start on Am


        A5      
You've closed a door in front of me
                     D5
I wait patiently outside
     C5              F5
And as the minutes tick away
     E5            A5
I feel my anger rise

     A5
And who's the object of my rage?
                      D5
And who's not being fair?
       C5             F5
Is it you for your indifference?
     E5                   A5
Or me for just standing there?

       F5
'Cause in my mind the room beyond
   C5
is bathed in golden light
      E5 
Well I dream about you through the day
      A5
and I toss and turn at night


(chords the same as first verse)


Sometimes it's hard to understand
When they say that pride's a sin
Should I go or should I stay
on the outside looking in?

Well I didn't make the grade today
and I'm not the only one
But my heart won't stop hurting
my feeling all alone

And maybe we'll trade places
in some not so distant year
I'll hear your voice a-calling out
and I'd cover up my ears

'Cause in my mind the room beyond
is bathed in golden light
well I dream about you through the day
and I toss and turn at night

Well sometimes it's hard to understand
when they say that pride's a sin
An' should I go or should I stay
on the outside looking in?

well I could brag on the things I've done
or the places I have been
But I've never found a cure
for on the outside looking in

Sometimes it's hard to understand
when they say that pride's a sin
Should I go or should I stay
on the outside looking in?