You Can’t Walk the Wire

Lyrics

It's a balancing act of the finite kind This war between spirit and the carnal mind It's a mighty tightrope without much give One would destroy me and the other see me live When my grip starts sliding and I take a misstep I call to my Lord in a cold, cold sweat And He gently reminds me, 'cause I tend to forget You can't walk the wire without a net (You can't walk the wire) Well, I beg Him to put me in the center ring With a dozen trained seals and an act fit for kings I get to feeling surefooted with this spit shine on my shoes 'Til this crooked halo tightens into a noose And my notions of grandeur don't help me one bit In the snare of the fowler on the edge of the pit And my fancy feats lead me to hang by a thread You can't walk the wire without a net (You can't walk the wire) You can't walk the wire without a net When I realize I'm earthbound And my heart starts skippin' beats (Starts skippin', starts, starts skippin' beats) Well, here come Jesus To walk the wire with me Defying gravity He says there's a full coat of armor I need to put on And a body of believers to which I belong And a mighty God here to equip All His children like me so that our feet don't slip And my heart fills with gladness at the good, good news And I, I put away sadness and my pride-soaked blues And I pray I'll remember before I forget You can't walk the wire without a net (You can't walk the wire) You can't walk the wire Oh, you can't walk the wire (Oh, no) You can't walk the wire, hey! You can't walk the wire (You can't walk, you can't walk...) You can't walk the wire You can't walk the wire You can't walk the wire without a net. no (No, no, no) Don't look down now! Just keep on walkin' Come on, take one more step One more step (Walkin', walkin', walkin', keep on walkin') I'm gonna keep on walkin' (Walkin', walkin', walkin', just keep on walkin') Comin' to the right, comin' to the left (Walkin', walkin') Goin' down, look straight ahead (Walkin', keep on walkin') Never, never walk without a net! (Walkin', walkin', walkin', keep on walkin') Come on, turn my head (Walkin', walkin') Come on, you've gotta keep on walkin' (Walkin', keep on walkin'...)