On the Border
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On the Border
Al Stewart
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The fishing boats go out across the evening water
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Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
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The winds whip up the waves so loud, the
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ghost moon sails
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among the clouds
And
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turns the rifles
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into silver
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on the border
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On my wall the colours of the maps are running
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From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming
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The torches flair up in the night The
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hand that sets the
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farms alight
Has
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spread the word to
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those who're waiting
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on the border
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In the vllage where I grew up
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nothing seems the same
But still you
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never see the change from day to
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day
And no one
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notices the customs slip
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away
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Late last night the rain was knocking on my window
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I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow
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I thought I saw down in the street the
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spirit of the
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century
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Telling us that
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we're all standing
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on the border
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In the islands where I grew up
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nothing seems the same
It's just the
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patterns that remain an empty
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shell
But there's a
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strangeness in the air you feel too
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well
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The fishing boats go out across the evening water
D
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
Bm
The winds whip up the waves so loud The
A
ghost moon sails
G
among the clouds
And
F#m
turns the rifles
E
into silver
F#m
on the border
D
On the border
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On the border
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On the border
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