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Crossing the Border

by Rawlins Cross

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1.
Legendary 03:47
Underneath the awning of the Netherworld café Sip a fire and ice libido, watch her do the blue sashay You can hear the vixen laughter shatter like a magic mirror Cutting you all over Sirens in your inner ear Breathe her touch, so gentle, the feeling is elemental So beautiful, it's scary, her lovin' is legendary Legendary Black roses burning Perfume of a scarlet spell Hanging by a heartstring, threadbare in a lover's hell Breathe her touch, so gentle, the feeling is elemental So beautiful, it's scary, her lovin' is legendary She's a wasteland of emotion She's a phantom gypsy vampire hand She'll leave you drained and stranded, standing on the shifting sand Breathe her touch, so gentle, the feeling is elemental So beautiful, it's scary, her lovin' is legendary Legendary
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Time is turning, burning underground Wakin' the heartland, shakin' the town Chaos and order, primitive drive Crossing the border Chessboard dancer Games of skill and chance Chessboard dancer Dancin' the chessboard dance Time is turning cycles of sound Tangents and orbits inside out and upside down Oceans and deserts Drops of water, grains of sand Like sons and daughters Chessboard dancer Games of skill and chance Chessboard dancer Dancin' the chessboard dance Time is turning seasons around Living and learning where we're bound You've got to move it, got to fly You've got to prove it Chessboard dancer Games of skill and chance Chessboard dancer Dancin' the chessboard dance Chessboard dancer Games of skill and chance Chessboard dancer Dancin' the chessboard dance (Dave Panting)
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Nightfall 03:47
There's a silence in the darkened corners on the edge of town Questions hang in the air, all the earth ties waiting Nightfall comin' down Sun hits the horizon and the lights come on Shadows on the pavement I can feel the call Something natural stirs in the mental machinery Waiting for the pieces of the puzzle to fall Somewhere at the end of the falling night (night falls) The dawn lies waiting to find us (on the ground) Cradled in the arms of the fading light (light shines) Expectant future around us Something’s pointing to the words were not speaking Dark and silent frowns It's so hard to believe we could make a difference in what goes and comes around Sun hits the horizon and the lights go down The world rushes headlong at a brand new start In between the changes and the distance and the differences We swing into the rhythm and we play our part Somewhere at the end of the falling night (night falls) The dawn lies waiting to find us (on the ground) Cradled in the arms of the fading light (light shines) Expectant future around us Somewhere at the end of the falling night (night falls) The dawn lies waiting to find us (on the ground) Cradled in the arms of the fading light (light shines) Expectant future around us (Geoff Panting)
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Stray Cat 02:52
'm a stray cat driftin' through your town I go the way that the wind'll me blow round Prowl around downtown Hear me yowlin', jump up on the ledge Scratch at your window, sit out on the edge Watch the sky turn red Lean and restless, always on the run I've got nine lives I want to show you one Feed me tuna, give me mother's milk Under the moonlight all through the black silk night cat's eyes are shining bright I'm a stray cat and about the break of day I’ll get my breakfast I’ll be on my way Can't stay Lean and restless, always on the run I've got nine lives, I'd like to give you one (Dave Panting)
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Always have the blues for you Always have the blues for you Come into my eyes down an endless road Beneath big skies burning bright blue There lives a child He'll never grow old He will be waiting for news He'll always have the blues for you Always have the blues for you Waltz in the shadows in a room without time Parallel chords in the gathering night Laugh in the twilight Full moon pantomime Fugitive hearts taking flight Always have the blues for you Always have the blues for you (Dave Panting)
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Got your drink in your hand and your back to the wall In the very last bar at the very last call So sad and so lonely after waiting all night For some magical stranger who'd make everything alright But there's peace on the inside or there's no peace at all There ain't no divine right, no primal fall No predestined glory, no original sin No magic outsider gonna make your side win You got your so called protectors They're controlling it all Some secret beehive of rooms off of well guarded halls All set for Armageddon, got the flags all unfurled Maybe some magical stranger might save their part of the world But there's peace on the inside or there's no peace at all There ain't no divine right, no primal fall No predestined glory, no original sin No magic outsider gonna make your side win Got your drink in your hand and your back to the wall In the very last bar at the very last call So sad and so lonely after waiting all night For some magical stranger who'd make everything alright But there's peace on the inside or there's no peace at all There ain't no divine right, no primal fall No predestined glory, no original sin No magic outsider Better let it begin on the inside or we'll have no peace at all There ain't no divine right, no primal fall (Geoff Panting)
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Memory Waltz 03:51
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Open Road 03:16
If you want to you can stay, dream your life away Counting up old memories you have stowed But if you could be what you could be You'd he just as good as free I think it's time you hit the open road Future sits beside you, whispering in your ear Telling you that now it's time to go I don't know how far you'll get Before the sun has set I just know it's time you hit the open road Your future sits beside you, whispering in your ear Telling you that now it's time too go I don't know how far you'll get Before the sun has set I just know it's time you hit the open road Leave the past and let it wait, do not hesitate Take your time and time will take your load There’s nothing you can do There's nothing here for you I think it's time you hit the open road But if you want to you can stay, dream your life away Counting up old memories you have stowed But if you could be what you could be You'd be just as good as free I think it's time you hit the open road I think it's time you hit the open road (Dave Panting)

credits

released June 20, 1992

The Band:

DAVE PANTING (guitars/mandolin/lead and backing vocals)
IAN McKINNON (highland bagpipe/trumpet/tin whistles/bodhran/backing vocals)
GEOFF PANTING (keyboards/piano and button accordions/lead and backing vocals)
BRIAN BOURNE (bass/Chapman stick/backing vocals)
TOM ROACH (drums/percussion)
DEREK PELLEY (backing vocals/acoustic guitar on "Open Road')

Produced, engineered and mixed: Howard England
Recorded at Salter Street Films Studio, Halifax
Musical arrangements: Rawlins Cross
Cover art: Derek Caines
Design and layout: Derek Wenaus

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Rawlins Cross St. John'S, Newfoundland and Labrador

Rawlins Cross are one of Canada’s most accomplished and beloved Celtic rock bands. Since forming in 1989 the band has toured the world, released nine recordings and been honoured with a plethora of East Coast Music Awards and Juno Award nominations.. Band members hail from Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Ontario. ... more

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