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Ready to Fall

from These Broken Years by Mad Mar Walker

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I wrote this when I worked at Perkin Elmer in the small polish shop. Don't ask.

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READY TO FALL
(Stranded in the Starlight)

by Mad Mar Walker

VERSE 1
They say I've gone raving crazy
more than a little frayed
around the edges
Say baby, have you ever
loved a lunatic before?
Say, have you got any spearmint
chewing gum? Could you give
a little baby? Could you
spare me some?
I was unraveling like a worn out rug
I was broken and begging...

REFRAIN:
Stranded in the Starlight
Hollow in the empty night
Say, didn't we go
just a little bit wacko?
On tip-toe on a tight rope,
weren't we ready to fall?
On tip toe on a tight rope,
ready to Fall.

VERSE 2
Every day in those days
was a little bit of anguish
I was pretending to myself
that I did not love you.
That kind of thing piles up
like dead leaves in the fall,
and winter wasn't far behind.
I lost my heart, then I lost my mind
I couldn't go forward.
I couldn't go back.
It was like being drawn and quartered,
tortured on the rack.

REFRAIN:
Stranded in the Starlight
Hollow in the empty night
Say, didn't we go
just a little bit wacko?
On tip-toe on a tight rope
weren't we ready to fall?
On tip toe on a tight rope,
ready to Fall.

VERSE 3
Oh baby you are like an
old burnt marshmallow,
a little crusty on the outside,
but your hiding heart
was oh so warm and sweet.
How could I love you?
How could I not?
Don't know if it was worth
all the trouble I got...
I knew, I knew I should
never let you in
How long could I resist
the sweet smell of your skin?

REFRAIN:
Stranded in the Starlight
Hollow in the empty night
Say, didn't we go
just a little bit wacko?
On tip-toe on a tight rope
weren't we ready to fall?
On tip toe on a tight rope,
ready to Fall.

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from These Broken Years, released January 1, 2010

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Singer-songwriter, finger-pickin-style acoustic guitar-player, performance poet and eccentric human being. Even better live!!

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