Richard Thompson

Walking on a Wire: 1968–2009

Release date August 10, 2009

Tracklist

1
Time Will Show the Wiser
3:05
3:05
2
Meet on the Ledge
2:50
2:50
3
Genesis Hall
3:36
3:36
4
Crazy Man Michael
4:37
4:37
5
Sloth
9:11
9:11
6
Roll Over Vaughn Williams
4:11
4:11
7
The Poor Ditching Boy
3:01
3:01
8
The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
4:01
4:01
9
The Great Valerio
5:22
5:22
10
When I Get to the Border
3:25
3:25
11
Withered and Died
3:25
3:25
12
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
3:08
3:08
13
Down Where the Drunkards Roll
4:05
4:05
14
The Calvary Cross
3:51
3:51
15
I’ll Regret It All in the Morning
3:35
3:35
16
Old Man Inside a Young Man
4:26
4:26
17
For Shame of Doing Wrong
4:43
4:43
18
Night Comes In
8:08
8:08
19
Dimming of the Day / Dargai
7:14
7:14
20
A Heart Needs a Home
4:03
4:03
21
Don’t Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart
4:40
4:40
22
Strange Affair
3:07
3:07
23
Sunnyvista
4:23
4:23
24
Sisters
4:48
4:48
25
Rockin’ in Rhythm
2:43
2:43
26
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
4:46
4:46
27
Man in Need
3:33
3:33
28
Shoot Out the Lights
5:19
5:19
29
Wall of Death
3:43
3:43
30
Walking on a Wire
5:25
5:25
31
Tear Stained Letter
4:41
4:41
32
How I Wanted To
5:10
5:10
33
Hand of Kindness
6:02
6:02
34
Beat the Retreat
4:55
4:55
35
I Ain’t Going to Drag My Feet No More
4:18
4:18
36
Little Blue Number
3:02
3:02
37
She Twists the Knife Again
3:10
3:10
38
Valerie
4:18
4:18
39
Turning of the Tide
2:55
2:55
40
I Still Dream
5:06
5:06
41
Waltzing’s for Dreamers
4:04
4:04
42
Read About Love
3:33
3:33
43
I Feel So Good
3:20
3:20
44
I Misunderstood
4:04
4:04
45
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
4:42
4:42
46
Put Your Trust in Me
3:47
3:47
47
From Galway to Graceland
4:44
4:44
48
I Can’t Wake Up to Save My Life
3:12
3:12
49
MGB‐GT
3:37
3:37
50
Mingus Eyes
4:47
4:47
51
Beeswing
5:31
5:31
52
Taking My Business Elsewhere
4:26
4:26
53
King of Bohemia
3:43
3:43
54
Don’t Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me
4:08
4:08
55
Razor Dance
2:39
2:39
56
Hide It Away
4:22
4:22
57
Last Shift
3:54
3:54
58
Big Chimney
4:37
4:37
59
Lotteryland
2:51
2:51
60
Persuasion
4:12
4:12
61
Cooksferry Queen
4:12
4:12
62
Bathsheba Smiles
3:55
3:55
63
Hard on Me
12:18
12:18
64
Gethsemane
6:02
6:02
65
A Love You Can’t Survive
5:28
5:28
66
A Legal Matter
3:15
3:15
67
Main Title
3:57
3:57
68
Al Bowlly’s in Heaven
5:29
5:29
69
I’ll Never Give It Up
3:22
3:22
70
Dad’s Gonna Kill Me
5:15
5:15
71
She Sang Angels to Rest
3:23
3:23