Name: Tightrope Walker (demo)
Duration: P00H03M05S
Description: When life gets you down, sometimes you just need a circus to show you the way.

Tightrope Walker (demo)

by The Skips

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When life gets you down, sometimes you just need a circus to show you the way.

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He wanted his newspaper waiting
Wanted his coffee fresh ground
Katie made it down in the basement
He didn’t like to wake to the sound

She tip-toed her way ’round the kitchen
Made sure his eggs were just right
She knew he’d pro’bly be angry
If she asked him where he was last night

Katie gave him a kiss on his way out
Then she cleared the dishes away
Slumped down in a chair and thought
I sure could use a circus today

She got a seat at the back and some popcorn
As the calliope started to sing
The boom of the drums and a spotlight
On a girl high above the ring

Tightrope Walker
Right left, right left
Tightrope Wa--ATCH YOUR STEP!

There was no net there to catch her
As the girl inched out into space
She calculated every movement
A smile frozen on her face

You’d have to be crazy to do that
Katie heard a young mother say
As the girl took her bows in the sawdust
Katie thought “I do it every day”

Tightrope Walker
Right left, right left
Tightrope Wa--ATCH YOUR STEP!

INSTRUMENTAL

It was time
To get herself a new act
She was gone gone gone
When he got back

Tight Rope Walker
Right left, right left
Tight Rope Walker
Right left, right left
Tight Rope Walker
Right left, right left
Tight Rope Walker
Right left right left right
RIGHT

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released January 30, 2012
Written by Marissa Kochanski, Jerrold Eilander, Patrick Fraser and Mike Siek

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The Skips Edmonton, Alberta

Mike Siek and Marissa Kochanski write happy/sad songs about horses, zombies and butterflies.

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