Your roads have all been easy

And your days have all been warm

And you've been blessed with common sense

And beauty in your form

You thought that this was just another

Simple stream to cross

But you've got one foot over the waterfall

And the rock is slick with moss



Chorus: One foot over the waterfall

	And the shore is not in sight

	One foot over the waterfall

	On a dark and windy night

	One foot over the waterfall

	Will you ever get across?

	One foot over the waterfall

	And the rocks are slick with moss



In all your years of training

And all the school you've had

They never told you how to deal

With something quite this bad

Your bones are full of jelly

And your heart is full of drumming

You've got one foot over the waterfall

And you never saw it coming



The situation's hopeless

There's no one on your side

And more than almost anything

You'd love to run and hide

It won't get any easier

There's next to zero chance

And you've got one foot over the waterfall

So you might as well start to dance



It isn't always easy

To move along with grace

Sometimes in spite of all you do

You end upon your face

But if you try with all your might

To dance this dizzy track

Someone out beyond the waterfall

Will throw a lifeline back



I had one foot over the waterfall

When I found this solid ground

And without the lifeline tossed to me

I likely would have drowned

This message is a lifeline

This song my be a chance

When you've got one foot over the waterfall

You can sing it as you dance









Words and music:  Kathy Mar



Copyright 2002 Kathy Mar