D5
Lit up like a Christmas tree
F5            G5      D5
the oil refinery glows in the night
D5
and down by the shoreline
F5            G5      D5
the seagulls fly white, against the black
D5
The great moon riding shotgun
F5            G5      D5
rolling out across the veil of clouds
D5
and you were small, and lying awake
F5            G5      D5
listening to the noises in the house.


Bb5            A5
With the best of them you ran
C5            G5
like all of us, in our season 
Bb5            A5
Casting memory aside
C5            G5
your history, all forgotten
Bb5            A5
driven onwards through the years
C5            G5
in love with each distraction
Bb5                  E5
But all the while, the past is close behind
G5                  Bb5
like headlights on your tail
            D5
headlights on your tail.


D5            
Your pulse is beating faster now
F5            G5      D5
like a bird flying hard against the wind
D5
trying to understand all the
F5            G5
crazed compulsions that you feel.
D5
And all the little jealousies and
F5            G5      D5
betrayals, they echo in the dark;
D5
and somewhere back through it all
F5            G5      D5
the key is still turning in the lock.


Bb5                  A5            C5            G5
So now the ghosts that you have laid, they all come out to greet you
Bb5                  A5            C5            G5
And the knowledge that you've gained - well, none of this protects you
Bb5            A5      C5            G5
You've been so very far, still peace will not embrace you
Bb5                  E5
for all the while the past is close behind
G5                  Bb5            D5
Like headlights on your tail, headlights on your tail