A Place To Stand

Tab by Matt Morrow, PattyNet.net Standard Tuning Capo I Intro (4X): -0-0--0--0-0-0--0------0-0--0--0-0-0--0------| -3-3--3--3-3-3-----3---3-3--3--3-3-3-----3---| -0-0-0h2-2-2-2---------0-0-0h2-2-2-2---------| -0-0--0--0-0-0---------0-0--0--0-0-0---------| ---------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------| Here on the inside, looking at the outside Losing my memory faster than my pride Here I am, baby, blind as a bat out of hell Cut me loose of that ball and chain Packed up a glad-bag, hopped on a train To the land of the lonely, as far as I can tell I was laughing like a fool on fire Candle burning into my hand Sitting like a bird on a wire I had to find me a place to stand Well, this city's got its poison pens And its children in armor, frustrated men And women who don't know why they were sent at all You might think that we'd had our fill And we'd stand up and fight if we just had the will If we just a little more time and love or something Oh, we're all laughing like fools on fire Standing burning into our hand Sitting like birds on a wire I got to find me a place to stand Foolish hearts don't have no rest From the moment your head leaves your mama's chest From the moment you hold the child in your hands From the moment you think that you'll find your place to stand Little bit older, years go by Squeezing that stone, but my well's still dry Here I am, here I am Oh, I'm laughing like a fool on fire Candle burning into my hand Sitting like a bird on a wire I had to find me a place to stand