E5 I'm just a man with a job A5 You can call me Harry, Jim or Bob C5 G5 Three floors below from Picadilly A5 It's dark and chilly B5 Counting the cars with cocktail bars Keeping a check on four-wheeled wrecks E5 Three floors above it's not the same A5 Picadilly, lighting up the rain C5 G5 Here I'm a ghost in the cellar A5 The kind of fellow B5 Who's counting days that could be nights Count on the man who's counting lights E5 B5 E5 Counting lights, every night, every kind of light E5 B5 E5 Little lights, bigger lights, any kind of light E5 A5 D5 G5 Headlights from a limo, wakin' up the wino E5 B5 E5 Counting lights, every night, every kind of light E5 B5 E5 Little lights, bigger lights, any kind of light B5 E5 B5 E5 And every night, I'm counting lights B5 E5 B5 E5 From left to right, I count the lights I'm just a man with a map My 'A to Z' is open on my lap Lady I know where you're goin' Your class is showin' Your headlights polished to a 'T' I'll count your lights, you count on me Someday I'll leave, I believe If I can find the trump card in my sleeve Counting the boats in Monte Carlo A silver arrow Upon a cabbie cap My 'A to Z' flat on it's back Counting lights, every night, every kind of light Little lights, bigger lights, any kind of light Leave it to the navy, look here comes a chevy Counting lights, every night, every kind of light Little lights, bigger lights, any kind of light And every night, I'm counting lights From left to right, I count the lights