BORDER RADIO Dave Alvin - C# (Capo 1) C F It’s one more midnight, and her man is still gone C F The night moves too slow C C/B Am She tries to remember, the heat of his touch F G C F C F While listenin’ to the border radio C She calls toll-free, and requests an old song Something they used to know She prays to herself, that wherever he is He’s listenin’ to the border radio Chorus F This song comes from 1962 Am Dedicated to a man who’s gone F C 50,000 watts out of Mexico G C G C This is the border radio, this is the border radio Last Chorus play 'Am' here She thinks of her son, asleep in his room And how her man won’t see him grow She thinks of her life, and she hopes for a change While listenin’ to the border radio Break / Repeat Chorus And they play her tune, but she can’t concentrate She wonders why he had to go It’s one more midnight, and her man is still gone And she’s listenin’ to the border radio Repeat Chorus F G C F C F G C This is the border radio C/B - X22010