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Border Guards Lyrics
The hot and dusty road is where all things fall apart
You were my sleepy waitress in this baking trailer park
On a calm March night, they left their drunken shouts behind
And carried you away to find work, a better life
I hear the stars talking from the tin roof of my home
Placing bets on the emigrants on how far they might go
I wonder where you are, are you out there all alone?
We can dance without a mask, just come back from where you've gone
I wonder where you are, did you ever make it through?
The desert was a curse, lying still in wait for you
There's a coldness where you walked, and a silence in my yard
How can I not see you now? Goddamn the border guards.
You were my sleepy waitress in this baking trailer park
On a calm March night, they left their drunken shouts behind
And carried you away to find work, a better life
I hear the stars talking from the tin roof of my home
Placing bets on the emigrants on how far they might go
I wonder where you are, are you out there all alone?
We can dance without a mask, just come back from where you've gone
I wonder where you are, did you ever make it through?
The desert was a curse, lying still in wait for you
There's a coldness where you walked, and a silence in my yard
How can I not see you now? Goddamn the border guards.
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"This hot and dusty road is where all things fall apart. You were my sleepy waitress in this vacant trailer park. On a calm March night, they left their drunken shouts behind And carried you away, to find work, a better life.
I hear the stars talking from the tin roof of my home, Placing bets on the emigrants, on how far they might go. I wonder where you stay - are you out there all alone? We can dance without a mask (?), just come back from where you've gone.
I wonder where you are - did you ever make it through? The desert was a curse, lying still in wait for you. There's a coldness were you walked and a silence in my yard. How can I not see you now? Goddamn the border guards."
Such a wonderful song. Geographically confined lovers, very beautiful.