Close To The Borderline Lyrics - Glass Houses - Billy Joel

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 

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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. 

I don't change channels so they must change me 

I got real close friends that will get me high 

They don't know hot 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 

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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.