A chance to breathe   Everyone breathe   The news is hard, the days are long   And still we breathe      Everybody on the border towns   Your radios, your northern sounds   Fly your banners from the line   A thousand miles long      It is uneasy here   But we need everybody on      A band of thieves has ruined the bar   You, crooked barrister, arranged the calls   Your life of service is worthless   If you've ever served at all      Raise up now your lone star   We'll watch the pieces fall      Everybody on the boundary wires   Your telephones, your signal fires   Keep your balance on the line   A thousand miles long      It is not easy here   But we need everybody on board now   Don't fall away      There is no crime if you say   What you mean to say      Everybody on the border ties   Your mission bells, your desert skies   Draw your power from the line   A thousand miles long      It is uneasy here   But we need everybody on