On the sands of time   We have walked, your hand in mine.   My memory's photographs are kind   But more in love than pictures fade   Like sunsets disappear   Aimless lovers dream   But they're just castles made of sand   Before an endless wave of love's demands   All that once was treasured here   Is slowly washed away      Leave your light on for me   Leave your light on for me   Leave your light on for me   Keep your light on for me      I'm a hopeless moon   Above a cold and empty sea,   A partial ray of sun exposing me,   Lost without a warming touch,   The earth has come between.   Like a distant star   On a dark and cloudless night,   You're always burning, always bright.   But I'm an island far from you   Where skies are never clear.      Leave your light on for me   Leave your light on for me   Leave your light on for me   Keep the light on for me      I love you, darlin', don't give up too soon   The light of love will find this hopeless moon   I love you, darlin', don't give up too soon   The light of love      Leave your light on for me   Oh, Leave your light on for me   Leave your light on for me   Keep the light on for me      Leave your light on for me   Oh, leave your light on for me   Leave your light on for me   Keep the light on for me      Oh, I love you, darlin', don't give up too soon   The light of love will find this hopeless moon   I pray the God of love His light to shine,   Illuminate this lonely heart of mine      (Up too soon, hopeless moon)   Light of love   (Light to shine, heart of mine)   Light of love   (Up too soon)   Will find this hopeless moon   (hopeless moon)   Oh, I love you, darlin'