Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
Leave it on so I can see
Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find may way from the fields back to you

I know we need to talk things over
I know things haven't gone so good
Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you

It's been a rough year for the things we are pullin'
And the banks is buggin' us about what's due
And I know it worries you because it's so
But right now there's not too much we can do

I'm gonna need you by my side
so Sadie lets survive
And fight this thing to the bitter end
And keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you

I've got an uncle in St Louis who just might help us
Get over this dry spell we have now
We can sell a couple of things we have no need for
And that will help us get our feet back on the ground

But if you leave me I don't think that I can manage
Sadie keep the lamp on if you can
So keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you