When your chips are down When your highs are low Reaching for the light Knowing we can't win It's getting close to sundown over the Sierra Stranded on the freeway burning with desire She was on the sidewalk looking for a night light

When ashes fall the legends rise Whoa (legends rise) It's burning down, it's burning high We burned it out oh my oh why (Legends rise) Legs are tied, these hands are broken Alone I try with words unspoken Silent cry, my breath is frozen With blinded

We want it all and we want it now Tonight I'll watch your fires burn out With guns in hand we pry these guns from yours And it's burning down the walls you built high And there's a steady stream of anger And it's spilling from the coasts A tidal wave A