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In the last hours of a sunset rendezvous
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chill breeze against tide, that carries me from you.
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Got a job in a southern city got some lead-free in
my tank.
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Now I must whisper goodbye I'm bound for the mainland.
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Island in the city,
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cut by a cold sea.
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People moving on an ocean.
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Groundswell of humanity.
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Now the sun breaks through rain as I climb Glen
Shiel
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on the trail of those old cattlemen who drove their bargain south
again.
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And in the eyes of those five,
five sisters of Kintail
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there's a wink of seduction from the mainland.
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Island in the city,
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cut by a cold sea.
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People moving on an ocean.
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Groundswell of humanity.
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Storm-lashed on the high-rise,
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their words are spray to the wind.
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Blown like silent laughter.
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Falling on ears of tin.
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Take my heart and take my brawn. Take by stealth or take by storm
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set my brain to cruise.
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I can see the glow of the suburb lights.
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I'm fresh from the out-world
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singing the mainland blues.
There was a girl where I came from.
Seems a long time, long time, long time
gone by.
Wears the west wind in her hair.
She calls from the hill yeah, she calls
in my mainland blues.
There's a coast road that winds to heaven's
door
where a fat ferry floats on muted diesel
roar.
And there's a light on the hillside and
there's a flame in her eyes,
but how cold the lights burn on the mainland.
Island in the city, cut by a cold sea.
People moving on an ocean. Groundswell
of humanity.
Storm-lashed on the high-rise their words
are spray to the wind.
Blown like silent laughter. Falling on
ears of tin
in my mainland blues.
Words and music by IAN ANDERSON
TRANSCRIPTION BY PACO JIMENEZ (SPAIN)
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