Tightrope Lyrics - Carney - 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 too 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. 

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