( C  G  C  G )

( C  Am  G  C )

C                             G
   Across the city steam and light
       C                          G
Off a runway to the manufactured night
C                              Am
   In storybooks you'll never find
Bm                            Em
   In paper armor that you'd mind
C                                      Am
   They'll hold the match to you this time
                                    G
And watch the smoke rings fit the crime

C                            G
   In moments you cannot reprise
        C                                 G
Like a soldier or a watch that you can't wind 
C                                        Am
   We fought the world with hands twice-tied
Bm                                  Em
   The people cheered, the captain cried
C                          Am
   I'll keep the souvenir inside
                        G
It's just better in my mind

    Em         Bm
And I wouldn't lie
               G
I never really wanted more
                         Em
Than what I ever really needed after all 
                             G
Someone that hates to see me go

C                               G
   You made a promise then you hide
         C                               G
And you said we'd all be dead by twenty-five 
C                              Am
   It's not your disappointed sigh
Bm                               Em
   It's not you traded this for pride
C                           Am
   Not that we really even mind
            G
We're just bored, you're still alive

    Em         Bm
And I wouldn't lie
   G             C
If I tried, take me down
       Am    D        G
And if I... die here now

( D  Em  Em  C  D )

( G  F#m  Em  C  D )

 G                                 D
Wishing wells and magic spells and everything between
Em
Can you tell me what it's like?
    C   D    C    D  G
Or how it's going to be?