Verse 1

A F/A
Suffocating eyes and fast hellos
A
And last goodbyes surround the night of me
F/A
Moustache large like smoke from his cigar
A
Coughs up a joke and laughs a net of sound
Eb F
Swallowing the pinwheel clowns, consuming all the women
Bb
Like a giant sponge

A F/A
Snap! The waiters animate, luxuriate
A
Like planets whirling round the sun
F/A
Collapsing next to me shouts "don't look sad
A
Things aren't so bad they're just more wrong than right"
F/A
His brandy-brim voice whispers "come with me
A
I hold the key, the city's ours tonight"
Eb F
Pays the barmaid, slaps her ass. She shrieks
Bb
Her gold teeth flash with rapturous delight
A F/A
Earthquaking the sawdust ground he grabs my arm and out
A
Into the famished night

Chorus 1

A D/A F#m/A
Now two blazing leaves burning up ground
G/A A
The tiny waltz of a merry-go-round
D F#m
Cascading lights for every heartbeat
G A
Tonight we'll sleep with the girls from the streets

D F#m G A x2

Verse 2

A
"Hurry! Faster! Don't look back!"
F/A A
His coat-tails snap, his laughter's burning in my ears
F/A
I ride upon this giant storm through rust-red rooms
A
Where shadows breathe from every pore
Eb
The world is up for auction sales
F Bb
A thousand lies descend the womens' tear-tracked cheeks
A F/A
Still we'll dance them on and on, we can't stop now
A
not now, until we reach the dawn

Chorus 2

A D/A F#m/A
Quick! Give us your lips, give us your thighs
G/A A
Give us your sad and devouring eyes
D F#m
Cascading tears for every heartbeat
G A
Tonight we'll sleep with the girls from the streets

D F#m G to fade