Knopfler - Sailing To Philadelphia lyrics

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I am Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy<br />

A glass of wine with you sir and the ladies I´ll enjoy<br />

All Durham and Northumberland is measured up by my own hand<br />

It was my fate from birth to make my mark upon the earth<br />

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He calls me Charlie Mason a stargazer am I<br />

It seems that I was born to chart the evening sky<br />

They`d cut me out for baking bread but I had other dreams instead<br />

This baker`s boy from the west country<br />

would join the Royal Society...<br />

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We are sailing to Philadelphia a world away form the coaly Tyne<br />

Sailing to Philadelphia to draw the line<br />

The Mason-Dixon Line<br />

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Now you`re a good surveyor Dixon but I swear you`ll make me mad<br />

The West will kill us both you gullible Geordie lad<br />

You talk of liberty how can America be free<br />

A Geordie and a baker`s boy in the forests of the Iroquois...<br />

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Now hold your head up Mason see America lies there<br />

The morning tide has raised the capes of Delaware<br />

Come up and feel the sun a new morning is begun<br />

Another day will make it clear why your stars should guide us here...<br />

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We are sailing to Philadelphia...