Richie Havens - Tightrope lyrics

I'm up on the tight wire One side's ice and one is fire It's 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 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, altitude Seems to get to me I'm up on the tight wire Flanked by life and the funeral pyre Putting on a show For you to see 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 tight wire Flanked by life and the funeral pyre Putting on a show For you to see