Alan O'Neill - the line

If you're down in a dirty desert
Or swimming in a salty sea
Crying like a wild cat
Or just crying after me
When you think that you lost everything
Just think of me sometime
Yea you gotta keep behind the line
If you're standing on the platform
Just looking down the track
Or too far past the signpost
And there ain't no turning back
When your heart is full of sorrow
But tears of joy you're crying
Yea ya gotta keep behind the line
If you're battered, bruised and broken
Or sleeping out in a sack
And watching the world around you
Just turning from green to black
And if you've nothing left to live for
And standing on the edge of dyin'
You gotta keep behind the line
When a heavy winds a howling
And your luck is running out
But you know you're gonna gamble
Well, ya just can't deal without
And sometimes when it's raining
Oh and dripping down your spine
Yea ya gotta keep behind the line
When you're headed for the heavens
Or standing at the golden gate
Waiting at the window
While the night's leaning on late
And underneath the lamplight
Oh when the stars start to shine
Yea you gotta keep behind the line
And if you're born down in the backstreets
With a pair of empty hands
And dreaming of your desires
And a fistful of future plans
When the difference is the distance
Between thoughts running in your mind
Yea you gotta keep behind the line
And until you're kissed with kindness
And your hand is pressed in mine
Yea you gotta keep behind the line

Written by:
Alan O'Neill

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