The Border Guard Lyrics - If The World Was You - J.d. Souther

She gave me a heart in a woman's hand 

Carved in cherry-wood 

The severed part from a foreign land 

I clearly understood 

Love has a border and I can't cross over 

Love has a border and a right and a wrong 

Love has a border, some kind of an order 

Beyond that border I don't belong 

I sleep all day and dream all night 

Prowling up the coast 

I have my way when the moon is bright 

I'm howling like a ghost 

Love has a border and I can't cross over 

Love has a border and a right and a wrong 

Love has a border, some kind of an order 

Beyond that border I don't belong 

I ain't going to heaven now 

'Cause I learned too many tricks 

I just wanna get over this wall 

How come I sit here making bricks 

And mold her, guarding the border 

So I keep that hand like a secret wife 

A coin I never spent 

Far away there's a place in life 

I never really went 

Love has a border, I can't cross over 

Love has a border and a right and a wrong 

Love has a border, some kind of an order 

Beyond that border I don't belong 

Guarding the border