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Over The Line

from Up For Air by John Egenes

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Face down in another world, all alone, and so far from home
with a bullet where my heart used to be
oh, somebody help me, somebody help me
there’s something wrong, it just ain’t my time
but in one more minute I’ll be over the line.

Here’s to the soldier with a gun in his hand
just a boy forced to be a man
here’s to the mother, never see her son
killed in a battle, never could be won.

He’s out on the street, he’s got nowhere to go, and the nights are so cold
he smoked up his last cigarette
but it ain’t over yet, it ain’t over yet
he’s looking down at the water, trying to pick up a sign
in one more minute he’ll be over the line

Here’s to the man without a friend
trying to make it to the bitter end
here’s to the feelings of a favorite son
lost in a battle, never could be won

We’re all in our places, so settle down and look all around
you might see something moving somewhere
but it isn’t there, it isn’t there
we’re just a pebble in the sky, part of a great design
but in one more minute we’ll be over the line

Here’s to the window down into our soul
showing the way for the light to go
here’s to the memory of the songs we’ve sung
born of a battle, never could be won

credits

from Up For Air, released February 1, 2009
Marcel Rodeka: drums
Rob Burns: bass
Sami Sisters (Madeleine, Anji, Priya): harmony vocals
Mike Moroney: rhythm guitar
John Egenes: lead guitar, mandolin, banjo, Weissenborn

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

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