In the late hours of a sunset Chill breeze tide that carries me through you Got a job in a southern city, got some in my tank Now I must whisper goodbye, I'm for the mainland
Island in the city, cut by a sea People on an ocean, groundswell of humanity
Now the sun breaks through rain as I Glen Shiel On the trail of those old cattlemen who drove their south again And in the eyes of five, five sisters of Kintail There's a of seduction from the mainland
in the city, cut by a cold sea People movin' on an ocean, groundswell of Storm-lashed on the high-rise, their words are spray to the Blown like laughter, falling on ears of tin
Take my and take my brawn Take by or take by storm Set my brain to I can see the glow of the lights I'm fresh from the Singin' the blues Was in mainland
There was a girl where I from Seems like a long time, long gone by the west wind in her hair She from the hill Yeah, she in my mainland blues Up in blues
It's the blues
There's a coast road that to heaven's door a fat ferry floats on muted diesel roar And there's a light on the hillside and a flame in her eyes But how the lights burn on the mainland
Island in the city, cut by a sea movin' on an ocean, groundswell of humanity Storm-lashed on the high-rise, words are spray to the wind Blown like silent and falling on ears of tin In my blues