Key: C
Introduction:
C Am7 C Am7
Verse
C Am7
I'm staring through a telescope at night
C Am7
at a large light in the sky
C Am7 F
Its spinning lights reminded me of you
Fm C G C/E
A star spinning in orbit lighting up the sky
Dm G
Or maybe it was not a star at all
Verse
C Am7
I'm standing by the Hudson River's edge at night
C Am7
looking out across the Jersey shore
C Am7 F
At a neon light spelling out some cola's name
Fm
And I thought your name should be dancing
C G C/E
beamed from satellites
Dm G
Larger than any billboard in Times Square
F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
G F
I'm the one who loves you in each and every way
F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Dm G
New York City lovers
C Am7
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
C Am7
Tell it to your heart
Verse
C Am7
I'm up on the roof, it's 5 a.m.
C Am7
I guess I couldn't sleep
C Am7 F
And I see this spinning light that I saw last week
Fm C G C/E
Maybe I should wake you up but by then it might be gone
Dm G
You never know what you see when you look up in the sky
Verse
C Am7
I ran outside down a darkened street
C Am7
listening to my boot heels click
C Am7 F
My leather jacket squeaked, I needed a cigarette
Fm C G C/E
When I turned the corner my spinning light was in the street
Dm G
They were filming a commercial on TV
F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
G F
We're no teenage movie that ends in tragedy
F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Dm G
New York City lovers
F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
G F
I'm the one who loves you in each and every way
F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Dm G
New York City lovers
C Am7
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Am7 C
Tell it to your heart
Verse