The Wire

[Intro: Ruby Frost]
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[Chorus: Ruby Frost]
Easy, what you want
Could be another thing, it is a power of its
Own
Easy with what you've got
One minute it is here, and then another it is
Gone
Oh
And higher, and higher
I'm going on a limb
The wire, the wire
Is growing very thin
And you can call it, but I'm
Never gonna wanna leave
The wire, the wire
Though it's giving up on me

[Verse 1: David Dallas]
It's time to knuckle down, no time to run around
Acted crazy, it's real, nothin' Fugazi
Until I'm Swayze in Ghost, I'm tryin' things
That seem fuckin' crazy to most, as Kiwi kids
It ain't in our nature to boast, so we be playin' things
Down, we be makin' jokes in case we choke
Rather make out like we didn't try than bare the shame
That we built a plane that didn't fly, livin' lies, man
If only we could live a little, the end might not be great
But it was good in the middle, you may get chastised
But the work you did outlives you and, if you did it
From the heart, know that they'll forgive you, may nobody
Forbid you from this first step on a high wire
It could be your worst yet, it could be your best
I walked on it once or twice, thought I'd stumble to my death
Though I feel it gettin' thinner, I'm still standin' on the edge

[Chorus: Ruby Frost, David Dallas]
Easy, what you want
Could be another thing, it is a power of its
Own
Easy with what you've got
One minute it is here, and then another it is
Gone
Oh
And higher, and higher
I'm going on a limb
The wire, the wire
Is growing very thin
And you can call it, but I'm
Never gonna wanna leave
The wire, the wire
Though it's giving up on me (Yeah)

[Verse 2: David Dallas]
Attracted to this life or the facade of it
Ain't what it seems, still, I wanna be a part of it
I carry some scars from it, you never know if you could
Carry your film if you've never been a star of it
Put a couple large on it, goin' for the Oscar nod
Thought I'd be happy with the Emmys, then you got it wrong
I had to leave 'em behind although we got along
Guess the train's leavin' today, you're either off or on
Dunno if I got it wrong, I live with it though
Play some good defence, stick with it though
Best shape of my life, I'm sick with it though
Ain't up on a main stage, I bought tickets though
And I can't quit the show, though I know
It's such a long way down, been such a long way now that I've
Forgotten who I used to be, now doin' this
Is the only thing that's true to me