Living On A Thin Line

Written by: Dave Davies

Published by: Dabe Music, 1984

Chord file

Lyrics:

All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old,
But there's no England now.
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore.
All the lies we were told,
All the lies of the people running round,
They're castles have burned.
Now I see change,
But inside we're the same as we ever were.

Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Living this way, each day is a dream.
What am I, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Now another century nearly gone,
What are we gonna leave for the young?
What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do,
It's a crime, but does it matter?
Does it matter much, does it matter much to you?
Does it ever really matter?
Yes, it really, really matters.

Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Then another leader says
Break their hearts and break some heads.
Is there nothing we can say or do?
Blame the future on the past,
Always lost in bloody guts.
And when they're gone, it's me and you.

Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line.

This song can be found on the following releases:

stereo mix (4:12), recorded Aug-Sep 1984 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London

live, stereo mix, recorded 1 Jul, 1987 at Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

live, stereo mix (4:41), recorded 29 Apr, 1997 at Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California

live, stereo mix, recorded 26 or 29 Nov, 1997 at The Bottom Line, New York City

live, stereo mix, recorded 6 Oct, 1999 at Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

live, stereo mix, recorded 23 May, 2003 at Alex Theatre, Glendale, California

live, stereo mix, recorded 13 Jun, 2004 at Stadtwerke Open Air Festival, Potsdam, Germany

stereo mix, by Paul Mamolou with CJ Marshall, Elwood-James and Todd Kowalski, recorded 2007

live, stereo mix (4:46), recorded 24-25 Nov 2014 at City Winery, New York City

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