Capo I
A D 2x
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There's a hard moon rising on the streets tonight,
D A D
there's a reckless feeling in your heart as you head out tonight
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Through the concrete canyons to the midtown lights,
D A D
where the latest neon promises are burning bright
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Past the open windows on the darkened streets,
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where unseen angry voices flash and children cry
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Past the phony posers with their worn out lines,
D
tired new money dressed to the nines
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The low life dealers with their bad designs,
D
and the dilettantes with their open minds
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You're out on the town, safe in the crowd,
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ready to go for the ride
D
Searching the eyes, looking for clues,
A E D A D
there's nowhere you can hide,
A D
the fire inside
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Well you've been the clubs and the discotheques,
D A D
where the deal one another from the bottom of the deck of promises
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Where the cautious loners and emotional wrecks,
D A D
do an acting stretch as a way to hide the obvious
A
Then the lights go down and they dance real close,
D A D
and for one brief instant they pretend they're safe and warm
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Then the beat gets louder and the mood is gone,
D
the darkness scatters as the lights flash on
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They hold one another just a little too long,
D
then they move apart and then move on
E
On to the street, on to the next,
F#m
safe in the knowledge that they tried
D
Faking the smile, hiding the pain,
A E D A D
never satisfied,
A D
the fire inside
A
Fire inside
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Now the hour is late and he thinks you're asleep,
D
you listen to him dress and you listen to him leave,
A D
like you knew he would
A
You hear his car pull away in the street,
D
then you move to the door and you lock it,
A D
when he's gone for good
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Then you walk to the window and stare at the moon,
D A D
riding high and lonesome through a starlit sky
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Then it comes to you how it all slips away,
D
youth and beauty are gone one day
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No matter what you dream or feel or say,
D
it ends in dust and disarray
E
Like wind on the plains, sand through the glass,
F#m
waves rolling in with the tide
D
Dreams die hard and we watch them erode,
A E D A D
but we cannot be denied,
A A D
the fire inside
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The fire inside 2x
A
Burning you up 2x
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The fire inside
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