Tight Rope Lyrics

Lyric discussion by moosicphreak 

Cover art for Tight Rope lyrics by Leon Russell

I believe the lyrics for:

I'm up on the tightwire flanked by life in the funeral pire

are actually flanked by life AND the funeral pire, meaning he's on the rope between life and death. also:

Like a rubber-neck giraffe you look into my path

should be "you looked into my past"