Broken Line Songtext
von The Eastern

Little histories are loose leaves
They′re torn out and dog-eared
They're everywhere I go
Caught in the trees and they′re floating on a breeze
Handwritten and slow
Got ink on my fingers
Ballpoint and felt tip
It's just row by row
Bound up and hard and I'm mapping out the chart
Handwritten and slow

But there′s a broken line
There′s a broken line
Sounds like wind, might be rain
There's a rusty broken line


Joseph wasn′t born yet in the spring of '82
And I was in a back seat of a Valiant regal blue
When they drove us out east
They stood in the sand with life burning in their hands
Saying, "Give me the world and I′ll give you peace"
I saw bellbirds ringing and fantails squeak
I saw the sun coming up in the canvas bleach
Yeah, all up on my toes
And I fell from the sky and I landed on my eyes
I learned pretty quick just to follow my nose

There's a broken line
There′s a broken line
Sounds like wind, might be rain
There's a rusty broken line

My grandma loved the Bible
Gave her something to hang on to
She took life blow by blow
I wish upon a star that I could be half as good as she was
Oh my, I, I've been so slow
′Cause I was just a child when I saw the tale was flaunting
Yeah, that was years ago
I got no time to see the ending, just time to love the mystery
Handwritten and slow

′Cause there's a broken line
There′s a broken line
Sounds like wind, might be rain
There's a rusty broken line