In the late hours of a rendezvous Chill against tide that carries me through you Got a job in a city, got some lead-free in my tank Now I must goodbye, I'm bound for the mainland
Island in the city, cut by a sea People on an ocean, groundswell of humanity
Now the sun breaks rain as I climb Glen Shiel On the trail of old cattlemen who drove their bargain south again And in the eyes of those five, five of Kintail There's a wink of seduction from the
Island in the city, cut by a sea People movin' on an ocean, of humanity Storm-lashed on the high-rise, their are spray to the wind Blown like silent laughter, falling on of tin
Take my heart and my brawn Take by stealth or by storm Set my to cruise I can see the glow of the lights I'm fresh from the Singin' the blues 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 from the Yeah, she calls in my mainland Up in mainland
It's the blues
There's a coast road that to heaven's door Where a fat floats on muted diesel roar And there's a on the hillside and there's a flame in her eyes But how cold the burn on the mainland
in the city, cut by a cold sea People movin' on an ocean, groundswell of on the high-rise, their words are spray to the wind Blown like silent and falling on ears of tin In my blues