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
- A Man In Need
- Crash The Party
- Bird In God's Garden / Lost And Found
- Now Be Thankful
- A Sailor's Life
- Genesis Hall
- The Knife-Edge
- Walking On A Wire
- Small Town Romance
- Shepherd's March / Maggie Cameron
- Wall Of Death
- For Shame Of Doing Wrong
- Back Street Slide
- Strange Affair
- Borrowed Time
- From Galway To Graceland
- Bogie's Bonnie Belle
- Poor Wee Jockey Clarke
- Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair
- Dimming Of The Day
- Old Man Inside A Young Man
- Never Again
- Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)
- A Heart Needs A Home
- Beat The Retreat
- Al Bowlly's In Heaven
- Walking Through A Wasted Land
- When The Spell Is Broken
- Little Blue Number
- I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More
- Withered And Died
- Nobody's Wedding
- The Poor Ditching Boy
- The Great Valerio
- Twisted
- Calvary Cross
- Jennie
- Shoot Out The Lights