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Artist: Kim Carnes
Canonical path: /carnes-kim/hangin-on-by-a-thread
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hangin' On By A Thread
Read Hangin' On By A Thread lyrics by Kim Carnes on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hangin' On By A Thread
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A familiar story
A sad affair of the heart
We spend all this time
Trying to find
The glow in the dark
Gentle changes
The eyes still look the same
A familiar heartbeat
I go weak
When you walk in
I'm hangin' on by a thread
Too many voices in my ear
Too many memories locked in here
I'm hangin' on by a thread
Too many voices in my ear
We hurt each other
And wonder why
We lie broken in two
I was dreamin'
You were here with me
And through a open window
We could look through
Straight to the sea
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Kim Carnes performs "Hangin' On By A Thread", and this lyric page sits inside the Kim Carnes catalog on LyroVerse.
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