Close To The Borderline

<br>Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide<br>The buns drop dead and dogs go mad<br>In packs on the West Side<br>Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide<br>She wants to hit those bricks<br>`Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline<br>While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place<br>The bag ladies throw their bones in my face<br>I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound<br>I don`t want to hear it but he won`t turn it down<br>Life is tough but it`s just enough<br>To hold back the tears until it`s closing time<br>I survived, I`m still alive<br>But I`m getting close to the borderline<br>Close to the borderline<br><br>A buck three eighty<br>Won`t buy you much lately on the street these days<br>And when you can get gas<br>You know you can`t drive fast anymore on the parkways<br>Rich man, poor man, either way American<br>Shoved into the lost and found<br>The no nuke yell we`re gonna all go to hell<br>With the next big meltdown<br>I got remote control and a color T.V.<br>I don`t change channels so they must change me<br>I got real close friends that will get me high<br>THey don`t know hot to talk and they ain`t gonna try<br>I shouldn`t bitch, I shouldn`t cry<br>I`d start a revolution but I don`t have time<br>I don`t know why I`m still a nice guy<br>But I`m getting close to the borderline<br>Close to the borderline<br><br>I thought I`d sacrifice so many things<br>I thought I`d throw them all away<br>I didn`t think I needed anything<br>But you can`t afford to squander what you`re not prepared to pay<br><br>I need a doctor for my pressure pills<br>I need a lawyer for my medical bills<br>I need a banker to finance my home<br>I need security to back my loan<br>It isn`t new what I`m going through<br>But everybody knows you got to break sometime<br>Another night I fought the good fight<br>But I`m getting closer to the borderline<br>Closer to the borderline.