| You should have been an angel, it would of suited you My gold-leafed, triptych angel, she knows just what to do
 In the half light of morning, in our world between the sheets
 I swear I saw her angel wing, my vision was complete
 And I know I'll never want another lover, my sweet
 Can there be more in this world than the joy of just watching you sleep?
 I don't know just what to feel
 Won't someone tell me my love's real?
 
 Are we etched in stone or just scratched in the sand
 Waiting for the waves to come and reclaim the land?
 Will the sun shine all sweetness and light
 Burn us to a cinder, our third stone satellite?
 
 I'm on a tightrope, baby, nine miles high
 Striding through the clouds, on my ribbon in the sky
 I'm on a tightrope, baby, one thing I've found
 I don't know how to stop, and it's a long, long, long
 Long way down.
 
 She's all that ever mattered, and all that ever will
 My cup, it runneth over, I'll never get my fill
 The boats in the harbour slip from their chains
 Head for new horizons, let's do the same
 
 I'm on a tightrope, baby, nine miles high
 Striding through the clouds, on my ribbon in the sky
 I'm on a tightrope, baby, one thing I've found
 I don't know how to stop
 And it's a tightrope, baby, nine miles high
 Striding through the clouds, on my ribbon in the sky
 I'm on a tightrope, baby, one thing I've found
 I don't know how to stop, and it's a long, long, long
 Long way down
 
 
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