I'm up on a tight wire

I've always loved Leon Russell's Tightrope. I think I'll make it the theme song to go with my circus lady doppleganger. Not crazy about Leon's scary makeup for this album cover though. Ick.

I'm up on the tightwire one side's ice and one is fire its a circus game with you and me I'm up on the tightrope one side's hate and one is hope but the top hat 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 **Chorus** Like a rubber-neck giraffe you look into my past well maybe you're just to blind to - see I'm up in the spotlight ohh does it feel right ohh the altitude seems to get to me I'm up on the tightwire flanked by life and the funeral pyre putting on a show for you to see **Chorus** Like a rubber-neck giraffe you look into my past well maybe you're just too blind to - see I'm up in the spotlight ohh does it feel right ohh the altitude really gets to get to me I'm up on the tightwire flanked by life and the funeral pyre putting on a show for you to see