Dm
Lit up like a Christmas tree
F               G       Dm
the oil refinery glows in the night
Dm
and down by the shoreline
F               G       Dm
the seagulls fly white, against the black
Dm
The great moon riding shotgun
F               G       Dm
rolling out across the veil of clouds
Dm
and you were small, and lying awake
F               G       Dm
listening to the noises in the house.

Bb              A
With the best of them you ran
C               G
like all of us, in our season 
Bb              A
Casting memory aside
C               G
your history, all forgotten
Bb              A
driven onwards through the years
C               G
in love with each distraction
Bb                      E
But all the while, the past is close behind
G                       Bb
like headlights on your tail
                Dm
headlights on your tail.

Dm              
Your pulse is beating faster now
F               G       Dm
like a bird flying hard against the wind
Dm
trying to understand all the
F               G
crazed compulsions that you feel.
Dm
And all the little jealousies and
F               G       Dm
betrayals, they echo in the dark;
Dm
and somewhere back through it all
F               G       Dm
the key is still turning in the lock.

Bb                      A               C               G
So now the ghosts that you have laid, they all come out to greet you
Bb                      A               C               G
And the knowledge that you've gained - well, none of this protects you
Bb              A       C               G
You've been so very far, still peace will not embrace you
Bb                      E
for all the while the past is close behind
G                       Bb              Dm
Like headlights on your tail, headlights on your tail