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