Am
              A life as a stranger
Am        G
              Hands through a wire
Am
              Forbidden desires
Am        Em
      are mine for life


[Verse 1]
Am       G         Em
Looking     from a spiral
C         Bm       Em
staircase     at a man with a
Am        G       Em         F
suitcase    as he shades his eyes


[Verse 2]
Am       G         Em
Watching    from a stained glass
C         Bm       Em
shelter.              He bides his
D
time and thinks there must be
E       Fdim
more to life than...


[Chorus]
Am
this.       A life as a stranger
Am       G
            Hands through a wire
Am
            Forbidden desires
Am        Em
      are mine for life

[Verse 3]
    Am       G           Em
The poet       reads his words out
C       Bm       Em
loud        to a make-believe
Am        G       Em           F
crowd      in the quiet of his room


[Verse 4]
Am       G           Em
Careful    where the tears are
C         Bm       Em
falling.           He closed
    D
the book and cried. There must be
E       Fdim
more to love than


[Verse 5]
Am       G         Em
this.      See the boy on the
C         Bm          Em
walkway     Where the young have their
Am        G       Em        F
own say    and it screams from the wall


[Verse 6]
     Am       G          Em
He's writing     for the hundredth
C            Bm   Em
time there.           I hate it
D
all, but there must be
E       Fdim
more to hate than...


[Chorus]
Am
this.       A life as a stranger
Am        G
            Hands through a wire
Am
            Forbidden desires
Am        F
      are mine for life


[Instrumental]
Fm   Cm
Fm   Eb
Cm   Gm
Cm   Bb
Ab   A

Fm   Cm
Fm   Eb
Db   D


[Chorus]
Am
             A life as a stranger
Am        G
             Hands through a wire
Am
             Forbidden desires
Am        Em
      are mine for life

[Chorus]
Am
             A life as a stranger
Am        G
             Hands through a wire
Am
             Forbidden desires
Am        Em
      are mine for life

[Outro]
Am
             A life as a stranger
Am        G
             Hands through a wire
Am
             Forbidden desires
Am        Em
      are mine for life