LIKE A BLUE BIRD SAILING SOLO
ACROSS AN OPEN SKY
WALKS THIS MAN OF NO ILLUSIONS
REACHING FOR THE OTHER SIDE
EACH STEP A SEPARATE MOMENT
A LIFE TIME IN ITS SIZE
AS I PLACE EACH FOOT FIRMLY
ON THE STAIRS OF STRAINING EYES

I'M A MAN WHO LIFE IS HANGING BY A WIRE
WHO KNOWS THAT IF I EVER DO FALL DOWN
THERE'LL BE NO ONE THERE TO PICK ME UP
SO I'M ALWAYS CLIMBING HIGHER
'BOVE THE GROUN'
ABOVE THE GROUND

ALL BY MYSELF
I WALK UPON THIS HIGHWAY EVERY DAY
DANCIN' WITH A PARTNER
WHO'S NOT THERE
LIVING FOR THE CHEERS
THAT FAINTLY RISE UP TO MY EARS
I LOVE MY FANS SO DEARLY
THAT I NEVER SHOW MY FEARS

I'M A MAN WHO LIFE IS HANGING BY A WIRE
WHO KNOWS THAT IF I EVER DO FALL DOWN
THERE'LL BE NO ONE THERE TO PICK ME UP
SO I'M ALWAYS CLIMBING HIGHER
'BOVE THE GROUN'
ABOVE THE GROUND

OH, LOOK AT ME!
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ME DO THIS TRICK BEFORE
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
I'M GONNA FALL FOR SURE
WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT!
I MADE IT!
AND I DID IT WITH SUCH FLAIR
I'M THE GREATEST WIRE WALKER
WHO EVER STEPPED OUT IN THE AIR

AND THE CROWD IS GOING CRAZY
THEIR ROAR WILL NEVER END
WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT!
I CAN'T BELIEVE
I'M GONNA DO IT ONCE AGAIN
ONCE AGAIN!

I'M A MAN WHO LIFE IS HANGING BY A WIRE
WHO KNOWS THAT IF I EVER DO FALL DOWN
THERE'LL BE NO ONE THERE TO PICK ME UP
SO I'M ALWAYS CLIMBING HIGHER
'BOVE THE GROUN'
ABOVE THE GROUND

I'M A MAN WHO LIFE IS HANGING BY A WIRE
WHO KNOWS THAT IF I EVER DO FALL DOWN
THERE'LL BE NO ONE THERE TO PICK ME UP
SO I'M ALWAYS CLIMBING HIGHER
'BOVE THE GROUN'
ABOVE THE GROUND
ABOVE THE GROUND

1980

Hear the song with piano and vocal by Hayden Wayne here