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