Barlights

[D]

[D]Never in all of my l[E]ife
Have I seen e[A]yes as empty as these st[D]reets of my city
on a S[D]aturday night,
all the [E]green of your eyes says "[A]Go, leave it [Abm]all behi[D]nd."

But I don't [D]need to be reminded a c[E]hange is gonna come.
I can [D]feel it on the tip of your t[E]ongue.

And [A]I feel alive, feel alive, [D]feel alive[A].

We [D]met up once we'd settled the s[E]un
Betw[A]een the h[Abm]eat and the work week
The [D]fear is we could use some sleep
but [D]sleep to a superfluous [E]man means better use for beds
and I'll [A]bet I'm [Abm]coming home al[D]one tonight.

I don't n[D]eed to be reminded this [E]is how it was.
I moved [D]on, I passed a billboard d[E]own my block
that asks if [D]I've had enough, and aloud I [E]say "I've had too much"
when the [D]truth is, I'm just getting st[E]arted.

Now a[A]ll the barlights are blinking in time
[D]to Mexican music, it's taunting [D]the[E] pa[F#]veme[E]nt [D]
And [A]I feel alive, feel alive, [D]feel alive.

[D]One of us sings, and o[E]ne of us drinks,
and o[A]ne of us has nothing at all.
So he [D]calls us all sheep
I'm the L[E]ittle Bo Peep of the b[A]unch.

(I take their tales and I'm ready to go)
Then he [D]swears he's gotta take this c[E]all
Man, I'm sc[A]ared he's gonna l[Abm]eave us too s[D]oon.

We were the [D]get rich quick kids,
We n[E]ever got it right
So we s[D]ettled for the center in t[E]own
Where all the r[D]ich white kids is out l[E]ooking for a fight
got the b[D]lond one staring me d[E]own.
and I r[D]eally wanna take a s[E]wing
I can't h[A]elp but rem[Abm]ember James D[D]ean
See we are p[D]art of the few who ag[E]ree
that hey, he l[D]ived life fast
but he d[E]ied.

he died.

he died.

Me, I'm gonna live for[A]ever.
(And [A]I feel alive, feel alive, [D]feel ali[A]ve)

Now a[A]ll the barlights are blinking in time
[D]to Mexican music, it's taunting the pavement [A]

and for the first time,
in a long time, [D]
I feel alive. [A]