As the Lights Go Out

Come all of you who carry doubt
Stand by me as the lights go out
Stand by me as the stars they shine
Tonight the stars are yours and mine
Tonight the stars are yours and mine

Take out your grief, take out your fears
We'll tie them up with threads of tears
Then hang them up on a star so bright
And send them out into the night
We'll send them out into the night

Sometimes it's hard to let them go
When they've been so heavy and it's all you've known
But we stand together and the night is kind
I know them well and the stars don't mind
I know them well, the stars don't mind
I know them well, the stars don't mind

So with lighter heart and lighter tread
We can face the dawn with a smile instead
You can take them down when they next appear
Or when we meet again in another year
Let's meet again in another year

So come all of you who carry doubt
Stand by me as the lights go out
Stand by me as the stars they shine
Tonight the stars are yours and mine
Tonight the stars are yours and mine
Oh tonight the stars are yours and mine