On the border (video)

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1. 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 wind whips up the waves so loud,

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the ghost moon sails among the clouds

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and turns the rifles into silver, on the border. + Em ~ ~

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2. 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 hand that sets the farms alight,

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has spread the word to those who’re waiting on the border.

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In the village where I grew up, nothing seems the same,

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still you never see the change from day to day.

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No one notices the customs slip away. + Em ~ ~

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3. Late last night the rain was knockin’ on my window,

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I moved across the darkened room and in the lamp glow,

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I thought I saw down in the street the spirit of the century,

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telling us that we’re all standing on the border.

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In the islands were I grew up, nothing seems the same,

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it’s just the pattern that remains an empty shell.

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But there’s strangeness in the air you feel too well. + Em ~ ~

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4. 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 wind whips up the waves so loud,

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the ghost moon sails among the clouds

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and turns the rifles into silver, on the border.

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On the border, on the border, on the border …

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Al Stewart)