[Verse]
             
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 fe

              
eling the same

 
 way
              
I ain't nothin

            
g but tired   

             
   Man I'm jus

            
t tired and bo

         
red with mysel

f
            
Hey there baby

           
    I could us

              
e just a littl

  
e 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 da

             
ncing in the d

ark

[Verse]
             
Messages keep 

            
getting cleare

             
r, radio's on 

            
and I'm moving

           
 round the pla

ce
              
I check my loo

            
k in the mirro

             
r I wanna chan

            
ge my clothes,

             
 my hair, my f

ace
              
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

     
here 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

[Post-Chorus]
            
You sit around

         
 getting older
             
There's a joke

             
 here somewher

             
e and it's on 


me
              
I'll shake the

              
 world off my 


shoulders
             
Come on baby t

   
he laugh's on 

me

[Verse]
             
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 toni

ght
              
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.

 
.....
              
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
   
[Outro]
             
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
             
Even if we're 

     
just dancing i

n the dark