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BORDERLINE

I ONCE HAD A GIRL WITH GOLDEN HAIR
SWEET AS THE MORNING DEW
BUT I WAS COLD AND DID NOT CARE
MY HEART COULD NOT BE TRUE

I RAN AROUND WITH OTHER GIRLS
HER TRUST IN ME WAS BROKE
AND NOW SHEíS VANISHED FROM MY WORLD
MY LIFE IS ASH AND SMOKE

LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY TO THE BORDERLINE
LOOK AWAY OUT OVER THE PLAIN
HEAR THE MIGHTY ROAR OF THE THUNDERBOLT
HEAR THE WHIPPING CRASH OF THE RAIN

ONCE I LIVED IN PARADISE
ALL THINGS WERE THERE FOR ME
BUT I COULD NEVER BE SATISFIED
NOW I LIVE IN POVERTY

EAGLE FLYING HIGH ABOVE
I KNOW THAT YOU SEE ALL
CARRY MY PRAYERS TO THE MASTER OF LOVE
OH HEAR ME WHEN I CALL

LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY TO THE BORDERLINE
LOOK AWAY OUT OVER THE PLAIN
HEAR THE MIGHTY ROAR OF THE THUNDERBOLT
HEAR THE WHIPPING CRASH OF THE RAIN

OH JESUS, HERE I KNEEL
A SINNER SAD TO SAY
HELP ME REMEMBER HOW TO FEEL
TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY

ONCE MY EYE WAS TRUE AND CLEAR
AND MY HEART WAS FREE AND BRAVE
BUT THEN I GAVE MYSELF TO FEAR
AND NOW I AM A SLAVE

LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY TO THE BORDERLINE
LOOK AWAY OUT OVER THE PLAIN
HEAR THE MIGHTY ROAR OF THE THUNDERBOLT
HERE THE WHIPPING CRASH OF THE RAIN

(C) PAUL MCMAHON 1991

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from Walking in the days of the Prophecy, released March 3, 1994

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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