You put some whiskey in the water Gonna run off with your daughter And if I make it to the border I'm gonna be alright I'm on the run the devil?s tryin? to get me Says I met him at a pawn shop down in Mississippi I was an angel lookin? for another face I

You just keep on pushing my love Over the borderline Borderline, Feels like I'm going to lose my mind (Borderline) Just try to understand (understand) I've given all I can 'Cause you got the best of me Don't you know you drive me crazy

So pour me another tequila, Sheila I feel like ol' Poncho Villa, Sheila I crossed the border, and I beat the dealer For all the damn gold in Juarez And lay down and love me again Pour me another tequila, Sheila! Pour me another tequila, Sheila Take off

Just on the border of your waking mind, There lies another time Where darkness and light are one, And as you tread the halls of sanity You feel so glad to be unable to go beyond I have a message from another time.

Holy Moses I have been deceived He's my brother let us live in peace Holy Moses I have been removed I have seen the spectre he has been here too Distant cousin from down the line Brand of people who ain't my kind Now the wind has changed direction and

Breathin' air I could be numb Borderline case Reinforced glass Earn some friends Passport photos and a life so bad Empty pocket and they think it's all They think it's all It's all ripped up on a smaller list?

Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Please see for me if her hair hangs long If you're travelin' in the north country fair If you go when the snowflakes storm When the rivers

Want you to sign your contract Want you to sign today Gonna give you lots of money Workin' for MCA Seven years of hard luck, comin' down on me From the Florida border, yes up to Nashville, Tennessee I worked in every joint you can name, mister, every

'Cause when I leave this town I won't be back no more, no more I got the key to the highway, Billed out and bound to go I'm gonna leave here running people Because walking is most too slow I'm going back, to the border Before they put up the fence Where

Now we're on the borderline But this is a strange frontier We're off the lines We're out of luck We're out of time People say it could never happen here Into the shadows From out of the light, Into the darkness