Michael Gleason: Life on the line [lyrics]

Michael Gleason: Life on the line [lyrics]

Michael Gleason

Life on the line

One son born to see the good ship come in

The other one beggin' for the nightmare to end

Some get pleasure and some get pain

Some get a little of both while a doubt remains

Everybody wonders how the line gets drawn

Who'll be the children of fortune

As the world turns on?

Little by little, these stories unwind

One will be cruel and another will be kind

Some arе gonna do it, some are gonna die

Somе try to buy a little time and the well runs dry

Oh, some don't think, some think twice

Waiting on a verdict of virtue or vice

So much fruit on the vine

Hangs in the balance

Life on the line

Tasting the wine

Of sweetness or sorrow

Life on the line

A cold sweat gathers

When the moment is near

Each nerve woven in a fabric of fear

Every breath taken is an act of the will

And the scenes roll by

As a deepening chill comes on

Oh, who will be lost, who will be found

When the tale's been told

And the curtain comes down?

So much fruit on the vine

Hangs in the balance

Life on the line

Tasting the wine

Of sweetness or sorrow

Life on the line

Oh, some get pleasure and some get pain

Some get a little of both while a doubt remains

Yeah, some are gonna do it, some are gonna die

Some try to buy a little time and the well runs dry

So much fruit on the vine

Hangs in the balance

Life on the line

Tasting the wine

Of sweetness or sorrow

Life on the line

So much fruit on the vine

Hangs in the balance

Life on the line

Tasting the wine

Of sweetness or sorrow

Life on the line...