| G | G | G | G | [Verse] G Lisa used to love to dance Ever since she was ten years old C Her bare feet raising dust on a yard Where the grass wouldn't grow G Slowly spinning round and round To the music playing in her head C Late at night it could almost drown out The whiskey on her old man's breath [Pre-chorus] D Em The wrecking yards and dingy bars C And abandoned factories D Em But down among the jagged souls C A ballerina sways unseen [Chorus] G Am Hard edges hide a tender heart C G Silent as a midnight prayer G Am Hard edges hide the sweetest part C D G Till you'd never know it's there [Verse] G Lisa's in a club downtown Where the neon burns till dawn C She calls herself Tina now But she dances to the same old songs G Slowly spinning round and round In the smoke and the smell of rye C She takes off all her clothes So they don't see down in her eyes [Pre-chorus] D Em The scarlet rouge and blue tattoos C Are only painted on D Em But underneath the dark drumbeat C A ballerina dances on ... on and on [Chorus] G Am Hard edges hide a tender heart C G Silent as a midnight prayer G Am Hard edges hide the sweetest part C D G Till you'd never know it's there G Am Hard edges hide a tender heart C D G Till you'd never know it's there