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    "High Wire"genre: Standards
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    Fast samba version of the Chick Corea tune.
    Label: www.donnadeussen.com

    Story Behind the Song
    I have loved this song ever since I heard Chaka Khan's version (with Chick Corea on a very hard-to-find album). We took it a bit faster than she did!!!
    The lyrics are great too, very uplifting - I ended up calling the whole CD "High Wire" as this is how I felt about the whole recording project! Out there flying, on the edge of the sky! Scary but exhilerating.

    Lyrics
    Up on the wire
    I like to climb and play with the sky
    the people far below
    the air is clear and I can perceive
    the whole world is smiling.
    Life is sublime
    and when you dare to go up in the air
    and leave the earth far behind you
    As I step and dip and leap into
    a space beyond
    Up high, just for a moment
    Alive, and so afraid
    but Alive
    as I push against the sky
    And my heart has broken free...

    Fear turns to joy
    when you can race the edge of the sky
    Life's intense and strong
    It's not so long
    before you will run
    beyond your horizons
    Up on the wire
    the line is thin and you must balance
    earth against the sky so precisely
    But the sky seems to go on as far
    as you can see
    Up high, just for a moment
    Alive, and so afraid
    but Alive, and the wire has disappeared
    and you've finally broken free...

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