************************************************************************* () () | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | () () Straight as an arrow, You carry your intentions to the wind, | / / / / | Dogs all around you, But you cannot get the message to your friend, | / / / / | At every rendez - vous you keep on walking a - round, | / / / / | Night-time in the city, () And the rain keeps fall - ing down------, (Let me tell you how it all works out, I never thought we had so much time to lose, Just learning how to twist and shout, It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use! Let me tell you how it all works out, I never thought we had so much time to lose, Just learning how to twist and shout, It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use-----!) Pilgrim knows the road to go, How many times we told you so-----? (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down! Burn you up & I'll burn you down!) No rhyme or reason, No way to make it easy 'til it's done--------, (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) (Burn you up, and I'll burn you down!) So you cross onto the other side of the street----, (Burn you up & I'll burn you down!) (Burn you up & I'll burn you down!) You should know better, () But you keep turning up the heat-----! (Let me tell you how it all works out, I never thought we had so much time to lose, Just learning how to twist and shout, It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use! Let me tell you how it all works out, I never thought we had so much time to lose, Just learning how to twist and shout, It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use-----!) Oh - oh, ho - ha! (Hey - hey, hey - hey!) Make me feel this! (Hey - hey, hey - hey!) Hey - ey, hey - hey! (Hey - hey, hey - hey!) Make me feel it! (Ho - ho, ho - ho!) When they lose you, it can bruise you, (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down, burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) Break me open, I need someone to see me, (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down, burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) Make me feel it, make me feel! | / / / / | / / / / | In the city, and the rain is falling down------, (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) You can make it happen... with your eyes, With your eyes a - lone--------! (Let me tell you how it all works out, I never thought we had so much time to lose, Just learning how to twist and shout, It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use!) Break-------... ...me------------ o----pen (Let me tell you how it all works out!) (Never thought we had so much time to lose) Make--------- me---------- feel--- it (Just learning how to twist and shout!) Break-------- me------------ o----pen (Let me tell you how it all works out!) (Never thought we had so much time to lose) Make--------- me---------- feel--- it! (Just learning how to twist and shout!) (Never thought we had so much time to lose!) | / / / / | / ||