Border Blaster

歌詞

I left in the dead of the new moon's veil I clung to the side of the camouflaged trail I was over the river before the sky was awake I kept my ear pressed to the transistor radio This station was all I had left from my little home I don't want to leave but this sorrow was all I could take A static-y voice through the crackling speaker Has followed me all the way here The longer I go, we both will get weaker Till one of us just disappears I don't want to go but my duty is stronger than fear I worked 20 years without nothing to show So I left behind everything that I've known In the hope that my family won't need to go hungry again The stopped me the last time I tried this migration I'm the overflow man in this melting pot nation But the only thing here in this desert is a northerly wind I'm not really sure where the oxygen's going But it followed me all the way here The line on the map didn't stop it from blowing It's free, and that one thing is clear I don't want to go but my duty is stronger than fear And the sun, it doesn't care If it's here, or if it's over there It just passes through the stratosphere Until it goes away I once watched a sparrow fly south for the winter Her feathers were thin, and her body was thinner But we had enough there to feed her until she was well The seasons are cycles, they go back and forth One day it's south and the next it is north The just need a little relief till the snow starts to melt Today she's returning to look for her nest And she's followed me all the way here With nothing to hold but the meat on her breast And the promise of one more year The radio man is still playing his songs But the signal is not quite as clear I'd rather be back at the place I belong But my family is needing me here I don't want to go but my duty is stronger than fear I don't want to go but my duty is stronger than fear