Tone: [A]
[D]Never in all of my l[E]life
Have I seen e[A]eyes as empty as these st[D]streets of my city
on a S[D]Saturday night,
all the [E]green of your eyes says "[A]"Go, leave it [Abm]all behi[D]behind."
But I don't [D]need to be reminded a c[E]change is gonna come.
I can [D]feel it on the tip of your t[E]tongue.
And [A]I feel alive, feel alive, [D]feel alive[A]alive.
We [D]met up once we'd settled the s[E]sun
Betw[A]Between the h[Abm]heat and the work week
The [D]fear is we could use some sleep
but [D]sleep to a superfluous [E]man means better use for beds
and I'll [A]bet I'm [Abm]coming home al[D]alone tonight.
I don't n[D]need to be reminded this [E]is how it was.
I moved [D]on, I passed a billboard d[E]down my block
that asks if [D]I've had enough, and aloud I [E]say "I've had too much"
when the [D]truth is, I'm just getting st[E]started.
Now a[A]all the barlights are blinking in time
D D* E* F#* E* D*
to Mexican music, it's taunting the pavement
And [A]I feel alive, feel alive, [D]feel alive.
[D]One of us sings, and o[E]one of us drinks,
and o[A]one of us has nothing at all.
So he [D]calls us all sheep
I'm the L[E]Little Bo Peep of the b[A]bunch.
-I take their tales and I'm ready to go-
Then he [D]swears he's gotta take this c[E]call
Man, I'm sc[A]ared he's gonna l[Abm]eave us too s[D]oon.
We were the [D]get rich quick kids,
We n[E]never got it right
So we s[D]settled for the center in t[E]town
Where all the r[D]rich white kids is out l[E]looking for a fight
got the b[D]blond one staring me d[E]down.
and I r[D]really wanna take a s[E]swing
I can't h[A]elp but rem[Abm]ember James D[D]ean
See we are p[D]part of the few who ag[E]agree
that hey, he l[D]lived life fast
but he d[E]died.
he died.
he died.
Me, I'm gonna live for[A]forever.
-And [A]I feel alive, feel alive, [D]feel ali[A]alive-
Now a[A]all the barlights are blinking in time
[D]to Mexican music, it's taunting the pavement [A]
and for the first time,
in a long time, [D]
I feel alive. [A]