Mark Knopfler
The Trawlerman's Song
We're taking on water
Diesel and stores
Laying up awhile Before I'm back on board
They're patching her up
To go fishing again
They're welding her rudder
Scrubbing her keel
Scars on her belly Need time to heal
In the dock
With the trawlermen
I know all the people
There's nobody new
Soon we'll be leaving
With the same old crew
On the green water The tumbling sea They ain't running Like the good old days Time's just slipping Down the old slipways
In the dock
So dear to me
SongtexteDark is the night
I need a guiding light
To keep me From foundering
On the rocks
My only prayer
Is just to see you there
At the end
Of my wandering Back in the dock I could use a layoff
Getting my strength back
But there's a loan to pay off And a few skipjack So it's a turnaround Back in the southerly wind
Pirates coming in To steal our gold
You can count yourself lucky With a profit in the hold In the dock
When we come in
Dark is the night
I need a guiding light
To keep me From foundering
On the rocks
My only prayer
Is just to see you there At the end
Of my wandering Back in the dock
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