Lyrics & Music: James H. Robinson
 

1.
Up on the wire
We got a one time flyer tonight;
With old dreams and moonbeams
That somehow never lose their light -
With the name of a lady
Who loved him and left him alone -
Like his dreams and his memories
They're all so far from home.

Chorus 1.
Up on the wire, we got a one time flyer
Getting higher and higher and higher,
And it burns with a fire -
The flame named 'desire'.

2.
Old dreams and moonbeams -
Never do they ever lose their light;
And never once has he ever
Given up the fight;
And that name of a lady
Who loved him and left him alone -
Now is forgotten
And he's oh, so far from home.

Chorus 2.
He's watching the movie stars driving by
In their big black cars - do you know who they are?
They swing on a star;
So up on the wire, we got a one time flyer
Getting higher and higher and higher,
And it burns wuth a fire -
The flame named 'desire'.
 

Copyright: 1977 Jim Robinson
Published: 1977 McMusic Ltd. CAPAC
Renewed: 1994 Mousehole Music SOCAN
 
 

IAN: Bass

JIM ROBINSON: 12-string acoustic guitar, vocal