Dm
Lit up like a Christmas tree
F            G      Dm
the oil refinery glows in the night
Dm
and down by the shoreline
F            G      Dm
the seagulls fly white, against the black
Dm
The great moon riding shotgun
F            G      Dm
rolling out across the veil of clouds
Dm
and you were small, and lying awake
F            G      Dm
listening to the noises in the house.


Bb            A
With the best of them you ran
C            G
like all of us, in our season 
Bb            A
Casting memory aside
C            G
your history, all forgotten
Bb            A
driven onwards through the years
C            G
in love with each distraction
Bb                  E
But all the while, the past is close behind
G                  Bb
like headlights on your tail
            Dm
headlights on your tail.


Dm            
Your pulse is beating faster now
F            G      Dm
like a bird flying hard against the wind
Dm
trying to understand all the
F            G
crazed compulsions that you feel.
Dm
And all the little jealousies and
F            G      Dm
betrayals, they echo in the dark;
Dm
and somewhere back through it all
F            G      Dm
the key is still turning in the lock.


Bb                  A            C            G
So now the ghosts that you have laid, they all come out to greet you
Bb                  A            C            G
And the knowledge that you've gained - well, none of this protects you
Bb            A      C            G
You've been so very far, still peace will not embrace you
Bb                  E
for all the while the past is close behind
G                  Bb            Dm
Like headlights on your tail, headlights on your tail