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I’m stepping across the great divide, can I persuade you to come for the ride?

It’s not hard work, just a state of mind. Come for a test-drive, see what you find

I’ve lived enough in compromise, smiled enough through blatant lies

drawn on the mettle of your eyes, settled for less and wished to die

And are you tired of living someone else’s dream

and are you sorry for the way things have been

and are you fit to tell me who’s pulling your strings?

Which song of the moment are you ready to sing?

Through these changes I’m glad to make you decide

I’ll be lost to you far beyond the great divide

Forever thwarted inroads all going to seed

forever broken voices stifled on your greed

no small remittance offered on every small misdeed,

no greater fortune given, how much do you need?

Is that a voice I hear, deep across the great divide?

Receiving loud and clear, deep across the great divide

and in the stormy skies, deep across the great divide

the thunder laughs and cries at you

I’m stepping across the great divide, can I persuade you to come for the ride?

It’s not hard work, just a state of mind. Come for a test-drive, see what you find