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Tightrope [Live at CBGB]

from The Blood of the Kid by Ritual Tension

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Tightrope [Live at CBGB]


Dancin’ down the tightrope, you discover that it’s been greased
With the blood of the kid and the fat of the whale whose cries never cease
It’s a shame when things don’t work out, you were more than halfway there
But you can’t give no interviews when you’re fallin’ through the air

Down, down, down, down
Don’t, don’t look down

Sorry says the mechanic there’s not much that I can do
There’s a dead beast in your driver’s seat and he just refuses to move
No, no, no that’s just my relative you shout back above the din
But the moment you touch the crowbar, nausea closes in

Now these party people have their problems, but they don’t mean to be unkind
I know that they have their problems yeah well certainly I have mine
But they talk about their cocktails and they chat about the bomb
They discuss the kind of chemicals that they spray upon their lawn
Well it seems they’re a little uncertain tonight, who must they impress
They ain’t sure who the owner is, “Is now the time to undress?”
Their cheap thrills make me shudder, the kitchen is full of blades
There’s a river out that window
Hey whaddya say you and me we go find some shade, let’s go find some shade

See I keep having this recurring nightmare [repeat] that I keep having this recurring nightmare [repeat]
that I keep having this recurring nightmare
that I’m standin’ up on this balcony and I’m lookin’ over,
and I’m trying not to fall, I don’t wanna fall down there
and then David Rockefeller comes up behind me and he gives me a push
and I afll down hundreds of feet and I’m lyin’ there
all these bankers start comin’ up to me and they start handin’ me these bills
these 5 dollar bills 10 dollar bills 25 dollar bills 80 dollar bills
I know they’re counterfeit
I said get that money
get that money away, get that money away from me, get that money away!

So then I take all these bills and I throw them as far as I can
and where they land a tree grows up, a giant tree
standing over me….ugh ugh ugh TIMBER!

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from The Blood of the Kid, released May 17, 1987
Ivan Nahem: vocals, percussion
Andrew Nahem: guitar, back vocals
Marc Sloan: bass guitar, back vocals
Michael Shockley: drums, percussion
Engineer: Steve McAllister

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Ritual Tension began in 1983 in NY as part of the downtown scene. After a long hiatus the band reappeared in 2018 and released a new album in 2020.


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