The Borders lyrics

We were like brothers.

Everybody said we looked the same.

You a little taller, and broader, and bolder.

We were afraid of your mother.

Hell, she used to hit you so hard.

And your dad took off when you were a baby,

and you still hate me for my dad stuck around.

You pinned me to the ground.

Eight years old with a replica gun pushin' in my skull

saying you're gonna kill me if I tell.

Never did, I never will.

That house was living hell.

I remember my mother when she found a new man.

And your mother thought she found a partner,

a father for you - no wonder you can't stand me.

I can't stand me too.

I can't stand me too.

Oh, your godmother repaired the anger in me.

She spoke to me like I was an adult,

didn't take sides, didn't turn me against my dad.

Then she took those pills and now she's gone.

I see her in the night

in the corner of my eyes!

And I see her in the night!

Heard you glassed a boy back in the Borders.

Some naughty family boys are after you.

You pinned me to the wall and said my mother

stole your inheritance from you.

We ain't, we ain't got a penny between us

holding up this tin that we live in.

You pinned me to the wall and smashed a bottle.

Your eyes the doors to hell and all within.

• Artist:Jack Savoretti
• Album:Under Cover (2020)