Текст песни On The Edge - Chris Smither

On The Edge

You know I just dropped by to say hello
I'd have thought you might've let me know
If you were feelin' alright or if you might be just a little low
It's like you almost had a lot to say
But if you don't I guess that's still okay
You can make up your mind just like you make up your bed every day
Dancin' on the edge of the stage
It won't be long before we fall
The dance is the thing
The fall just brings us the news that we don't get no curtain call

We got a clown down here wearin' baggy clothes
Big mustache, a bigger nose
He does what he does and it's easy because it's what he knows
He never needed a plan for life
He lives on that edge and it cuts like a knife
Through the funny bone of his own little slice of life
Funny ain't a joke to him
It's the heart and soul of all he'll be
From the small realise to the big surprise
It isn't funny till it happens to me
Oh yeah

Keep your spirits up and dream your dream
How's that workin' for ya? I don't mean to put it down
But it sounds like it's bound to fall short in the long run
It's just the Holy Ghost and the Holy Grail
That ain't a lot to keep you out of jail
I would've thought what they taught you in school would've made you the strong
one
What about the here and what about the now?
Who's pitchin' for the great I Am?
Okay, not so great, but it's never too late to take a stand
To say, "I'm here, I belong, I don't have to prove anything to anyone
But if I don't wanna move, I don't have to"
What's that say to you?
I got my star clothes on, they're made of starry stuff
And so am I, but they should be enough
To tell you where I came from and where I'm going to
To tell you where I came from and where I'm going to