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BORDER
28 seconds
The fishing boats

90 out across the
evening water
The ghost moon sails
among the clouds

Turns the rifles into
silver on the border
On my wall the

colours of the maps
are running
From Africa the winds

they talk of
changes coming
The hand that sets
the farms alight has
spread the word to
those who're waiting
on the border
In the village where

I grew up nothing
seems the same
Still you never see

the change from
day to day
And no-one notices

the customs slip away
Late last night

the rain was knocking
at my window
I moved across

the darkened room
and in the lampglow
I thought I saw down
in the street the spirit
of the century telling us
that we're all standing
on the border
In the islands where

I grew up nothing
seems the same
But there's a

strangeness in the air
you feel too well
The fishing boats

90 out across the
evening water
Smuggling guns and

arms across the
Spanish border
The ghost moon sails
among the clouds

Turns the rifles into
silver on the border
0n the border
BORDER
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Title
On The Border
Artist
Al Stewart
Brand
Sunfly
(3 Other Versions)
Code
SFMW875-02
Genres
folk rock, pop, soft rock
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