Richard & Linda Thompson - Walking on a Wire

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

It scares you when you don't know
Whichever way the wind might blow
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

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[Pragjag]

It's almost unbearable to watch Linda singing this song when you know what was happening between her and Richard when the tour took place. Simon Nicol once said that it seemed like he spent their marriage writing songs for her to sing when he left her and this the message of this harrowing vieo. It's compelling but so painful.

[HippieJimi]

That was pretty cool,not bad...not bad at all :-)

[HariboStewieyes]

totally amazing, gives me chills everytime

[jpizzo76]

zzzzzzzzzz..........

[Carrsk33]

Agony and indifference.

[lynchalandlord]

Beautiful, sad, transcendent.

[drongolips]

I love this music I was young and if its posible I was terribly in love with two different woman at the time of listening to this song and also listening to "This is a strage affair" heart breaking even now

[mink61]

@MrAndreasvandenberg Your remark is not making me very happy, what's your purpose?

[kerrgal]

@Lavxtee This might have been when she was developing the vocal disease that cut her career short.

[nitendubsinc]

wow.. this fits me well..

[mi11h0use]

'The song does not make people happy, therefore it has no purpose' What a silly concept! It certainly elevates me every time I hear it, as did the other twenty or so songs I watched him and his band play live last night. Still, there's no accounting for differences in cultural values between nationalities I supose.

[MrAndreasvandenberg]

@Pragjag This song does not makes people happy, what is your purpose.