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Walking on a Wire

Walking on a Wire
(Linda Thompson)

I hand you my ball and chain
You just hand me that same old refrain

   I'm walking on a wire
   I'm walking on a wire
   And I'm falling

I wish I could please you tonight
But my medicine just won't go on right

   Too many steps to take
   Too many spells to break
   Too many nights awake and no one else
   This grindstone's wearing me
   Your claws are tearing me
   Don't use me endlessly, it's too long
   Too long to myself

Where's the justice and where's the sense
And all the pain's on my side of the fence

   I'm walking on a wire
   I'm walking on a wire
   And I'm falling

   Too many steps to take
   Too many spells to break
   Too many nights awake and no one else
   This grindstone's wearing me
   Your claws are tearing me
   Don't use me endlessly, it's too long
   Too long to myself

It scares you when you don't know
Whichever way the wind might blow

   I'm walking on a wire
   I'm walking on a wire
   And I'm falling

   I'm walking on a wire
   I'm walking on a wire
   And I'm falling

   I'm walking on a wire
   I'm walking on a wire
   And I'm falling

copyright Linda Thompson
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