Beth Hart Looks To The 'Light'Excerpted from the magazine for Billboard.com.

Beth Hart feels like she has returned from the

dead.

"I've been in some dark, dark places, man. I was

so terrified of becoming successful -- that people

would see who I thought I was, as not good

enough or strong enough," she says. "I just let the

fear take me down. I'm a champion of self-

sabotage."

It has been a long road with many lessons learned

for the confessional singer/songwriter, whose raw,

profoundly personal songs reveal the tortured soul

of a woman who has been to hell and back more

than once.

Now clean and sober after repeated bouts with

substance abuse, Hart is ready to show the world all

that she is capable of accomplishing, through the Koch Entertainment release of her third album, "Leave the

Light On," due Oct. 21.

The 11 songs showcase an uphill journey, marked by the raucous down-and-out enthrall of "Bottle of Jesus" and

metallic garage rock anthem "Broken and Ugly," countered by the stunning beauty of the hopeful piano-driven

title track and the soft ode to reliance, "I'll Stay With You."

"Music has been my loyal friend," 29-year-old Hart says. "No matter how freaked out I was, I could still sit down

and write on the piano. I've been able to work out a lot of the sadness, but more so examine the awe of talking

about things in a positive way."

Hart's first brush with success came with the 1996 release of "Immortal" on Atlantic, which attracted the attention

of such producers as David Foster and Hugh Padgham. The album was not successful, but the label stuck by for

1999's "Screamin' for My Supper," which featured the adult top 40 hit, "L.A. Song," a gripping story song about

moving past failure and deception.

"I had finished recording all of the songs for the album, and I was trying them out at the Mint," an intimate club in

Los Angeles, Hart says. "Then I wrote 'Leave the Light On,' and people started reacting to it immediately. So

Leiber and I worked on it for a couple days, and it turned out to be a beautiful thing."

Hart's return, however, was precipitated by an intensive period of solitary searching. 

After her run with Atlantic ended, she retreated behind her fears, developing an addiction to the anxiety

medication klonopin. "I really thought I had to be perfect and always on the ball," Hart confesses. "I was trying so

hard to be someone else, and God forbid anyone see who I truly am. The only way I could deal with it was to be

numb."

One night, Hart mixed alcohol and drugs and made the mistake of getting behind the wheel: "The cops pulled me

over, and I spent the night in lockdown. I figured I was either going to kill myself or be this jailhouse chick. It was

good for me to see that side, because [the police] don't give a sh*t about your woes. It was time to fight for my

life. It was the last time I ever took klonopin."

Fortunately, Hart had good people on her side, including roadie friend Scott Guetzkow. "He is a walking f*cking

miracle," she says. "He took me in, fed me and loved me long enough to love myself." Today, the two are

married.

Hart hopes that the songs on "Leave the Light On" will serve as an example to those battling their own demons.

"I want to tell people what I've been through and inspire them to go for their dreams. It's OK to be who they are

and not hide," she says. "It can be a horrible and dark world, but there are so many angels out there walking

around who want to help people."

"It has been an amazing journey," Hart says. "I've never sold a million records, I've never become a star, but I've

got something better. I became myself."

"Leave The Light On" – Beth Hart

http://mp3.zing.vn/bai-hat/Leave-the-Light-On-New-Recording-Beth-Hart/ZW6ZCCW0.htmlI seen myself with a dirty face,

I __________ my luck with a dirty ace I leave the light on, I leave that light on

I went from zero to __________ ten I drank your wine then I __________ your man

I leave the light on, I leave that light on.

Daddy ain't that bad he just __________ roughI ain't that scarred when I'm __________ up

I leave the light on, I leave that light onLittle girl __________ underneath the bed

was it something I did Must be something I said

I leave the light on, better leave the light on.

I wanna love I wanna __________

I don't know much about it I __________ did

17 and I'm all __________ up inside I cut myself just to feel __________

I leave the light on, I leave that light on

__________on the run,on the run,on the run,from myself, from myself and __________

I leave the light on, Better leave the light on.

Cause I wanna love And I wanna __________

I don't know much about it And I __________ did,

I don't know what to do, can the damage be __________I __________ to God that I'd never be what I've

become

Lucky stars and fairy __________I'm gonna __________ myself in a wishin' well

Pretty scars from __________ I...never will forget, I...never will forget

I'm still afraid to be __________ wish that moon would follow me home

I leave the light on, I leave that light on

I ain't that bad I'm just __________ up I ain't that sad but I'm sad enough

Cause I wanna love And I wanna __________

I don't know much about it And I __________ did,

I don't know what to do, can the damage be __________

I __________ to God that I'd never be what I've become

na na na na na na na na... I leave that light, I leave that light, I leave that light on

God bless the child with the dirty face, __________ cuts her luck with a dirty ace She leaves the light on,

I leave that light on

1. Listen to the song and complete its lyrics.

2. What do you achieve after you’ve read the article above?

3. What is the meaning of the term “Leave the light on”?

4. Check notes and look up your dictionary to find the meaning of new words.