Intro: E A B7 E A E A B7 E A B7 Well I?ve heard the people talking in the fields and in the store E C#m A B7 They say a man is claiming visions and they don?t want him ?round here no more A B7 E A And with questions in my heart I walked home late last night E B7 E And in front of his old farmhouse something caught my eye A B7 E A B7 C#m I saw a candle burning brightly up in his window late last night A B7 E A F#m B7 and in my heart it gripped tightly and something said son what He?s doing is right A B7 E I saw a candle burning bright
E A B7 E A B7 Well a vigil got together and they kicked in his front door E C#m A B7 And as they drug him onto the back porch I wondered what all this was for A B7 E A And I watched him wrench in pain as the tar burned in his flesh E B7 E While a preacher held a candle dripping wax upon his chest A B7 E A B7 C#m I saw a candle burning brightly deep in his eyes late last night A B7 E A F#m B7 and in my heart it gripped tightly and something said son what He?s doing is right A B7 E I saw a candle burning bright E A B7 E A B7 Well this morning I was walking leaves blowing down that old dirt road E C#m A B7 And those feelings just kept stirring deep within my soul A B7 E A And in my lips a silent whisper: Lord please tell me what is right E B7 E And then the spirit danced within me like a soft candle light A B7 E A B7 C#m I saw a candle burning brightly up in his window late that night A B7 E A F#m B7 and in my heart it gripped tightly and something said son what He?s doing is right A B7 C#m A B7 E