G              C
Restless hearts walking lonely

         Am    F
down the snowy back street lines

            G              C
Is this the part where the red lights

         Am              F
and the pale moon should sway in time?

      Dm      G        C
But outside there's no music

           C      Am      F
The wind blows as cars go by

            Am           F
It'd be so easy to run back to you tonight



                            C
But as long as you're still living

                   G
A few short blocks away

                           Am
Don't want my heart to go there

    F                C
My feet to walk that way

               F                C
Don't want my words to come out wrong

    Am               F
But every night just seems too long

                         C
I don't think that I can stay

                       C
Don't think that I can stay



          G              C
And isn't life sweet and lovely 

          Am                F
when you know who's by your side

            G           C
Don't gotta ask the god above me
 
      Am               F
Where I should run and hide

    Dm             G        C
But someone said "Time's a-wastin'"

             Am             F
Well I'm not nearly twenty-five

                 Am
Should I fear a lonely death

         F
When I'm barely half alive



                            C
But as long as you're still living

                   G
A few short blocks away

                           Am
Don't want my heart to go there

    F                C
My feet to walk that way

               F                C
Don't want my words to come out wrong

    Am               F
But every night just seems too long

                         C
I don't think that I can stay

                       C
Don't think that I can stay


(whistles)

C
F
C
F

G
C
F
C



C           F   C
Even in the morning

               F       G
You can't even see the signs

C                F  C
He can't walk on water

                     F           C
And you can't read between these lines



   Am         F
So why do you stay

        G
when it seems so hard to breathe?

      Am           F
From Stradbroke to highways

    G
His face is all you see



       Dm 
And as long as you're still living 

   C
a few short blocks away

    Dm
My heart will not go there

      Dm          F       C
But my feet won't let me stay