When the Lights Go On Again All Over the World Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra Written by Eddie Seller, Sol Marcus, and Bennie Benjamin Peaked at # 1 in 1943 Competing version by Lucky Millinder hit # 12 Title song from the 1944 film *When the lights go on again all over the world* And the boys are home again all over the world And rain or snow is all that may fall from the skies above A kiss won't mean "goodbye" but "Hello to love" When the lights go on again all over the world And the ships will sail again all over the world Then we'll have time for things like wedding rings and free hearts will sing When the lights go on again all over the world When the lights go on again all over the world TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: This was a mid-WW2 song. *Title* refers to the practice of having to black out possible bombing targets and to avoid back-lighting torpedo targets for offshore U- boats.