A5                 
                    living at the edge of the realm 
                                     B5          D5  
                       seems quite tempting to me, 
                               A5                          
              far from the concrete and the sodium light 
                               B5                 D5  
                      and next to the emerald sea. 
                                 F#5               
                        teacher's out of the room 
                                              B5   -  D5 
                     and the cat's away for a while 
                            A5                            
               and it's drink, drink to get drunk time: 
                              B5                      D5    
            wash out the culture and bring on the style. 
 

            F#5               A5      B5                 D5    
           there's another country i've heard of long ago; 
                     F#5                    A5     B5 
                     so dear to them that love her; 
                                               D5    
                     most great to them that know. 
 

                                   A5                 
                    living at the edge of the realm , 
                                   B5         D5       
                     doing much more as you please. 
                                A5                        
               watching the sunset over mallory square 
                      B5                          D5     
                 and supping on the juice of the keys. 
                           F#5                          
                 and there's always that nagging sense 
                                                B5   -  D5 
                 that you're not just miles from home 
                           A5                           
                 'cos it might as well be light years, 
                           B5                          D5    
           wrapped up in glitter and chilled to the bone. 
 

             E5       B5 F#5         A5                     E5 
           so strange that i'm tempted to go to the edge; 
                          B5    F#5                    E5 
               so strange, yet like the prodigal i go. 
                             B5     F#5    A5            E5  
            and i'd have fallen had the world been flat, 
                             B5              F#5    
                        or did your hand hold on 
                                  D5 - D5         A5 
                       and keep me from the fall. 
 

                                    A5                
                     chosing to be outside the fold 
                                B5                 D5 
                     from kerry to kirkwall skies. 
                                             A5 
                             out on the edge, 
 
                      trading love and the hearth, 
                                B5                 D5 
                      for the thrill and surprise. 
                                  F#5              
                       yet i know another country, 
                                           B5  - D5 
                          that's mapped within, 
                                           A5 
                 and it's always time to return there, 
                                     B5           D5 
                       no matter where i've been.