In the late hours of a rendezvous 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 bound for the
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 cattlemen who drove their south again And in the of those 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 on the high-rise, their words are spray to the wind Blown like silent laughter, falling on of tin
my heart and take my brawn Take by 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 blues
There was a girl where I came 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
There's a coast road that winds to heaven's 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 cold the lights on the mainland
Island in the city, cut by a sea People on an ocean, groundswell of humanity Storm-lashed on the high-rise, words are spray to the wind Blown like laughter and falling on ears of tin In my mainland