Huey Lewis and the News Walking on a Thin Line on HQ Vinyl with Lyrics in Description

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Track 5 from their third album "Sports" released in 1983 copyright MCA Records. It was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, the Record Plant in Sausalito and The Automatt in San Francisco, California. It was self-produced by the band and I'd say they did an excellent job. Bay area musicians Huey Lewis on vocals and harmonica and Sean Hopper on keyboards joined the local country rock band Clover in 1972. The band released a couple of albums on a small, independent label before moving to England in hopes of becoming part of the new wave scene, a style that was a return to the basics of early rock 'n' roll and rockabilly but with a new punk influence. While in England, several members of Clover did session work and were featured on Elvis Costello's successful debut album "My Aim is True." Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange took an interest in the band and produced a single and two more albums with them for Vertigo Records. However, the albums had no hits and failed to chart. Clover was disbanded in England and the members returned to San Francisco where Lewis and Hopper formed Huey Lewis and the News with the members of local band Soundhole. Their style was influenced by Sixties rhythm & blues and the doo-wop vocal groups of that era. A demo tape got them signed to Chrysalis Records but their self-titled debut album went largely unnoticed. Their second, the self-produced "Picture This" featured the hit single "Do You Believe in Love" written by Mutt Lange. The album achieved Gold status in the U.S. on the strength of that single and the exposure the band's music video received on MTV. "Sports" was their breakthrough album and has to be considered one of the defining albums of the Eighties. Huey Lewis was invited to record a solo vocal for Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones' "We Are the World" single to draw attention to human suffering from famine in Ethiopia. Their next release was the single "The Power of Love" which was featured in the soundtrack for a blockbuster 1985 movie you might know. Huey Lewis also made a cameo appearance in the movie as a teacher auditioning acts for a school talent contest. Their song "Hip to Be Square" is featured in the film "American Psycho" when the protagonist Patrick Bateman dismembers his guest Paul Allen with an axe on a plastic sheet in his living room. The band released several more albums but weren't able to duplicate their earlier success. The album received above average reviews and reached No. 55 in Japan, No. 40 in Sweden, No. 29 in Germany, No. 23 in the U.K., No. 22 in Australia, No. 19 in New Zealand, No. 6 in Norway, No. 3 in Canada and No. 1 in the U.S. It was certified Gold in the U.K., Platinum in New Zealand, 7X Platinum in the U.S. and Diamond status in Canada. Recorded from the original vinyl. Written by Andre Pessis & Kevin Wells and produced by Huey Lewis and the News. Featuring:

Huey Lewis - Lead vocals & harmonica
Johnny Colla - Sax, rhythm guitars & vocals
Chris Hayes - Lead & rhythm guitars & vocals
Sean Hopper - Keyboards & vocals
Mario Cipollina - Bass
Bill Gibson - Drums, percussion & vocals
Special Guest:
John McFee - Pedal steel on "Honky Tonk Blues"

Sometimes in my bed at night
I curse the dark and I pray for the light
And sometimes the light's no consolation

Blinded by memory
Afraid of what it might do to me
And the tears and the sweat only mock my desperation

Don't you know me, I'm the boy next door
The one you find so easy to ignore
Is that what I was fightin' for?

(Walkin' on a thin line)
(Straight off the front line)
(Labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city)

(Walkin' on a thin line)
(Angry all the time)
(Take a look at my face, see what it's doin' to me)

Taught me how to shoot to kill
A specialist with a deadly skill
A skill I needed to have to be a survivor

It's over now or so they say
Well, sometimes, it don't work out that way
'Cause you're never the same when you've been under fire

Don't you know me, I'm the boy next door
The one you find so easy to ignore
Is that what I was fightin' for?

(Walkin' on a thin line)
(Straight off the front line)
(Labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city)
(Walkin' on a thin line)
(Angry all the time)
(Take a look at my face) see what it's done to me

(Don't you know me, I'm the boy next door)
(The one you find so easy to ignore)
Is that what I was fightin' for, no

(Walkin' on a thin line)
(Straight off the front line)
(Labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city)
(Walkin' on a thin line)
(Angry all the time)
(Take a look at my face) and see what it's doin' to me
(Walkin' on a thin line, walkin' on a thin line)
Walkin' on a thin line