Woman on the Wheel

Gretchen Peters - Woman On the Wheel

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There's a man out here puts his head in the mouth of a crocodile

Puts the whole thing in, takes it out and gives the crowd a great big smile

And they walk away with their illusions of safety safely intact

And they tell their little wide eyed kids it's only an act

There's a man out here throws knives at a wheel with a blindfold on

And the wheel spins round and the knives bear down 'til they find their home

And I can feel the rush and the whoosh of every blade of steel

'Cause I am the woman on the wheel

Sometimes I get lonely sometimes I get scared but most times bored

Sometimes I ask God please God just show me just what's behind that door

As if God was Monty Hall and this was let's make a deal

And I am the woman on the wheel

Had a sweet little baby in Coeur d'Alene, he was an acrobat

Took me out on the wire man I never knew love could feel like that

But in the end he was a man who couldn't keep his feet on the ground too long

In the end it's just another high-wire act gone wrong

So it's on with the show and it's send in the clowns and the trapeze act

And it's more of the same and it's less of a game than a cold hard fact

And most times it's better not to ask myself how I feel

I'm just the woman on the wheel

I know what you're thinkin' as the knives fly by and they find their mark

You're thinkin' one false move and it's a real bad day at the amusement park

You wouldn't wanna be me but you need me just the same

To remind you what you stand to lose and what you stand to gain

They say I've got a death wish yeah but I don't think that's true

As far as I can see it's less about me and more about you

You see it ain't your fears so much as what your fears reveal

I'm just the woman on the wheel

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