Walk The Wire (Live At The Hordern Pavilion)

It was the strangest thing

The kind of scene I don't fit into

I didn't feel so right

But she came back 'round

Drifting across my sight

Some apparition of make believe

I felt my chest grow tight

And I tumbled in

And She said "Hey baby, hold my hand out on the wire"

Oh, I'm telling you the whole thing is just a braking of desire

You inevitably hold on

Because you always do

You better walk that wire

I'm talking tons 'cause I'm not made of steel

Somebody save me from myself

I'm just a man alright and I'm fumbling

With all this faded advice

Maybe the moment to make my move

You hold your breath so tight

'Cause we're tumbling

And She said "Hey baby, hold my hand out on the wire"

I've been telling the whole time

It's just a breaking of desire

Now I promise you'll be brave too

'Cause you've earned that right

You better walk that wire

There's something in the air tonight

Be steady as you walk away

And we're never going to know, right?

It's better then the other way

She said "Hey baby, hold my hand out on the wire"

See, I never would have held on

But at the aching of desire

No there's heaven in a folk song

So just hold on

'Cause you're dancing on the wire

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