In the late hours of a rendezvous Chill breeze against tide that me through you Got a job in a southern city, got some lead-free in my Now I must whisper goodbye, I'm for the mainland
Island in the city, cut by a sea People moving on an ocean, groundswell of
Now the sun breaks through rain as I climb Shiel On the trail of those old who drove their bargain south again And in the of those five, five sisters of Kintail a wink of seduction from the mainland
Island in the city, cut by a 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 take my Take by stealth or take by Set my brain to I can see the glow of the suburb I'm from the out-world Singin' the mainland Was in mainland
There was a girl I came from Seems like a long time, time gone by Wears the west wind in her She calls the hill Yeah, she in my mainland blues Up in blues
It's the mainland
a coast road that winds to heaven's door Where a fat ferry on muted diesel roar And there's a light on the hillside and there's a 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, their words are to the wind Blown like silent and falling on ears of tin In my blues