Tom: B5 Intro: B5 D5 A5 G5 B5 D5 A5 G5 B5 B5 B5 F#5 C5 (Stop) B5 D5 A5 G5 Red sun, go down way over dirty town B5 D5 A5 E5 Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoals B5 D5 A5 G5 Yes, and a girl is there, high heeling across the square B5 D5 A5 E5 The wind it blows around in her hair, and the flags upon the poles E5 Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light G5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5 C5 She looks around to find a face she can like. B5 D5 A5 G5 Church bell, clinging on, trying to get a crowd, Evensong B5 D5 A5 E5 Nobody cares to depend upon, the chime it plays B5 D5 A5 G5 They're all in the station, praying for trains, the congregation's, late again B5 D5 A5 E5 It's getting darker, all the time, these flagpole days E5 Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright G5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5 C5 He's crazy lion howling for a fight. B5 D5 A5 G5 Strap hanging, gunshot sound, door slamming on the, overground B5 D5 A5 E5 The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stone B5 D5 A5 G5 Her evening paper is horror torn, but there's hope later for, capricorns B5 D5 A5 E5 Her lucky stars give her just enough, ... to get her home E5 Then she's reading about a swing to the right G5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5 C5 But she's thinking about a stranger in the night G5 A5 G5 A5 I'm thinking about the lions, I'm thinking about the lions G5 A5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 A5 (fade out) What happened to the lions, tonight (tonight) (tonight)
