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