"I Swear I Heard The Night Talking" Music By: Elton John Words By: Bernie Taupin Album: To Be Continued... intro: F C/E Dm Bb(add9) F C/E In the nicotine glare of a cold naked light Dm Bb I drag my body from the covers and down forty flights F C/E I run out the front door into the center of the street Dm Bb I scream out your name as the steam just swells around my feet F C/E I hear you after midnight from the inner city Dm Bb As every Cinderella turns to drop dead pretty F C/E We were built out of the darkness into this West Side Story Dm Bb We came together in the shadows but the moon just steals our glory C Well this is my battleground baby D This is my plaything Bb The only thing I've ever known C Outside of a wedding ring F C/E Dm And I swear I heard the night talking Bb F C Cursing me for being a little more than hopeless F C/E Dm Telling me we're running lonely, loose and broken Bb F C Stronger now on passion but haven't we really spoken Bb C F C/E Dm Bb Bb(add9) And all we ever do is listen to the night talking On the burden of insanity we can't find the cause On a flatbed truck well the home girl she paints her claws There's a coward who gets his courage undercover of the dark And it's a strange breed of devil freeze at night to go walking in the park (to chorus) break:same as intro outro: same as intro (repeat till fade)