A                    Em
   Woke up Wednesday morning
               G
Staring at the ceiling
             D                               A
Hoping for deliverance from the distances in you
                        Em
This room feels like an oven
            G
Somewhere south of nowhere
   D
North of nothing


A                        Em
   And I'm barely out of Tuesday
                    G
Seen seven hours of Wednesday
D
   And I guess I've got regrets
A                      Em
   Well, maybe you could leave a light on
G                D
Leave a light on for me


[CHORUS]

Em      G       D             A           Em
Can you see her waiting there down by the sea?
       G                D                A
With a hat on above her eyes that are looking for me
Em     G      D            A       Em
If you see me coming home, turn me away
                   G
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday


[VERSE]

A                      Em
   She kept me at a distance
                    G            D
And fifty-two weeks later, we're still the same
A                       Em                G
   I'm standing in my basement, making my arrangements
                    D
And waiting for the telephone to ring, to ring, to ring


A                      Em                               G
   So I left for Minnesota where the weather's getting colder
              D
And people are changing
A                        Em
   Well, maybe you could leave a light on
G                    D
Leave a light on for me


[CHORUS]

    Em      G       D             A           Em
Oh, can you see her waiting there down by the sea?
           G          D                 A
And have arrangements made there for welcoming me
    Em     G      D            A       Em
And if you see me coming home, turn me away
                   G
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday


[BRIDGE]

Bm              F#m                  G            D
And if all this distance ain't gonna bring you to me
Bm              Em                G
Then what's the point of all this patience?
Bm              F#m            G               D
It's not your nature, you just keep what you need
    G            D           Em     G
And you got some pictures of me


[VERSE]

A                      Em
   I woke up Wednesday morning
                   G
Sometime Wednesday evening
             D                            A
Hoping for a piece of something easy to believe
                         Em
When you live out on the border
                  G
Of everything and nothing
                    D
There's nothing but waking and dreaming


A                            Em
   And I'm barely out of Tuesday
             G
No one to receive me
              D
And nothing is changing
A                        Em
   Well, maybe you could leave a light on
G                D
Leave a light on for me


[CHORUS]

    Em      G       D             A           Em
Oh, can you see her waiting there down by the sea?
          G                     D         A
There's a light on, but there's nobody waiting for me
    Em     G      D            A       Em
And if you see me coming home, turn me away
                   G                     Em
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday
                   G                     Em
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday
                   G                     Em
Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday
                   G
Everybody tries to go back somewhere