E A Long before you ever saw your chances E You were going to burn this city down A Tired of the fashions and the dances E Tired of the people standing around C#m Ticking like a bomb in the night A And you knew you were right B Black and white [Verse 2] A Blame it on the time it took to leave here E Blame it on the ones who slowed you down A Blame it on the kind of friends you knew here E Blame it on the sickness going 'round C#m Going round and round in the night A With your heart out of sight E With your world burning bright B Like a moth 'round a light [Chorus] C#m Black and white E The pictures of a life in flames C#m Black and white E The picture of a life remains A And the search you half remember C#m Setting out on at the start A Is burning like an ember in your heart E A Time running out time running out E For the fool still asking what his life is about A Time running out time running out Time running out time running out E Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt A Time running out time running out [Verse 3] E A Tell them that you've gone to find a person E Someone you lost track of long ago A Tell them that it's someone you need worse than E Anybody else you'll ever know C#m Ticking like a bomb in the night A You were strong, you were light E You were fast, you were bright B Then you were gone in the light [Chorus] C#m Black and white E The pictures of a life in flames B C#m Black and white E The picture of a life remains A And the high ideals and the promise C#m You once dressed the future in A Are dancing in the embers with the wind E A Time running out time running out E For the fool still asking what his life is about A Time running out time running out E Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt, time