Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



Turn On the Sun

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1973 Schroder Music Company, renewed 2001. Strip mining was still a big issue in the 1970s.


Chorus:
Turn out your house light,
Turn out your house light,
Turn on the sun.

Turn out your house light,
Turn on the sun,
When you burn your light
You tear the mountain down.
Turn on the sun.

(Chorus)

House lights and air fans,
Building lights run,
They strip-mine the coal
And tear the mountain down.
Turn on the sun.

(Chorus)

Light where we need light,
No light to waste,
Light in the dark street,
Sun on your face,
Turn on the sun.

(Chorus)


Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
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