BORDERLINE
MICHAEL
DAVIS "
The song BORDERLINE is one of my favorites, yet it is overlooked in
favor of lots of others. I'll tell you why. Wayne and I used to live
in the same roominghouse in 1966 before we all moved together, via
Sinclair's TRANS LOVE ENERGIES/ MC5 merger. One day Wayne came up
to my room to show me a new song he was working on. All he had was
a rudimentary guitar rif that was; bang bang, bang bang, bang bang.
I said; Wayne, that's great! It's so raw. So, we sat there, and I
played my bass along with the simple little part. When the band came
together for a practice, we showed the part to Fred, Rob, and Dennis.
The sound was power of the most basic type. Fred invented the 3/4
time breaks in the middle, and Rob made up some generic lyrics, that,
to this day, I still don't understand, and BORDERLINE became an MC5
song. Oh yeah, I made up the part at the end where the music stops
and Wayne and I sing a falceto; ooooooooh ooooooooh. I wanted to play
that song in London, but no one else would even consider it. I think
it gets lost because no one can understand what the lyrics mean. In
a weird way, I do. It's about being passionate and confused at the
same time. Like "teenager" stupid, ie., being nervous. It would be
better if it was about something more macho, but it is, like it is.
If I ever have my way, I will play that song. Here are the lyrics:
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I'm
at my borderline
I'm at my borderline
Love you girl, but I just don't know why
I, have to love you so.
When I make love
to you
when I make love to you
Love is true, but I just don't know why
I, have to love you so.
Need you girl, can't
say why
come on over here, love me now
you know you know, you got to know,
you're movin around, pushin me past
my borderline, yeah yeah.
It's about time
it's about time
Love you girl, but I just don't know
why I have to love you so.
Need you girl,
can't you feel
I just got to know, if it's real
Big and strong, hard and fine,
but you're movin around, pushin me past
my borderline, yeah yeah
ooooooooooh, ooooooooooh
I'm at my borderline
I'm at my borderline
I'm at my borderline
[Posted
on May 2003]
by MC5's MICHAEL
DAVIS
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