B A D Take what you need while there's time B A B F# The city will be earth in a short while B D A B If I'm not mistaken it's been in flames D A D You and I will escape to the seaside B A D There is a storm in the distance B A B F# The wind breathing warning of its imminence B D A B There is a lighthouse five hundred yards down D A D You and I will be safe there Dm Gm A There is a girl who haunts that lighthouse Dm Gm She saved me I was swimming A So young I almost drowned B Gm A Under the water she sang a story B Gm Of losing her lover A She calls a warning B A D Love, you are foolish, you're tired B A B F# Your sleeplessness makes you a liar B D The city is burning A B The ocean is turning D A D Our only chance is the lighthouse Dm Gm Her lover was a sailor A She went and she waited there Dm Gm The door locked from the outside A B Gm Lover never arrived so she sings there A B Gm A Soft as a siren luring the ships off their course, how alarming Dm Gm A We went in, we climbed up and looked out Dm Gm The door locked from the outside A Three ghosts in a lighthouse