G                  Bm
What this night wants is what it gets
          Em
Strung in silken knots
                   Am              Em
Lit by cigarettes flaring side by side
         D
With the streets all wet

[Verse 2]
                         G
As the only thing that's bright
            Bm                 Em
And I don't need to cross that bridge
                        Am      Em       D
I find I'm swinging or sailing over the pit tonight
                   G
I'm hanging from a hit tonight
    Bm             Em                       Am      Em  D
Was wild enough to order up and toss across my lips

[Verse 3]
C                    D     G
What's making all my tears
   Bm            Em      Am
Is taking all my fears away
                    D
But I don't need to cry
                G
Because now I'm clear

[Instrumental]
Bm Em Am Em D

[Verse 4]
  G                    Bm
A moth that's swerving through the sage
  Em
A creature crashing from a cage
  Am          Em         D
A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray

[Verse 5]
                     C
A day she spends the night
                    D
And I can hear her sighing
          G        Bm         Em
As she's almost asleep on one side
       Am            Em
I lie back on my pillow
     D                       G
And ask what her husband is like

[Instrumental]
Bm Em Am Em D

[Verse 6]
                 G
And she says, "I smile polite
      Bm
And I tip and tithe
      Em
And I see the sights with a well-trained eye
       Am
But I calmly cry
            Em           D
Because I'm too much mine without him

[Verse 7]
 G                   Bm         
And I lie, reclined where the room is quiet
    Em 
And it's quiet at night

The soft silk is fine
        Am
And the waves are white
        Em           D
But the wind has died without him

[Verse 8]
       G
And I scream my smiles
       Bm                 Em
And I want my wires and I need my stripes
                             Am
And I read the lines until I lid my eyes
        Em          D
And I'm losing time without him

[Verse 9]

And she says
       G
And I ignite inside
      Bm
And I flash with fire
      Em
And I limp from life

And I'm blazing blind
         Am
And I'm surging live
     Em          D
And give up my mind

When with him

[Verse 10]
         C             D
And then every dream inside
         G                 Bm         Em
Turns to flames, fades to grey and is dying
        Am          Em
And the smoke rises into
   D                             G
A white, blank, bare, broke-open sky