Billy Joel – Close To The Borderline Lyrics  Share

From Billy Joel's album: Glass Houses

Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
The buns drop dead and dogs go mad
In packs on the West Side
Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
She wants to hit those bricks
^,Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
I don^,t want to hear it but he won^,t turn it down
Life is tough but it^,s just enough
To hold back the tears until it^,s closing time
I survived, I^,m still alive
But I^,m getting close to the borderline
Close to the borderline

A buck three eighty
Won^,t buy you much lately on the street these days
And when you can get gas
You know you can^,t drive fast anymore on the parkways
Rich man, poor man, either way American
Shoved into the lost and found
The no nuke yell we^,re gonna all go to hell
With the next big meltdown
I got remote control and a color T.V.
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I don^,t change channels so they must change me
I got real close friends that will get me high
They don^,t know how to talk and they ain^,t gonna try
I shouldn^,t bitch, I shouldn^,t cry
I^,d start a revolution but I don^,t have time
I don^,t know why I^,m still a nice guy
But I^,m getting close to the borderline
Close to the borderline

I thought I^,d sacrifice so many things
I thought I^,d throw them all away
I didn^,t think I needed anything
But you can^,t afford to squander what you^,re not prepared to pay

I need a doctor for my pressure pills
I need a lawyer for my medical bills
I need a banker to finance my home
I need security to back my loan
It isn^,t new what I^,m going through
But everybody knows you got to break sometime
Another night I fought the good fight
But I^,m getting closer to the borderline
Closer to the borderline
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