Marie-lynn Hammond Distant Early Warning Line Lyrics

Distant Early Warning Line Lyrics

he sits in front of the radar screen

watching the signal, watching the
planes

go pulsing across, leaving their tracks of light

theres a
buddy on the line now from Byron Bay

hes probably lonely but hed never
say

hes just looking for some kind of comfort

in this twenty-four
hour night

they call it defending the country

he calls it saving up
money

dont quite know what hes saving for

but as soon as hes got
just a little bit more

hell be going outside for good 



chorus:

but look out that you dont get caught now

cause some
find their way back but some do not

you gotta watch for the warning
signs

on the Distant Early Warning Line 



oh he hasnt seen a
woman in five or six months

not since that night down in Cambridge Bay

she took him by surprise but

oh lord it was all right

well its
not the getting laid

that you miss so much

its just someone to hold
you, 



someone to touch you

ah what hed give to be held now

in this black and frozen night

well theres always the telephone

but whats the use, hed still be alone

he tries to focus on the screen,
only to find

that girl is moving like a track of light

across his
mind, leaving him blind 



chorus 



and on leave he
heads for the west coast

to the rolling blue Pacific

he lets the
waves crash over his body

under a burning summer sky

but at night
he dreams of silence

and a vast and frozen ocean

stretching white
to the horizon

and he dont know why 



and hes scared that he
might be caught now

cause some find their way back but some do not

they say dreams are a warning sign

on the Distant Early Warning
Line

you gotta watch for the warning signs

on the Distant