I don't have to tell you
What this is all about
'Cause baby half the fun
Is in us figuring it up all out

So why you gotta ask me
What I'm doing now
'Cause I don't like to question
What I still haven't found

So don't turn off the lights
I don't want to be in the dark tonight
'Cause I can't read your mind
I need to know if what I'm doing is right
So don't turn off the lights
So don't turn off the lights

So tell me how
We're gonna get there
It's so hard to even try
But if we move together
We'll end up on the same side

So don't turn off the lights
I don't want to be in the dark tonight
'Cause I can't read your mind
I need to know if what I'm doing is right
So don't turn off the lights
So don't turn off the lights

If you could know what I'm feeling
Would you run and where would you go
If you want to know what I'm thinking
Then just turn on the lights and you'll know

So don't turn off the lights
I don't want to be in the dark tonight
'Cause I can't read your mind
I need to know if what I'm doing is right
So don't turn off the lights

So don't turn off the lights
I don't want to be in the dark tonight
'Cause I can't read your mind
I need to know if what I'm doing is right
So don't turn off the lights
So don't turn off the lights

(Don't turn off the lights)


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Don't Turn Off The Lights Lyrics as written by Enrique M N Iglesias Kara N Dioguardi

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    ummm he sings really really high...lol...its catchy i guess..but he sings really high! hehe...

    *mLe*on June 30, 2002   Link
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    i think ur really high

    beachbum2615on July 01, 2002   Link
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    E-ah E-ah AYYY! lol

    thinkitbeiton August 04, 2002   Link
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    haha happy song...cheezy but fun huh?....God Bless!!

    jesusmyheartadoresuon August 06, 2002   Link
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    what's it about???????????????????

    SilentWitnesson August 07, 2002   Link
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    it's about leaving the light on during sex "silentwitness" he wants to see her while he's "pleasuring her"...yea...it is a fun song, i suppose....not my style, but i'm "jiggy" so to speak....sry, it's 7 am, i've gotten no sleep...:D

    Lis_00on August 11, 2002   Link
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    :o HOW DOES HE MAKE HIS VOICE GO LIKE THAT???? :eek2: Yikes! :eek3:

    SomeGirl_Jadziaon August 26, 2002   Link
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    what's it about????????????????????

    SilentWitnesson September 14, 2002   Link
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    im sure there could be a deeper meaning to this song other than shagging with the lights on, but hell it's enrique, how much deeper can he get? it's alright though shallow hot men that sing sexual songs are just the ticket aye?

    Pandoras_Monsteron September 25, 2002   Link
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    to me this song is about life. If you turn off the lights you won't know where to go or what to do. luv ya

    emmon October 13, 2002   Link

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