Mainland

I said, I'm just a servant to my base desires
 She said, I'll tell you a few things, free of charge
 Stay clear of jagged rock
 Tread careful at the higher level
 This ain't no game, but you can play
 If that's what you want
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 Then she said
 We are just paper boats bobbing adrift afloat
 While winds of fortune shove us where they will
 Woke up coughing on the shore
 Called out crowd, broke and sore
 Back on the mainland
 The chimps were comin' up trumps
 And all I saw was burning blue
 Fading into blonde and white
 Wade out past the rotting pier
 Out to the open water
 Son of a red-roof city
 And her, the foreman's daughter
 Back on the mainland
 Back on the mainland
 Cool change was rolling over
 Black sky was getting lower
 On golden sands
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 We stared into the haze
 Ocean merging with sky
 We talked about the land of our fore-mothers
 Now that we've shut the gate
 It would be funny if it didn't make you want to cry
 It's just the bed we've woken up in
 And all I saw was burning blue
 Fading into blonde and white
 Wade out past the rotting pier
 Out to the open water
 Son of a red-roof city
 And her, the foreman's daughter
 Back on the mainland
 Back on the mainland
 Cool change was rolling over
 Black sky was getting lower
 Green dreams were folding over
 As we sailed up the mainland
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 Never coming on the line
 Wake up feeling fine
 Eyes on the pale moonlight
 Far corner of the earth
 Tripping up on the edge
 Big impossible now