Candle In The Window Lyrics - Linda Eder

Hurry through the night, past the shuttered houses 

Towards a solitary light 

Burning in the window near a figure in a chair 

Always sitting there quiet as a prayer 

Does he close his eyes weary with the weight of being 

Suddenly so wise? 

Tired of the demons he must sit up there and fight 

Deep into the night, praying that he's right? 

Every evening I can see his shadow on the shade 

And I don't feel so alone or so afraid 

There's a candle in the window every night 

Reflecting all our hopes and dreams 

Or so it seems to me as I look up to see 

That candle in the window every night 

Burning like the yearning to be free 

Far away and dim kept alive by him 

Seven blocks away before I go to bed I fall down 

On my knees and pray 

That he will keep his candle burning just a moment more 

Till he finds a way, this is what I pray 

And I wonder does he see me passing by each night 

As I look up to find his patch of light 

There's a candle in the window every night 

Reflecting all our hopes and dreams 

Or so it seems to me as I look up to see 

That candle in the window shining bright 

Burning like the yearning to be free 

Far away and dim kept alive by him 

Hurry through the night towards a solitary light