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