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Tightrope Ride

This version of Tightrope Ride was released by The Doors in 1971.

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You’re on a tightrope ride, nobody by your side
Well, you’re all alone, gotta find a new home

Don’t go over the line. You better keep on time
Or you’ll lose your mind on your tightrope ride

Watch out, don’t fall! Careful, don’t slip!

You better get your balance, you have to feel the way
There are no more questions, no answers today

There are no reasons, there are no more rhymes
But if you feel it, you can fly next time
You can fly next time, or maybe this time

Did you think we were all together?
Did you think we were all the same?
Did you think maybe I could help you
Remember your name, remember the game
What’s the name of the game

It’s a very good game, never stays the same
It’s the number one from mud to sun

You’re on a tightrope ride, we’re all by your side
But you’re all alone, and we’re going home
And we’re by your side, but you’re all alone
Like a Rolling Stone, like Brian Jones
On a tightrope ride

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The lyrics to Tightrope Ride are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Doors in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Tightrope Ride are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Doors and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Tightrope Ride back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Tightrope Ride by The Doors in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Tightrope Ride" means the words set to the music of Tightrope Ride, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doors. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Tightrope Ride and the lyrics to Tightrope Ride are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doors who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tightrope Ride, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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