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Borderline
1,718
Pop
Borderline was released on October 25, 1994 by Rhino as a part of the album Turbulent Indigo
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Release DateOctober 25, 1994
LabelRhino
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM114

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Larry Klein
Larry Klein
Bass Guitar
Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz
Pedal Steel Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dan Marnien
Dan Marnien
Mixing Engineer
Larry Klein
Larry Klein
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Everybody looks so ill at ease
So distrustful, so displeased
Running down the table, I see a borderline
Like a barbed wire fence
Strung tight, strung tense
Prickling with pretense, a borderline
[Verse 2]
Why are you smirking at your friend?
Is this to be the night when all well-wishing ends?
All credibility revoked
Thin skin, thick jokes
Can we blame it on the smoke, this borderline?
[Verse 3]
Every bristling shaft of pride
Church or nation, team or tribe
Every notion we subscribe to is just a borderline
Good or bad, we think we know
As if thinking makes things so
All convictions grow along the borderline
[Verse 4]
Smug in your jaded expertise
You scathe the wonder world and you praise barbarity
In this illusionary place
This scared, hard-edged rat race
All liberty is laced with borderlines
[Verse 5]
Every income, every age
Every fashion-plated rage
Every measure, every gauge creates a borderline
Every stone thrown through glass
Every mean street's kick ass
Every swan caught on the grass will draw a borderline
[Verse 6]
You snipe so steady, you snub so snide
So ripe and ready to diminish and deride
Oh, you're so quick to condescend
My opinionated friend
All you deface, all you defend is just a borderline
[Verse 7]
Just a borderline
Another borderline
Just a borderline
Written by: Joni Mitchell
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