Highwire Lyrics - The Rolling Stones

1 We sell 'em missiles, we sell 'em tanks

2 We give 'em credit, you can call up the bank

3 It's just a business, you can pay us in crude

4 You'll love these toys, just go play out your feuds

5 We got no pride, don't know whose boots to lick

6 We act so greedy, makes me sick sick sick

7 So get up, stand up, out of my way

8 I want to talk to the boss right away

9 Get up, stand up, who's gonna pay?

10 I want to talk to the man right away

11 We walk the highwire

12 Sending men to the front line

13 Hoping they don't catch the hell-fire

14 Of hot guns and cold, cold lies

15 We walk the highwire

16 Sending the men up to the front lines

17 And tell 'em to hotbed the sunshine

18 With hot guns and cold, cold lies

19 Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk

20 Sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist

21 Another Munich, we just can't afford

22 We're gonna send in the 82nd Airborne

23 Get up, stand up, who's gonna pay?

24 I wanna talk to the boss right away

25 Get up, stand up, outta my way

26 I wanna talk to the man right away

27 We walk the highwire

28 Putting the world out on a dead lie

29 And hoping they don't taste the shell-fire

30 Of hot guns and cold, cold lies

31 We walk the highwire

32 Putting the world out on a dead lie

33 Catching the fight on a primetime

34 With hot guns and cold, cold lies

35 Get up, stand up

36 Dealer, stealer

37 Hey

38 We walk the highwire

39 We're sending men to the front line

40 And hoping that we backed the right side

41 With hot guns and cold, cold lies

42 We walk the highwire

43 We sending the men up to the front line

44 And hoping they don't catch the hell-fire

45 With hot guns and cold, cold, cold, cold, cold lies

46 Woah yeah

47 We walk the highwire

48 We walk the highwire, oh yeah

49 With hot guns and cold, cold, cold lies

50 Oh yeah