BORDER TOWN (Chuck Girard) Dm He was born in the south C The gospel in his mouth Bb Dm (A7) With an outward kind of holiness around him Dm But it could never take root C 'Cause it didn't really suit him Bb Dm And what should have been his freedom only bound him Dm Time and time again Bb7 He felt the pleasure of his sin Gm A7 But though he knew it would not last beyond its season Dm It seduced him anyway Bb And he made his choice one day Gm A7 And rejected everything he once believed in Dm He's livin' in a border town Bb He's livin' in a border town Gm His left foot in the dark A7 His right foot in the light Bb7 One person in the day A7 And another in the night Dm He's livin' in a border town (INSTR CHORDS: Dm...Dm/C...Dm/Bb...Dm Dm...Bb...Gm...A7) Dm Though he'd made the choice C His friends would never, ever know Bb Dm (A7) He was too weak to let his secret self be known to them Dm But the man they saw outside C Was just an act so he could hide Bb Dm The inward man that he did not want exposed to them Dm It is better to be hot Bb It is better to be cold Gm A7 Dm Than in the middle of a highway goin' nowhere Dm Darkness to the left of you Bb A magnet in the night Gm A7 Dm But a decision must be made to not go in there Dm Get out of that border town Bb Get out of that border town Gm Your left foot in the dark A7 Your right foot in the light Bb One person in the day A7 And another in the night Dm Bb (Fade Dm...Bb) Get out of that border town...Get out of that border town... ©1980 Dunamis Music/ASCAP