Lyrics to
Borderline

This version of Borderline was released by Thin Lizzy in 1976.

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Midnight in the big city
At the bar drinking all on my own
Just thinking about that girl and me
How something’s going wrong

Mister, tell me, what’s my saving grace?
The back room boys
Were all telling me
I’m a borderline case

Back on the borderline one more time

Seven beers and still sober
It’s time to change to something stronger
I cannot take this scene no longer
She could have told me it’s all over

Back in my home town
The old place is still the same
But time can cast a spell over something
You can’t go back again

Back on the borderline one more time

Mister, fill me another
Till I go crazy and it turn my mind around
Just pass that bottle one more time
And slowly drink it down

Jeanie can I tell you?
The shame of my disgrace
It’s just love or rejection
For this borderline case

Back on the borderline one more time

I’m on my bended knees crawling
I’m begging you darling

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About Lyrics and Borderline by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics to Borderline are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Borderline are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Thin Lizzy and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Borderline back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Borderline by Thin Lizzy in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Borderline" means the words set to the music of Borderline, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Borderline and the lyrics to Borderline are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Borderline, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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