Elton John – Border Song

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Holy Moses I have been removed
I have seen the spectre he has been here too
Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind
Holy Moses I have been removed

Holy Moses I have been deceived
Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave
Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea
Holy Moses I have been deceived

I'm going back to the border
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
I can't take any more bad water
Been poisoned from my head down to my shoes

Holy Moses I have been deceived
Holy Moses let us live in peace
Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease
There's a man over there
What's his colour I don't care
He's my brother let us live in peace
He's my brother let us live in peace
He's my brother let us live in peace

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Track duration: 03:22

"Border Song" as written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:This song is about racism. In the first stanza he has been disconnected from Black people, in the second he realizes he has been brainwashed, and the rest speaks for itself.
    Flag meshellleon February 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Why is this not on the "Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002"?
    Pure brilliance. Love it, almost as much as THE KING MUST DIE. Look that one up. Most people who like this like it.
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    Flag Arialon November 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It's funny. I've got a bunch of elton john cd's, and one of them had this song. I ripped it onto my computer, and the title appeared as "Candle in the Wind." I put it onto my mp3 player, and it appeared as "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
    Flag Cocytuson November 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Sure this is a homage to the black movement around 1970, at a troubled time (city violence, increasing crime, disarray after the murders of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and the resistance of Nixon and others who wanted to think it was all through now and the blacks had got all they bargained for).

    It's also a very skilful blend of Gospel and retro ballad songwriting. Inevitably, Aretha Franklin did her own strong version a few years later.
    Flag tinderboxon July 23, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:To me, this is the OBVIOUS black movement idea going on here, Taupin (Elton's Lyricist) was making a stab at the racisit people by just writing in the view of a black person, it's FAR TOO EVIDENT, I cannot believe these people didn't see it. I mean BOrder, hint hint-foreigners?? It is also in the form of a gospel song, well not form but it has that feeling, it's great, one of my fave's. Cheers
    Flag sebastianquilton September 27, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:Bernie (writer) claims that the song is about nothing in particular.

    Elton says that it's about how alienated Bernie felt in London at the time ("Brand of people who ain't my kind") and his desire to visit home as much as he could.

    *NOTE: Elton actually wrote the last verse of the song!
    Flag Lord Choc Iceon June 21, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not sure what this song's about, exactly,lol, i don't feel like thinking sbout it right now....but it's a great song-and i love the seemingly Mary Poppins reference- "Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave"....
    Flag emoBettyrocketon April 07, 2004   Link

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