Lights Out

Tell me why we're never more than strangers
Tell me why you never let it show

* but when you're close to me
And whisper, i need you
In the cold mornin' light

**try me, oh take me for a little while
Before it's over and you leave me with just a smile
Try me, oh let me be the one
You say it's over
But for me it had just begun

Tell me why we seem no more than strangers
Tell me why the feelin' never goes

* repeat
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Wind blows back and the batons charging
It winds all the way
Right to the butt of my gun
Maybe now your time has come

From the back streets there's a rumblin'

Smell of anarchy
No more nice time, bright boy shoe shines
Pie in the sky dreams

* lights out, lights out in london
Hold 'em tight 'til the end
Better now you know we'll never
Wait 'til tomorrow
Lights out, lights out in london
Hold 'em tight 'til the end
God knows when i'm comin' on [my] run

Heaven help those who help themselves
That's the way it goes
The frightening thoughts of what's been taught
And now it shows

* repeat

[instrumental]

* repeat

You keep comin', there's no runnin'
Tried a thousand times
Under your feet grass is growin'
Time we said goodbye

* repeat

Lights out, lights out in london

Lights out, lights out in london

Just a bad situation
Got me low, feelin' down i'm wonderin' why
Caught me unawares
No one knows and no one cares
They put you down no matter how you try

* put the words together
Feelin' so strong
I can't last forever i can't hold on,
I can't hold on, no no

Somebody, someone is tearin' my whole inside
Somebody, someone is takin' me for a ride
Just a little bit of madness
Do you no harm

** another night, it's another shakedown
Lookin' for a place to hide
This could be your nervous breakdown
It's just another suicide

Just a cold realization, gotta go i wanna turn and run away
Got me in a spin, i'm gonna lose and never win
They put you down no matter what you say

* repeat

I can't hold on, no no

[instrumental]

** repeat

[piano break]

Just a bad situation

I can feel it gettin' closer everyday
Say i'm out of line [i'm takin' out of borrowed time]
What's the use of tryin' anyway

* repeat

Somebody, someone is takin' me for a ride
Somebody, someone is tearin' my whole inside
Just a little bit of madness
Do you no harm

** repeat

***another suicide, another suicide
Another suicide, another suicide
Another suicide, another suicide

* on the wires i can hear you comin'
With a rush and a strummin'
This electric phase ain't no teenage craze
In your house a phone is ringin'
Just a hot touch that keeps lingerin'
You said loving's easy only if you please
All i need is communication
Not a line on your reputation
I don't want a handshake
There ain't no big mistake

**there's no illusion in this wild confusion
Who knows i'm crazy, no chance of maybe

I'd like to know you better
But i"m goin' down so fast
Help me now to feel it, i just can't conceal it
Sweet time i've got to show you how it's really got to be
Just let me be alone, left with your dialing tone

** repeat

[instrumental]

* repeat