Light Up Or Leave Me Alone (Live) Lyrics
Traffic
Lyrics
Sometimes I feel like I'm fading away
You're looking at me, I've got nothing to say
Don't make me angry with the games that you play
Either light up or leave me alone
You walk in my room, you lie in my bed
You open your mouth, shoot someone dead
All of a sudden you're inside my head
Either light up or leave me alone
Spending my bread like it grew on a tree
You're trying to tell me 'bout the birds and the bees
The skirt that you're wearing is way past your knees
Either light up or leave me alone
You're up all night preaching your mind
Come home in the morning with your latest find
I'm gonna have to lay it to you straight on the line
Either light up or leave me alone
Song & Lyrics Facts
Traffic's song "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" is a live version of the track from their 1972 album, "Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory". The original studio recording was written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi.
This live version features the band members Steve Winwood (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Jim Capaldi (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Chris Wood (saxophone, flute) and Rick Grech (bass). The lyrics to this classic rock anthem tell of a man who has been hurt in love and is asking his former lover to either light up his life again or leave him alone. It is an upbeat, bluesy jam that captures the pain and longing of heartache with its passionate delivery.