Before Edison I'm just sitting here in the dark I wish the light was better Don't want to sit forever I'm looking for the panoramic view Don't want to paint two pictures I wish I had a lighted fixture On the wall And I am sitting there with no light at all Just a kerosene lantern down the hall And a candle that always melts the wax So, all we ever really see is black I crashed into my wife today She was two steps ahead I thought she'd be in bed instead It's hard to see her in the dark She's such a tiny woman I guess I hadn't heard her coming Down the hall And I was sitting there with no light at all Just a lantern that has burnt out down the hall And a candle that melted all its wax So, all we ever really see is black It's such an inconvenience when we cannot see Wish someone would develop new technology tonight And I was sitting there with no light at all Just a lantern that has burnt out down the hall And a candle that melted all its wax So, all we ever really see is black And I was sitting there with no light at all Just a lantern that has burnt out down the hall And the matches for the fire will not spark So all we ever really see is dark ©1998 Michael B. Nahmias