Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

I am the small town linesman

And you'll find me out here on the line.

Searching ceaselessly to simply

 Find a place i can call mine.

 Every corner of this country

 Criss-crossed out with coloured lines.

 The city lies before me,

Another city sprawling out behind.

Chorus

 Cos I’m a frontiers man,

 Trapped in suburban England.

Verse 2

Since the Scramble ended,

 Since the West was won on wagon trails,

It seems the Mazzini's paradisical

 Panopticon prevailed.

 My walkabouts no longer take me

 Beyond a choice of different jails.

 Why should i have to choose a state

When every one of them has failed?

Chorus

 Cos I’m a frontiers man,

 Trapped in suburban England.

Build Up to Bridge

And i promise not to overthrow the state

  (slide up shape)

If allowed to redraw the atlas before

 I emigrate.

Bridge

So I have sailed the seven seas alone,

Trying to find a shore I can call home.

But all i found are different flags,

Double-speaking diplomats, and

I do not have time for that.

So I'll declare my own sovereign state, - I cant figure out the bridge =[

The borders based on the

Bottoms of my boots,

And i will open embasies

Wherever the hell i please,

And at assemblies

You will see me sat

But never on my knees.

Chorus

 Cos I’m a frontiers man,

 Trapped in suburban England.

Build Up to Bridge

And i promise not to overthrow the state

  (slide up shape)

If allowed to redraw the atlas before

 I emigrate.

And I'd gladly leave your Metternich's alone

  (slide up shape)

As long as where

 I lay my head i can be my very own.

(Repeat Intro)

I am the Winchester lineman.

Chorus

 Cos I’m a frontiers man,

 Trapped in suburban England.

Coda

But here I will not remain-

No I'll ride into the sunset,