, throw your arms around me in the cold dark night, hey now mama don't shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, well deep in a dark forest, a forest filled with rain, beyond a stretch of maryland pines there's a river without a name, in the cold black water johnson leneir stands, he stares across the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been, oh mama mama mama come quick, i've got the shakes and i'm gonna be sick, throw your arms around me in the cold dark night, hey now mama don't shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light, don't you shut out the light