Key: A
Introduction: Cm A#m Cm A#m Fm
Cm A#m Fm
Is it asking too much to be given time,
Cm A#m
To know these songs and to sing them?
Cm A#m Fm
Is it asking too much of my vacant smile,
Cm A#m
And my laugh and lies that bring them?
G# Cm
But as the stars are going out,
G# Fm
And this stage is full of nothing,
G# Cm
And the friends have all but gone,
G# Fm
For my life, my God, I'm singing.
G#
We'll take our hearts outside,
A#m Fm
Leave our lives behind,
Cm G# Cm
And watch the stars go ou...t.
G#
We'll take our hearts outside,
A#m Fm
Leave our lives behind,
Cm G# Cm
And watch the stars go ou...t.
Cm A#m Fm
Is it asking too much of my favourite friends,
Cm A#m
To take these songs for real?
Cm A#m Fm
Is it asking too much of my partner's hands,
Cm A#m
To take these songs for real?
G# Cm
But as the stars are going out,
G# Fm
And this stage is full of nothing,
G# Cm
And the friends have all but gone,
G# Fm
For my life, my God, I'm singing.
We'll take our hearts outside,