C - G - D - Am (2x)
 
C             G                    D                  Am
Headin' in or headin' out,        standing on the shore,
C             G                    D                  Am
pause a moment to reflect         which trip costs you more.
C             G                    D                        Am
Between the ever restless crowds   and the silence of your room,
C                G                    D                  Am
spend an hour in no man's land,       you'll be leaving soon.
 
C                  G                    D                   Am        
Victims come and victims go,         there's always lots to spare,
C                    G                    D                  Am
one victim lives the tragedy,        one victim stops to stare.
C                    G                    D                  Am
And still another walks on by         pretending not to see,
C                    G                    D                  Am
they're all out there in no man's land ‘cause it's the safest place to be.
 
F                     Bb         C                     F
but sanctuary never comes        without some kind of risk,
F                 Bb             C                 D
Illusions without freedom never quite add up to bliss.
F                    Bb             C                F
The haunting and the haunted play a game no one can win,
F                   Bb              C                 D
The spirits come at midnight and by dawn they're gone again.
 
C                    G              D                  Am
And so it seems our destiny         to search and never rest,
C                    G                    D                  Am
to ride that ever changing wave          that never seems to crest.
C                    G                    D                  Am
To shiver in the darkest night,         afraid to make a stand,
C                    G                    D                  Am 
and then go back and do our time out there in no man's land.