"Tight Rope (2001 Recording)" lyrics - LEON RUSSELL

I'm up on the tight rope
One side's hate and one is hope
It's a circus game with you and me
I'm up on the tight wire
Flanked by life and the funeral pyre
Putting on a show for you to see

Well, the wire seems to be the only place for me
A comedy of errors and I'm falling

Like a rubber neck giraffe
You look into my past
Well maybe you're just too blind to - see
I'm up in the spotlight
Oh, does it feel right
The altitude really gets to me

I'm up on the tight wire
Flanked by life and the funeral pyre
Putting on a show for you to see

[Bridge - Piano]

Like a rubber neck giraffe
You look into my past
Well maybe you're just too blind to - see
I'm up in the spotlight
Oh does it feel right
Altitude really gets to get to me

I'm up on the tight wire
Flanked by life and the funeral pyre
Putting on a show for you to see

[Outro]