Living On A Thin Line

LIVING ON A THIN LINE- The Kinks

All the stories we've been told of kings and days of old

But there's no England now (there's no England now)

All the wars that were won and lost

Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore

All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told)

All the lives of the people running round and castles that burned

Now I see change but inside we're the same as we ever were

Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line, living this way, each day's a dream

What am I, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line, oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do?

Now another century nearly gone (gone, gone)

What are we gonna leave for the young?

What we couldn't do, or what we wouldn't do, disappoint but does it matter?

Does it matter much, does it matter much to you?

Does it ever really matter? Yes, it really really matters!

Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do?

Then another (leave us cents), break their hearts and break some heads

Is there nothing we can say or do?

Blame the future on the past, always lost in bloody guts

And when they're gone it tears you

Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line oooohh tell me now what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line oooohh

NOTE: I'm not sure of all the words, especially the "leave us cents" part.

(from Word of Mouth, 1984)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)