The Line

Car fire at the bridge
A man is sitting on the ledge
Looking down

He says I can't see an end
Well I'm gonna paint one in
On the town

People crawl along and stare
Point their fingers in the air
It's such a shame

When you inch across that knife
You look back into your life
And take the blame

Just then a whisper from below
Says honey let it go
And stay with me

And she said hey
Don't run away from here
And she said hey
Everybody's got that fear
And she said hey
Don't let go of what you've got
You know we all get scared sometimes
Let me help you down from that line

There's a woman leaving town
Because her husbands not around
To make her stay

Make me stay

Between the bruises and the scars
Other women and the bars
They guide her way

Guide my way

She's got a child in a carriage
And another one on her back
She's watching as the train is coming
running down the track

And she said hey
We're gonna run away from here
And she said hey
You will never know that fear
And she said hey
We'll get by on what we've got
You know we all get scared sometimes
Let me help you down from that line.

A man is lying in a bed
Getting closer to the end
But feeling fine

Well his family is crying
But he ain't afraid of dying
And he sings

I hit the universal jackpot
I had a family of gold
There's not a single thing
I would not trade a second no

And I said hey
I'm gonna fly away from here
And I said hey
You better know I have some fear
And I said hey
Don't let go of what you've got
You know we all get scared sometimes
Don't live your life inside my line.

Well your line could be
Drowning in a sea
Of bills you can not pay
Your line could be
What others say
That breaks you down each day
Your line could be
Anything
Keeping you from what you wanna be
Oh remember my words baby
Yeah remember my words baby

I said hey
Don't run away from here
I said hey
Everybody's got that fear
And I said hey
Don't let go of what you've got
You know we all get
Scared sometimes
Let me help you down from that line

That line
That line
That line