{"id":342,"date":"2009-12-16T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T22:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaybuena.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2011-08-25T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T22:56:31","slug":"when-youre-near-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/when-youre-near-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN YOU&#8217;RE NEAR THE EDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:27,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kaybuena.com\\\/songs\\\/NeartheEdge.mp3&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220126211352\\\/https:\\\/\\\/kaybuena.com\\\/songs\\\/NeartheEdge.mp3&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-01 06:14:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 17:05:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-01 02:39:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-06 03:26:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 16:55:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-21 00:35:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-08 20:17:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-14 15:58:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-18 02:57:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 15:04:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 18:21:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 15:09:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 15:09:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kaybuena.com\/songs\/NeartheEdge.mp3\">Get MP3<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The line was drawn<br \/>\nThe swords were crossed<br \/>\nYour words were worse<br \/>\nThey made you the boss<\/p>\n<p>But you shouldn&#8217;t step on to the ledge<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re near the edge<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The night was long<br \/>\nAnd the moon was round<br \/>\nMy pride was hurt<br \/>\nBut it came around<\/p>\n<p>But you shouldn&#8217;t step on to the ledge<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re near the edge<\/p>\n<p>How you turn out<br \/>\nMight be coincidence<br \/>\nBut you might be stronger<br \/>\nIf you have to work on it<\/p>\n<p>But you shouldn&#8217;t step on to the ledge<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re near the edge<\/p>\n<p>All that you are<br \/>\n(and it do add up)<br \/>\nIs what you do<br \/>\nJust don&#8217;t depend on luck<\/p>\n<p>But you shouldn&#8217;t step on to the ledge<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re near the edge<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: small;\">Copyright 1984 <a href=\"mailto:KayBuena@KayBuena.com\">Caroline Abbitt Sauer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get MP3\u00a0 The line was drawn The swords were crossed Your words were worse They made you the boss But you shouldn&#8217;t step on to the ledge When you&#8217;re near the edge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R4qt-5w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135,"url":"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/but-why-and-with-out-your-monday-pantie\/","url_meta":{"origin":342,"position":0},"title":"5. 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