On the Border - Al Stewart: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

On the Border

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On the Border was released on July 1, 1976 by Rhino as a part of the album Year of the Cat

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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Al Stewart

Vocals

Bobby Bruce

Violin

George Ford

Bass

Peter White

Guitar

Peter White

Keyboards

Peter Wood

Keyboards

Phil Kenzie

Alto Saxophone

Robin Lamble

Bass

Stuart Elliot

Drums

Tim Renwick

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Al Stewart

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Alan Parsons

Producer

Lyrics

The fishing boats go out across the evening water

Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border

The wind whips up the waves so loud

The ghost moon sails among the clouds

Turns the rifles into silver on the border

On my wall the colors of the maps are running

From Africa the winds, they talk of changes coming

The torches flare up in the night

The hand that sets the farms alight has spread the word to those who're waiting on the border

In the village where I grew up nothing seems the same

Still you never see the change from day to day

No one notices the customs slip away

Late last night the rain was knocking on my window

I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow

I thought I saw down in the street

The spirit of the century

Telling us that we're all standing on the border

In the islands where I grew up nothing seems the same

It's just the patterns that remain, an empty shell

But there's a strangeness in the air you feel too well

The fishing boats go out across the evening water

Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border

The wind whips up the waves so loud

The ghost moon sails among the clouds

Turns the rifles into silver on the border

On the border

On the border

On the border

Written by: Al Stewart

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