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