This is a healing song for my elementary school friends who still carry the weight of those days.
Fredrick Brooks - Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
Joy Brooks - Harmonies
Katherine Brooks - Harmonies
Chris Pezzarello - Drums
Robbie Grunwald - Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Hammond organ
Written and recorded by Fredrick Brooks
Mixed by Robbie Grunwald
Mastered by Justin Gray
Cover photo by Jean Pretty (1960) from Archives at Whitby Public Library
Lyrics
The Lights Went Out
We were brothers back then
In the fields of pretend
Before the school yard wars
Before the leather on skin
And we were taught to believe
Like so many before
That who we were
Could be no more
And the lights went out
In my little town
Something deep inside
Turned dark as night
So we hide away
Through the times of change
With their voice in our heads
That forever remains
And the lights went out
In my little town
Something deep inside
Turned dark as night
So here we are
Just a voice in the crowd
So near yet so far away
And the lights went out
In my little town
Something deep inside
Turned dark as night
