Let us now praise: Leon Russell

[supernova]

I'm up on the tightwire
one side's ice and one is fire
its a circus game with you and me
I'm up on the tightrope
one side's hate and one is hope
but the tophat on my head is all you see
And the wire seems to be
the only place for me
a comedy of errors
and I'm falling

**Chorus**
Like a rubber-neck giraffe
you look into my past
well maybe you're just to blind to - see
I'm up in the spotlight
ohh does it feel right
ohh the altitude
seems to get to me

I'm up on the tightwire
flanked by life and the funeral pyre
putting on a show
for you to see

**Chorus**
Like a rubber-neck giraffe
you look into my past
well maybe you're just too blind to - see
I'm up in the spotlight
ohh does it feel right
ohh the altitude
really gets to get to me

I'm up on the tightwire
flanked by life and the funeral pyre
putting on a show for you to see

[against all enemies]

1. Played "Will of the Wisp" till smooth.

[supernova]

2. Shit! Gonna be at the Arts Centre in Carrboro on 2/25!

Oh man! I would love to find somebody to go with me.

[In_The_Wind]

3. I still have his Wedding Album.

My favorite was Love's Supposed to Be That Way.

[livetohike]

4. Here's another favorite

Manhattan Island Serenade

---Leon Russell

Sitting on the highway in a broken van
Thinking of you again
Guess I'll have to hitchhike to the station
With every step I see your face
Like a mirror lookin' back at me
Sayin' you're the only one
Makin' me feel I could survive
And so glad to be alive

Nowhere to run there's not a guitar to play
Messed up inside and it's been rainin' all day
Since you went away
Manhattan Island Serenade

Sitting on the highway in a broken van
Thinking of you again
Guess I'll have to hitchhike down the highway
With every step I see your face
Like a mirror lookin' back at me
Sayin' you're the only one
Makin' me feel I could survive
And so glad to be alive
Nowhere to run there's not a guitar to play
Messed up inside and it's been rainin' all day
Since you went away
Manhattan Island Serenade