Tightrope Walker

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Tightrope walker on the edge of town
Carrying all his problems pound for pound
Shoes too tight, a head ain't right
A rubber soul that won't stick around
But eventually you have to come down from the clouds

You can't sit around like a lovesick fool
You got to adapt or get out of the pool
So I comb my hair, dress with care
This freak show is back on the road
But you might get battle and bruised
but at least when you're done you got someone

Run me ragged across the globe
Looking for a girl with the Lazarus soul
But she's hard to find in the hall of mirrors
Rose tinted glasses can't see much clearer

Stuck in the valley of the shadow of death
Spirits and wine make the feared suppressed
Ether in the speaker, the swaying of features
Speakeasy living just ain't for me
So you take one down and pass it around

Hipster queens and clickbait scholars
With nothing to say but what's on their collar
Grasping straws, miss matched flaws
God so sick of these cellophane girls
So when does this become fun?
Cause love is just a game after all.

Run me ragged across the globe
Looking for a girl with the Lazarus soul
But she's hard to find in the hall of mirrors
Rose tinted glasses can't see much clearer

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from The Upstart Crows, released August 24, 2018

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The Upstart Crows Brooklyn, New York

A Rock and Roll Band
Brooklyn, NY

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Dyslexia

Aug 2023
Stuck

Aug 2020
The Upstart Crows

Aug 2018
Bad Medicine

Jul 2018

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