Let me hear it now We all come in from the cold We come down from the wire An everybody warms themselves To a different fire When sometimes we get burned You'd think sometime we'd learn

Tryin' to the world on fire Turn the key and spark the wire Chasin' down a feelin', runnin' on desire Gone in a cloud of smoke The future was an open road Leavin' a trail of flames behind those tires Well that big red sun was sinkin' slow That horizon

Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences Forty nights to sit an listen, to the midnight train to Memphis Midnight train to Memphis Well, judge looked down gave me forty days Instead of the fine that I could not pay Said walk right you'll soon be

Running out of control Take you walking on a highwire crazy No net down below It’s gonna get a little too far out there Just you wait and see Come swimming in the flames with me Love you like a wildfire Ain’t nothing ‘bout loving me Is gonna be easy

Higher and higher When I offer you survival You say it's hard enough to live It's not so bad, it's not so bad How do you know that you're right? We're gonna take it Down to the wire Watch it go If you're not nervous anymore

'Cause we all fall down Climb every mountain How high doesn't matter Don't ever be afraid to fall Walk out on that wire Climb every ladder Keep your back against the wall And don't be scared to hit the ground Don't be afraid to lose your way

Shock me, make me feel better Shock me, put on your black leather Shock me, we can come together Shock me, baby, shock me, oh yeah Baby, I'm down to the bare wire Your lightnin's all I need My satisfaction grows You make me feel at ease You even make me

'Cause I been down to the wire With my feet to the fire But this livin' ain't killed me yet But I still got some fight No, this livin' ain't killed me Well I been tested and tried Livin' ain't killed me yet Life will throw you a curve ball Back against a

You could bet that Never gotta sweat that Even when the sky comes falling Even when the sun don't shine I got faith in you and I So put your pretty little hand in mine Even when we're down to the wire baby Even when it's do or die We could do it baby,

I swear you'll stay to maintain the pain I put a bullet in my radio Something just hit me funny I don't know Just pulled the trigger going down the road You slammed the door and knocked me off the wire Been walking lines and you've been burning tires