In the last hours of a sunset rendezvous Chill breeze against tide that carries me from you
Got a job in a southern city, got some lead-free in my tank
Now I must whisper goodbye, I'm bound for the mainland
* Island in the city, cut by a cold sea
People moving on an ocean, groundswell of humanity
Now the sun breaks through rain as I climb Glen Shiel
On the trail of those old cattlemen who drove their bargain south again
And in the eyes of those five, five sisters of Kintail
There's a wink of seduction from the mainland
Storm-lashed on the high-rise, their words are spray to the wind
Blown like silent laughter, falling on ears of tin
Take my heart and take my brawn Take by stealth or take by storm
Set my brain to cruise I can see the glow of the suburb lights
I'm fresh from the out-world, singing the mainland blues The mainland blues
There was a girl where I came from Seems like a long time, long time gone by
Wears the west wind in her hair
She calls from the hill, yeah, she calls in my mainland blues
Got the mainland blues
It's the mainland blues
There's a coast road that winds to heaven's door Where a fat ferry floats on muted diesel roar
And there's a light on the hillside and there's a flame in her eyes
But how cold the lights burn on the mainland