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Lighthouse tall and grand
Standing on that cold headland
Shine your light across the sea
For a wayward sailor girl like me
Lighthouse man
Guide this sailor back to land
Steer my ship on through the storm
Back to water safe and calm
Sometimes I need a lighthouse for my own
It gets so dark I can’t see which way I’m going
Oh lighthouse man I’m all at sea
Shine a little lighthouse light on me
Lighthouse man I’m all at sea
Shine a little lighthouse light on me
Lighthouse man can’t help us all
Some he’ll save and some will fall
He’ll show you where the danger lies
But he can’t help it if you capsize
He’ll light your way but that is all
Steer your own ship back to shore
Won’t you light my lonely way back home
This sea is full of misery and woe
Oh woe betide those that say
They don’t need no light to light their way
They think they’re safe enough on their own
Drown in murky depths below
We all need a lighthouse for our own
It gets so dark I can’t see which way I’m going
Oh lighthouse man I’m all at sea
Shine a little lighthouse light on me
Standing on that cold headland
Shine your light across the sea
For a wayward sailor girl like me
Guide this sailor back to land
Steer my ship on through the storm
Back to water safe and calm
It gets so dark I can’t see which way I’m going
Oh lighthouse man I’m all at sea
Shine a little lighthouse light on me
Lighthouse man I’m all at sea
Shine a little lighthouse light on me
Some he’ll save and some will fall
He’ll show you where the danger lies
But he can’t help it if you capsize
He’ll light your way but that is all
Steer your own ship back to shore
This sea is full of misery and woe
Oh woe betide those that say
They don’t need no light to light their way
They think they’re safe enough on their own
Drown in murky depths below
It gets so dark I can’t see which way I’m going
Oh lighthouse man I’m all at sea
Shine a little lighthouse light on me
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Everyone needs a "lighthouse".. a representation of a rock & mentor figure in your life to give guidance and assistance when times are hard. To me anyway.
and everyone else i think one of the funkiest songs ever performed
I think this song isn't as secular as !!**!! suggests. It's not about a mentor or a special person in one's life. I think this song is about God. I think this because the song generally refers to the lighthouse man as both singular and generic: "lighthouse man can't save us all". The biblical alusions are vague, but nonetheless present: the idea of sailing alone on a huge empty ocean. Christ is often described as the light and saviour as well. I think the most poignant thing about these lyrics is the line "woe betide those that say they don't need no lighthouse to light their way" . This is talking about the arrogance we are all susceptible to: thinking we don't need God to show us how to live. I'm sorry for the tiring Christian rhetoric. I know it's drivel. but thats honestly how i read this song. (it struck me when my mum was driving me home from a party (drunk), after having listened to this song for years.)
i agree with @cabbie, this is what the song means to me
Whenever i think of a lighthouse keeper i always think of a single man i think cabbie is right tho