When I Turn Off the Living Room Light (Where Was Spring?, Recorded 1969) - The Kinks

Who cares if you’re Jewish

And your breath smells of garlic

And your nose is a shiny red light

To me you are gorgeous

And everything’s right

When I turn off the living room light

Your clothes are old-fashioned

Your knuckles are bony

Your hair looks a terrible sight

But I don’t have to see you

The way that you are

When I turn off the living room light

When I turn off the living room light

I don’t have to see you

The way that you are

When I turn off the living room light

Well it’s not that you are ugly

And I’m not being cruel

It helps me to relax, dear

It helps to keep me cool

Now I am not intending

To make you feel ashamed

What’s wrong in me pretending?

'Cause you can’t help being plain

Your nose may be bulbous

Your face may be spotty

Your skin may be wrinkled and tight

But I don’t want to see you

The way that you are

So I turn off the living room light

We don’t feel so ugly

We don’t feel so draggy

We don’t feel so twisted up tight

And we don’t feel as ugly as we really are

When we turn off the living room light

When we turn off the living room light

We don’t feel as ugly as we really are

When we turn off the living room light