Year: 1999 - Album: New Way to Be Human
Written by Jonathan Foreman
Intro: D G Amy's gone D G And time rolls on D G D How far? How fast? How long? Verse 1: D G The last time we saw Amy D G She was headed for the shore D G D G Fighting off the volatile gray skies Verse 2: D G She said now begins forever D G And that no one knows their time D G We bid farewell not knowing D G That might be our last good-byeInterlude 1: D D/G D Verse 3: D G Salvation is a fire D G In the midnight of the soul D G D G It lights up like a can of gasoline Verse 4: D G Yeah, she's a freedom fighter D G She's a stand up kind of girl D G She's out to start a fire D G In a bar code plastic world Chorus Interlude 2: D D/G (4x) Verse 5: D (G) When everything stops moving D (G) And I stop to catch my breath D (G) And ride my train of thought D (G) All the way round Verse 6: D G My thoughts return to Amy D G And the fire she's begun D G She came when we were freezing D G And left us burning up Chorus Outro: D G (3x) DD Amy was a fighter F#m7 G2 She cut like Casius Clay Bbmaj7 She burned like a fire A7 Despite these rains D Where time was a question F#m7 G2 She only knew one song: Bbmaj7 A7 D She's singing, "How far, how fast, how long?"