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