Intro: Bm7 D A G Bm7 D A G Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 F# C9 (Stop)Bm7 D A G9 Red sun, go down way over dirty townBm7 D A E9 Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoalsBm7 D A G9 Yes, and a girl is there, high heeling across the squareBm7 D A E9 The wind it blows around in her hair, and the flags upon the polesEm9 Waiting in the crowd to cross at the lightG F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9 She looks around to find a face she can like.Bm7 D A G9 Church bell, clinging on, trying to get a crowd, EvensongContinues after the adBm7 D A E9 Nobody cares to depend upon, the chime it playsBm7 D A G9 They're all in the station, praying for trains, the congregation's, late againBm7 D A E9 It's getting darker, all the time, these flagpole daysEm9 Drunk old soldier he gives her a frightG F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9 He's crazy lion howling for a fight.Bm7 D A G9 Strap hanging, gunshot sound, door slamming on the, overgroundBm7 D A E9 The starlings are tough, but the lions are made of stoneBm7 D A G9 Her evening paper is horror torn, but there's hope later for, capricornsBm7 D A E9 Her lucky stars give her just enough, ... to get her homeEm9 Then she's reading about a swing to the rightG F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F# C9 But she's thinking about a stranger in the nightG A G A I'm thinking about the lions, I'm thinking about the lionsG A Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 A fade out What happened to the lions, tonight (tonight) (tonight)
Lions
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