Close To The Borderline Lyrics

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Cover art for Close To The Borderline lyrics by Billy Joel

"Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide"

This line is about the summer of 1977. The NY blackout on July 13, the heat...and Son of Sam, referred to in the papers as ".44 caliber homicide"

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