BmAGDBmBmAGD
They said, "We don't take your kind. No, we don't want no guys like you."
BmAGD
I lied my way until December, hoping Christmas would pull me through.
EmADD/C#Bm
Then I hung around thinking religion would take its toll.
EmADD/C#Bm
The Lord threw no signs that day. It seemed that no one would take me at all.
GABm
Then I saw the light on the stage...
BmDABm
And I said, "Sing with me, oh, sing with me. Sing all night long.
DABmDABm
And hold me close til the mornin' sun comes searchin' for the dawn."
BmAGD
I hitched my way back to Houston where I knew that I'd find a home.
BmAGD
My mother claimed 'no vancany' in this new house that I'd never known.
EmADD/C#Bm
I found myself astray, all alone, caught up in the midst of my pain.
EmDD/C#Bm
In the howling winds of the night, I swore someone was calling my name.
GABm
I turned just to see the light on the stage...
BmDABm
And I said, "Sing with me, oh, sing with me. Sing all night long.
DABmDABm
Then hold me close til the mornin' sun comes searchin' for the dawn."
BmAGD
I took my last doller, made some change and I called a friend.
BmAGD
He said, "That's no problem, pal. You know we've love to take you in."
EmADD/C#Bm
So he helped me through my trial, with some peace from the Lord above.
EmADD/C#Bm
Next thing I know I'm on the stage doing everything that I've dreamed of.
GABm
Now it seems that I am the light on the stage...
GABm
Now it seems that we are the lights on the stage.
BmDABm
And I said, "Sing with me, oh, sing with me. Sing all night long.
DABmDABm
Then hold me close til the mornin' sun comes searchin' for the dawn."
BmDABm
And I said, "Sing with me, oh, sing with me. Sing all night long.
DABmDABm
Then hold me close til the mornin' sun comes searchin' for the dawn."