Borderlines

by Mike Terry

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Borderlines –

Little boy at mothers knee, 
Asks why do the other kids point at me and put me down
Tell me ma, why is it so tense
And why am I staring through a Barbed wire fence, is this my town

tell me why,.. do we have to live on different sides
And why do politicians talk about our civil rights
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah

Hungry mouth from a distant land
Broken heart and an outstretched hand and starts to cry……
Children left without a home
Full of fear and all alone, and I wonder why
And why do the rich always bury their guilty heads in the sand
And what’s the point in screaming out in no-mans land
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah

Thoughts in my head of another day
When life was fair and we would play in the village park
But now that seems so far behind
With the promise of peace in the summertime, but now it’s dark

Now we don’t know which side is right or wrong
Was it meant to be confusing all along?
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah

Hungry mouth from a distant land
Broken heart and an outstretched hand and starts to cry……
Children left without a home
Full of fear and all alone, and I wonder why
And why do the rich always bury their guilty heads in the sand
And what’s the point in screaming out in no-mans land
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah
Tell me ma, is this my time or am I living on the Borderline, yeah

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released December 11, 2019
Lyrics by Jane Shields
Music written by Mike Terry
Performed by Mike Terry

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