Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

  I opened up the music box

 I wish you would have changed the locks

To keep me from replaying

All the feelings I've been saving

  I did not keep them locked up inside

 I did not take my steps in stride

 Thought you were bluffing, trampled on you

Went from friends to nothing

  Radio turns to gold

  And paves the way to find my home

  When I'm alone

  When I'm alone

Overeager and underway

 I risked it all, I had to say

 What opened me up for the beating

 But the heart is for bleeding

 With scraps of songs I paste along

 The seams of my clumsy tongue

 In hopes of creating the golden notes

That might bring you back to me

  Radio turns to gold

  And paves the way to find my home

  When I'm alone

  When I'm alone

Like phantoms on the highway

After holiday, gritting their teeth

 Racing to find a place for their soul

 Or at least a place... that's less familiar

 We offer up our heart before

 The heart's invited or asked for

 Oh no, here I go my friend, I'm repeating

 But the heart is for bleeding...

 And I've said all I can say

 I am retreating, on my way

 Music box, play my song I'll sing along

 To that bitterly sweet tone

When I'm alone...