Lyric Tight Rope

TIGHT ROPE
Leon Russell

I m up on the tightrope , one sides hate and one is hope
It s a circus game with you and me.
I m up on the tightwire , linked by life and the funeral pyre
But the tophat on my head is all you see.

And 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, baby you re just to blind to see.

I m up in the spotlight, oh does it feel right
The altitude seems to really get to me.
I m up on the tightwire linked by life and the funeral pyre
Putting on a show for you to see.