Al Stewart

Al Stewart - On The Border lyrics

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The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
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 torches flare up in the night
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
It's just the patterns that remain
An empty shell
But there's a strangeness in the air you feel too well.

The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
The ghost moon sails among the clouds
Turns the rifles into silver on the border.

On the border (3x).
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Author: Al Stewart

Composer: Al Stewart

Publisher: EMI Records Ltd

Details:

Released in: 2006

Language: English

Translations: Dutch

Appearing on: Year of the Cat (1976) , Live/Indian Summer (1981) , Rhymes in Rooms (1992) , Running Man (2003) , Songs on the Radio (2023)

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