Bone Orchard - The Line (A Tompkins Square Park "Love" Affair) - 2021

Ⓒ 1987 Ⓟ Corcoran BMI 2021

Another Tonebender-era composition that never saw the light of day in either group.

All instruments and vocals - M. Corcoran ("the last man standing").

I put so much at risk, I've got so much to lose,
If anybody sees me here with you.
And rumors will abound, and whispers like bloodhounds,
Following me every step that I take.

When I walk the line for you,
It's like I walk the plank,
And keep on falling for you,
When I know that I should go home.

Meeting in the park, groping in the dark,
Junkies all around on the nod.
Fever's breaking now as sweat drips from my brow,
And it's all I can do to just stand up.

When I walk the line for you,
It's like I walk the plank,
And keep on falling for you,
When I know that I should go home.

Speak no evil, yeah, hurt nobody.
Guilty conscience, let it rest in peace.
From vows so faithfully forgotten
In the time it takes to say, "I do".

Tender smile greets me at the door.
A reminder of what it is I should live for.
But she don't have a clue, and it's all I can do,
To keep that halo perched on top of my head.

When I walk the line for you,
It's like I walk the plank,
And keep on falling for you,
When I know that I should go home.