In the late hours of a sunset Chill against tide that carries 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
in the city, cut by a cold sea People on an ocean, groundswell of humanity
Now the sun through rain as I climb Glen Shiel On the of those old cattlemen who drove their bargain south again And in the of those five, five sisters of Kintail There's a wink of seduction from the
Island in the city, cut by a sea People movin' on an ocean, groundswell of Storm-lashed on the high-rise, words are spray to the wind like silent laughter, falling on ears of tin
Take my and take my brawn by stealth or take by storm Set my brain to I can see the of the suburb lights I'm from the out-world the mainland blues Was in mainland
There was a girl where I from Seems like a long time, long gone by Wears the wind in her hair She calls the hill 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 on muted diesel roar And a light on the hillside and there's 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, their words are to the wind Blown like laughter and falling on ears of tin In my blues