| Song | Close To The Borderline |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Album | Glass Houses |
| 作词 : Joel | |
| Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide | |
| The buns drop dead and dogs go mad | |
| In packs on the West Side | |
| Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide | |
| She wants to hit those bricks | |
| 'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline | |
| While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place | |
| The bag ladies throw their bones in my face | |
| I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound | |
| I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down | |
| Life is tough but it's just enough | |
| To hold back the tears until it's closing time | |
| I survived, I'm still alive | |
| But I'm getting close to the borderline | |
| Close to the borderline | |
| A buck three eighty | |
| Won't buy you much lately on the street these days | |
| And when you can get gas | |
| You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways | |
| Rich man, poor man, either way American | |
| Shoved into the lost and found | |
| The no nuke yell we're gonna all go to hell | |
| With the next big meltdown | |
| I got remote control and a color T.V. | |
| I don't change channels so they must change me | |
| I got real close friends that will get me high | |
| They don't know hot to talk and they ain't gonna try | |
| I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry | |
| I'd start a revolution but I don't have time | |
| I don't know why I'm still a nice guy | |
| But I'm getting close to the borderline | |
| Close to the borderline | |
| I thought I'd sacrifice so many things | |
| I thought I'd throw them all away | |
| I didn't think I needed anything | |
| But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay | |
| I need a doctor for my pressure pills | |
| I need a lawyer for my medical bills | |
| I need a banker to finance my home | |
| I need security to back my loan | |
| It isn't new what I'm going through | |
| But everybody knows you got to break sometime | |
| Another night I fought the good fight | |
| But I'm getting closer to the borderline | |
| Closer to the borderline. |
| zuò cí : Joel | |
| Blackout, heatwave, . 44 caliber homicide | |
| The buns drop dead and dogs go mad | |
| In packs on the West Side | |
| Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide | |
| She wants to hit those bricks | |
| ' Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline | |
| While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place | |
| The bag ladies throw their bones in my face | |
| I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound | |
| I don' t want to hear it but he won' t turn it down | |
| Life is tough but it' s just enough | |
| To hold back the tears until it' s closing time | |
| I survived, I' m still alive | |
| But I' m getting close to the borderline | |
| Close to the borderline | |
| A buck three eighty | |
| Won' t buy you much lately on the street these days | |
| And when you can get gas | |
| You know you can' t drive fast anymore on the parkways | |
| Rich man, poor man, either way American | |
| Shoved into the lost and found | |
| The no nuke yell we' re gonna all go to hell | |
| With the next big meltdown | |
| I got remote control and a color T. V. | |
| I don' t change channels so they must change me | |
| I got real close friends that will get me high | |
| They don' t know hot to talk and they ain' t gonna try | |
| I shouldn' t bitch, I shouldn' t cry | |
| I' d start a revolution but I don' t have time | |
| I don' t know why I' m still a nice guy | |
| But I' m getting close to the borderline | |
| Close to the borderline | |
| I thought I' d sacrifice so many things | |
| I thought I' d throw them all away | |
| I didn' t think I needed anything | |
| But you can' t afford to squander what you' re not prepared to pay | |
| I need a doctor for my pressure pills | |
| I need a lawyer for my medical bills | |
| I need a banker to finance my home | |
| I need security to back my loan | |
| It isn' t new what I' m going through | |
| But everybody knows you got to break sometime | |
| Another night I fought the good fight | |
| But I' m getting closer to the borderline | |
| Closer to the borderline. |