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