Walking On Thin Ice

Walking on thin ice I'm paying the price Of throwing the dice in the air Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart I gave you my knife You gave me my life Like a gush of wind in my hair Why do we forget what's been said And play the game of life with our hearts I may cry some day But tears will dry whichever way And when our hearts returns to ashes It will be just a story It will be just a story I knew a girl who tried to walk across the lake 'Course it was winter and all of this was ice A terrible thing to do They say the lake is as big as the ocean I wonder if she knew

Walking On Thin Ice Written by Yoko Ono Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions with The TKO Horns Produced by Allen Toussaint Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Jim Paterson - trombone Jeff Blythe - saxophone Paul Speare - saxophone Dave Plews - trumpet Recorded September 3, 1983, Sea Saint Studios, New Orleans Released September 1984 Albums Punch The Clock (Rykodisc/Demon reissue), 1995 Punch The Clock (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2003 Collections Out Of Our Idiot, 1987 Various Artists collections Every Man Has A Woman, 1984 First known performance:      (0 known performances)

Recordings by other artists

• Yoko Ono, single, 1981

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: Punch The Clock  •  lyrics  •  chords  •  PTC info page 1
• Lyrics

External links

• Elvis Costello Reissues: Punch The Clock