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Thereâs 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 itâs only an act
Thereâs a man out here throws knives at a target 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 whatâs behind that door
As if god was Monty Hall and this was Letâs Make A Deal
And I am the woman on the wheel
Had a sweet little baby in Coeur DâAlene, 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 couldnât keep his feet on the ground too long
In the end itâs just another highwire act gone wrong
So itâs on with the show and itâs send in the clowns and the trapeze act
And itâs more of the same and itâs less of a game than a cold hard fact
And most times itâs better not to ask myself how i feel
Iâm just the woman on the wheel
I know what youâre thinkin as the knives fly by and they find their mark
Youâre thinkin one false move and itâs a real bad day at the amusement park
You wouldnât 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 iâve got a death wish yeah but I donât think thatâs true
As far as i can see itâs less about me and more about you
You see it ainât your fears so much as what your fears reveal
Iâm just the woman on the wheel
- Album:
- The Essential Gretchen Peters
- Blackbirds
- Hello Cruel World
- Northern Lights
- Miscellaneous
- Trio Live
- One to the Heart, One to the Head (feat. Tom Russell)
- One to the Heart, One to the Head
- Blackbirds (Deluxe Version)
- The Essential
- Promo Only: Country Radio, March 2012
- Music City Roots: SongRoots
- FestivaLink presents Gretchen Peters at Kerrville Folk...
- First Ladies of Country
- Circus Girl - The Best of Gretchen Peters
- All-American Cowgirls
- Hello Cruel World - Single
- When All You Got Is a Hammer (Radio Edit)
- Burnt Toast and Offerings
- Burnt Toast & Offerings