Knopfler - What It Is lyrics
rate meThe drinking dens are spilling out<br />
There`s staggering in the square<br />
There`s lads and lasses falling about<br />
And a crackling in the air<br />
Down around the dungeon doors<br />
The shelters and the queues<br />
Everybody`s looking for somebody`s arms to fall into<br />
And it`s what it is it`s what it is now<br />
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There`s frost on the graves and monuments<br />
But the taverns are warm in town<br />
People curse the government<br />
And shovel hot food down<br />
The lights are out in city hall<br />
The castle and the keep<br />
The moon shines down upon it all<br />
The legless and asleep<br />
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And it`s cold on the tollgate with the wagons creeping through<br />
Cold on the tollgate God knows what I could do with you<br />
And it´s what it is it`s what it is now<br />
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The garrison sleeps in the citadel<br />
With the ghosts and the ancient stones<br />
High up on the parapet a Scottish piper stands alone<br />
And high on the wind the highland drums begin to roll<br />
And something from the past just comes and stares into my soul<br />
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And it`s cold on the tollgate with the Caledonian blues<br />
Cold on the tollgate God knows what I could do with you<br />
And it`s what it is...<br />
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There`s a chink of light there`s a burning wick<br />
There`s a lantern in the tower<br />
Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick<br />
Still writing songs in the wee wee hours<br />
On Charlotte Street I take a walking stick from my hotel<br />
The ghost of Dirty Dick is still in search of Little Nell<br />
And it`s what it is...