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