Barenaked Ladies – When I Fall Lyrics  Share

From Barenaked Ladies's album: Rock Spectacle

Words by Steven Page & Ed Robertson
Music by Ed Robertson

I look straight in the window, try not to look below
Pretend I^,m not up here, try counting sheep
But the sheep seem to shower off this office tower
Nine-point-eight straight down I can^,t stop my knees.

Chorus:
I wish I could fly
From this building, from this wall
And if I should try,
would you catch me if I fall?

My hands clench the squeegee, my secular rosary
Hang on to your wallet, hang on to your rings
Can^,t look below me, or something might throw me
Curse at the windstorms that October brings.
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I look in the boardroom; a modern pharaoh^,s tomb
I^,d gladly swap places, if they care to dive
They^,re lined up at the window, peer down into limbo
They^,re frightened of jumping, in case they survive.

I wish I could step from this scaffold
onto soft green pastures, shopping malls, or bed
With my family and my pastor and my grandfather who^,s Dead

Look straight in the mirror, watch it come clearer
I look like a painter, behind all the grease
But paintings creating, and I^,m just erasing
A crystal-clear canvas is my masterpiece

Chorus
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