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(What Is) The Light

from Streetlights and Stars by Tyrone Warner

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    Written, performed and recorded by Tyrone Warner on a dusty old 8-track in the bedroom. Additional vocals provided by D. Paas.
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The drunks at the pink flamingo line up at 11 am,
Got change inside their pockets from begging on the street since 10.
Domestic in a glass for 2.50, native cigarettes an even five.
Police show up once in a fortnight, and no one else knows they’re alive.

What is the light?

A power failure darkened the Danforth’s neon signs,
Restaurants filled with silence, round tables all were blind.
And up the avenue at Donlands, the Muslims still rejoiced,
Filled their sidewalks with their singing, but no one heard their voice.

What is the light?

There’s a bible on my bedside, a book I have hardly read,
Still I put my faith in Jesus, for no greater man has ever lived.
Sunday morning I am in church, bible study on a Tuesday night,
I’ll never claim to be perfect, but I hope someday I am right.

What is the light?
(What is the light? What is the light?)

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from Streetlights and Stars, released December 31, 2008

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Tyrone Warner Toronto, Ontario

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

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