Grateful Dead

Turn On Your Love Light

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Without a warning you broke my heart, takin' it baby, tore it apart
And you left me standin' in the dark, said your love for me was dyin'.
Come on baby, baby please come on baby, cause I'm on my knees.
Turn on your lights let it shine on me shine on your love light
Let it shine on me let shine, let it shine, let it shine.
When I get lonely in the middle of the night
And I need you darlin' to make things alright
So come on baby, baby please and I'm beggin' you baby cause I'm on my knees,
Turn on your lights let it shine on me
Turn on your love light let it shine on me
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Without a warning you broke my heart, takin' it baby, tore it apart
And you left me standin' in the dark, shine your love for me was dark.
Come on baby, baby please come on baby, cause I'm on my knees.
Turn on your lights let it shine on me shine on your love light
Let it shine on me let shine, let it shine, let it shine.

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itsmyownmind On Dec 25, 2001

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2001-12-25 00:26:04

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by deadhead360

19y ago

this song is about a man getting his heart broken and wishing she would take him back

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by trippinnumber5

19y ago

this song is about a guy whose dealer left him and he needs his fix

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by goochmastergray9000

19y ago

duh, whatelse would it mean? they dont call me goochmastergray 4 nothin!!!!!! yeeeeeeeeeeee

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by ezkamo

19y ago

what hints that this song has anything to do with drugs? lol i thought it was pretty obvious that its about a heartbroken guy

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by Pigwald

19y ago

It has nothing to do with drugs, certain people like to insist every song had to do with drugs

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by ShineItOn

13y ago

A woman broke up with the man in the song, told him that the feelings were going away. His heart was broken because of this.

He is still so in love with her that he is begging on his knees to shine her love onto him. To open up and let him in again, it's the perfect thing to fix him up.

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

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