Key: D
Introduction: Dm F Am Dm Am Bb
F Am
Oh babe, meet me in Tompkins Square Park
Dm
I wanna hold you in the dark
Am Bb
One last time, just one last time
F Am
Oh babe, can you tell what?s on my tongue?
Dm
Can you guess that I?ll be gone?
Am Bb
With the twilight, With the twilight
Dm C
No flame burns forever, oh no
C Bb
You and I both know this all too well
Dm C
Most don't even last the night
C
No they don't, they say they don't
F Am
Oh babe, I've never been so lost
Dm
I wanna hear you lie
Am Bb
One last time, just one last time
F Am
But oh babe, I really wish you would not cry
Dm
I only ever told you one lie
Am
When it could have been a thousand
Bb
It might as well have been a thousand
Bb Dm C
But no flame burns forever, oh no
C Bb
You and I both know this all too well
Dm C
Most don't even last the night
C
No they don't, they say they don't
Bb D C
And we can talk it round again girl
C Bb
Round and round, round and round again
Dm C
We could leave it out to die
C
Leave it out, just leave it out
Bridge: (single strum)
Gm Dm
I never tried to trick you babe
C
I just tried to work it out
Gm
But I was swallowed up by doubt
Dm
If only things were black and white
F
Cause I just want to hold you tight
Gm Bb
Without holding back my mind
Bb
Without holding back my mind
Bb Dm C
Bb Dm C
No flame burns forever, oh no
C Bb
You and I both know this all too well
Dm C
Most don't even last the night.
Dm