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

Light years away A million light years away Light years away, away, away The fire's burning Oh, I feel this love And I'm giving up 'Cause nothing left for me to say I'm reaching up 'Cause we're burning now

He's the shining and the light without whom I cannot see Insurrection, he is spite, he's the force that made me be Nostro dis pater, nostr' alma mater We're standing here by the abyss and the world is in flames Two star-crossed lovers reaching out to the

Feel the chain no longer holds Finding yourself or you find that soul Reaching for answers that no one knows I've sung the blues for every broken heart in here Time to light up this joint with some boogie woogie Feelings move your hips I've too felt love

And I get caught up In the moonlight Reaching out for a rotten egg I don't wanna beg I hate to do this But you're a pain in the neck I thought you knew this You're handing me a canceled check You're so helpless