The Candle

from Hometown Blues by Morgan and Lundi Knight

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As the light gets brighter
and the flame reaches higher
reaches higher and gets hotter
and the wax, it flows like water
flows like water away from me

And if I can't be free with you
then I'll have to be free from you
to find what I need
I could wait for you
I could wait forever
but I can't wait around for me

The wick is getting shorter
with the time I can afford her
it grows dimmer in the night
but I don't need no candle light
don't need candle light to see

That if I can't be free with you
then I'll have to be free from you
to find what I need
I could wait for you
I could wait forever
But I can't wait around for me

With the Moon right above her
I don't wanna light another
gotta keep the candle burning
just as I keep learning
I keep learning just to let her be

And if I can't be free with you
then I'll have to be free from you
to find what I need
If I wait for you
I could wait forever
if I can wait around for me
if I can wait around for me

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from Hometown Blues, released August 28, 2015
Written by Morgan and Lundi Knight

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