Words and music by bob seger



Saw you walkin' on a backstreet honey

Tryin' to slip away

Did you find someone to take your money

And did it make your day

Take a lesson from someone who's been there

There are lots of roads that lead you nowhere



I can see it in your blank stare baby

Someone's done you in

Everybody hits the hard truth some time

It's your time again

So you're lonesome and the night's approachin'

Honey this is where the tough get goin'



Welcome to the tightrope

Between memory and pain

Welcome to the tightrope

Between the freedom and the chain

Welcome to the tightrope

Stretched high above the street

Welcome to the tightrope

It's right beneath your feet



Once you learn to balance truth and sorrow

You can worry about the rest tomorrow



Up there on the tightrope

Oh it's a tightrope

You're walkin' on a tightrope