[Intro]


[Verse 1]

I get up in th

e evening and 

I ain't got no

thing to say
             
I come home in

              
 the morning I

              
 go to bed fee

              
ling the same 

 
way
              
I ain't nothin

           
g but tired, m

             
an I'm just ti

             
red and bored 

        
with myself
            
Hey there baby

           
   I could use

              
 just a little

  
 help


[Chorus]
             
You can't star

              
t a fire, you 

              
can't start a 

              
fire without a

   
 spark
              
This gun's for

           
 hire even if 

            
we're just dan

             
cing in the da

rk


[Verse 2]

Messages keep 

getting cleare

r, radio's on 

and I'm moving

 'round my pla

ce
             
I check my loo

              
k in the mirro

              
r, wanna chang

              
e my clothes, 

             
my hair, my fa

ce
             
Man I ain't ge

            
tting nowhere,

           
 I'm just livi

              
ng in a dump l

      
ike this
              
There's someth

              
ing happening 

           
somewhere baby

            
 I just know t

          
hat there is


[Chorus]
             
You can't star

              
t a fire, you 

              
can't start a 

              
fire without a

   
 spark
              
This gun's for

           
 hire  even if

             
 we're just da

             
ncing in the d


ark


[Bridge]
            
You sit around

             
 getting older

             
, there's a jo

              
ke here somewh

             
ere and it's o

  
n me
              
I'll shake the

              
 world off my 

            
shoulders, com

              
e on baby the 

 
laugh's on me


[Verse 3]

Stay on the st

reets of this 

town and they'

ll be carving 

you up all rig

ht
             
They say you g

              
otta stay hung

              
ry, hey baby I

              
'm just about 

            
starving tonig

ht
             
I'm dying for 

            
some action, I

             
'm sick of sit

            
ting 'round he

              
re trying to w

           
rite this book
              
I need a love 

           
reaction, come

            
 on now baby g

              
imme just one 

 
look


[Chorus]
             
You can't star

              
t a fire sitti

              
ng round cryin

              
g over a broke

   
n heart
              
This gun's for

           
 hire   even i

              
f we're just d


ancing in the 

dark
             
You can't star

              
t a fire worry

              
ing about your

              
 little world 

          
falling apart
              
This gun's for

           
 hire   even i

              
f we're just d

            
ancing in the 

 
dark

Even if we're 

just dancing i

n the dark

Even if we're 

just dancing i

n the dark

Even if we're 

just dancing i

n the dark

Hey baby!