Give me light for my lantern
Give me light for my lantern give me light
Be the light of my lantern, the light of my lantern, be the light

I need the light in my lantern, light in my lantern tonight

It's a hungry world out there

Even the wind will take a bite
I can feel the world circling
Sniffing round me in the night

And the lost sheep grow teeth
Forsake the lambs and lie with the lions


Where the living is desperate
Precarious and mean
And getting by is so hard

That even the rocks are picked clean
And the bones of small contention
Are the only food the hungry find


Where the thistles eat the thorns
And the roses have no chance

And it no wonder that the babies
Come out crying in advance
And the children look for shelter

In the hollow of some lonesome cheek

And the sky's so cold and clear

The stars might stick you stand
And you're only glad it's dark cause
You might see the master's hand

And you might cast around forever
And never find the peace that you seek


For every cry in the night
Somebody says, "Have faith!"
"Be content inside your questions"

"Minotaurs inside a maze"
Tell me what's the point of light
When you have to strike a match to find?


So throw away those lamentations
We both know them all too well

If there's a book of jubilations
We'll have to write it for ourselves
So come and lie beside me darling

And let's write it while we still got time

So if you got a light, hold it high for me

I need it bad tonight, hold it high for me
Cause I'm face to face, hold it high for me
In that lonesome place, hold it high for me

With all the hurt that I've done, hold it high for me
That can't be undone, hold it high for me
Light and guide me through, hold it high for me

And I'll do the same for you, hold it high for me

I'll hold it high for you, cause I know you've got

I'll hold it high for you, your own valley to walk
I'll hold it high for you, though it's dark as death
I'll hold it high for you, and then gets darker yet

I'll hold it high for you, though your path is blocked
I'll hold it high for you, through the thieves and rocks
I'll hold it high for you, keep you safe from harm

I'll hold it high for you, until you're back in my arms