we sell them missiles we sell them tanks
we give them credit you can call up the bank
it’s just a business you can pay us in crude
you’ll love these toys just go play out your feuds
we got no pride don’t know whose boots to lick
we act so greedy makes me sick sick sick
so get up stand up out of my way
i want to talk to the boss right away
get up stand up who’s gonna pay
i want to talk to the man right away
we walk the highwire
sending the men to the frontline
and hoping they don’t catch the hellfire
of hot guns and cold cold knives
we walk the highwire
sending the men to the front lines
and tell them to hotbed the sunshine
with hot guns and cold cold knives
our lives are threatened our jobs at risk
sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist
another munich we just can’t afford
we’re going to send in the 8nd airborne
get up stand up who’s gonna pay
i want to talk to the boss right away
so get up stand up out of my way
i want to talk to the man right away
we walk the highwire
putting the world out on a deadline
and hoping we don’t taste the shellfire
of hot guns and cold cold knives
we walk the highwire
putting the world out on a deadline
catching the fight on primetime
with hot guns and cold cold knives
get up stand up
dealer stealer
hey
we walk the highwire
sending the men to the front line
and hoping that we backed the right side
with hot guns and cold cold knives
we walk the highwire
sending men to the front line
and hoping they don’t catch the hellfire
with hot guns and cold cold cold cold cold knives
we walk the highwirex
with hot guns and cold cold cold knives
Artist: The Rolling Stones
Year: 1991
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 181