Walking On A Wire Lyrics

The song Walking On A Wire is performed by Richard Thompson in the album named Watching The Dark: The History of Richard Thompson in the year 1993 .



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
My medicine just won't come right
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

Where's the justice, where's the sense?
When all the pain is 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, ohh

This grindstone's wearing me
Your claws are tearing me
Don't use me endlessly
It's too long, too long to myself

Ohh, it scares you when you don't know
Whichever way the wind might blow
Ohh, 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, ohh




Richard Thompson - Watching The Dark: The History of Richard Thompson

May 1993

  1. A Man In Need
  2. Crash The Party
  3. Bird In God's Garden / Lost And Found
  4. Now Be Thankful
  5. A Sailor's Life
  6. Genesis Hall
  7. The Knife-Edge
  8. Walking On A Wire
  9. Small Town Romance
  10. Shepherd's March / Maggie Cameron
  11. Wall Of Death
  12. For Shame Of Doing Wrong
  13. Back Street Slide
  14. Strange Affair
  15. Borrowed Time
  16. From Galway To Graceland
  17. Bogie's Bonnie Belle
  18. Poor Wee Jockey Clarke
  19. Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair
  20. Dimming Of The Day
  21. Old Man Inside A Young Man
  22. Never Again
  23. Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)
  24. A Heart Needs A Home
  25. Beat The Retreat
  26. Al Bowlly's In Heaven
  27. Walking Through A Wasted Land
  28. When The Spell Is Broken
  29. Little Blue Number
  30. I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More
  31. Withered And Died
  32. Nobody's Wedding
  33. The Poor Ditching Boy
  34. The Great Valerio
  35. Twisted
  36. Calvary Cross
  37. Jennie
  38. Shoot Out The Lights


Walking On A Wire