Lyrics Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Borderland

Well, I headed back to the borderland

When the home-guard went insane

No use trying to work with people

Who can't tell fire from rain

The judge had tried to hitch a ride

But I only took him half way

Friends are friends, but in the Borderland

You can't be careful of what you say

The sheriff sent me every warning he could

But I knew more than he

My home is both sides of the Borderland

So he knows where I'll be

The businessman in a sleek sedan

Thought he could beat me here

But roads fade out before you reach the line

And the signposts disappear

So good to be home in the borderland

Where things are not what they seem

So good to be home in the borderland

Between the dawn and the dream

The brown-eyed girl from the battleground

Had just met me half-way

The border-guard had let her pass

But said you could not stay

She gazed upon the mountain above

And she reached out her hand

The she let go with all her might

And loved the borderland

So good to be home in the borderland

Where things are not what they seem

So good to be home in the borderland

Between the dawn and the dream