In the late of a sunset rendezvous breeze against tide that carries me through you Got a job in a southern city, got some lead-free in my Now I whisper goodbye, I'm bound for the mainland
in the city, cut by a cold sea People moving on an ocean, of humanity
Now the sun through rain as I climb Glen Shiel On the trail of those old who drove their bargain south again And in the of those five, five sisters of Kintail There's a wink of seduction the mainland
in the city, cut by a cold sea People movin' on an ocean, of humanity Storm-lashed on the high-rise, their words are to the wind Blown like silent laughter, on ears of tin
Take my heart and my brawn Take by or take by storm Set my to cruise I can see the of the suburb lights I'm from the out-world Singin' the mainland Was in mainland
There was a where I came from Seems like a long time, long gone by Wears the west wind in her She calls from the Yeah, she calls in my blues Up in mainland
It's the blues
a coast road that winds to heaven's door Where a fat ferry floats on diesel roar And there's a light on the hillside and there's a flame in her But how cold the lights burn on the
Island in the city, cut by a sea People on an ocean, groundswell of humanity Storm-lashed on the high-rise, their words are spray to the Blown like silent and falling on ears of tin In my blues