Genius Lyrics
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Mark Knopfler (Ft. James Taylor) – Sailing to Philadelphia
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“Sailing to Philadelphia” by Mark Knopfler appears on his album of the same name (2000).
This is a story song, told in two monologues between Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon as
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Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia - Live at Massey Hall, Toronto
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[Verse 1] / I'm Jeremiah Dixon / I am a Geordie boy / A glass of wine with you, sir / And the ladies I'll enjoy / All Durham and Northumberland / Is measured up by my own hand / It
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James Taylor – Sailing To Philadelphia
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[Verse 1] / I Am Jeremiah Dixon / I Am A Geordie Boy / A Glass Of Wine With You, Sir / And The Ladies I'll Enjoy / All Durham And Northumberland / Is Measured Up By My Own Hand
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Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia (Live from Music Bank London/2011)
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I am Jeremiah Dixon / I am a Geordie boy / A glass of wine with you, sir / And the ladies I'll enjoy / All Durham and Northumberland / Is measured up by my own hand / It was my
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Mark Knopfler – Silvertown Blues
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“Silvertown Blues” by Mark Knopfler appears on his 2000 album, Sailing to Philadelphia.
This is a lament about a small Nevada town that was part of the silver rush of the 19th
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Mark Knopfler – Junkie Doll
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“Junkie Doll” by Mark Knopfler appears on his album, ‘Sailing To Philadelphia’ – 2000. Many believe it’s a song about drug addiction, specifically heroin. In reality, it’s a song
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Mark Knopfler – Prairie Wedding
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[Verse 1] / We only knew each other by letter / I went to meet her off the train / When the smoke had cleared and the dust was still / She was standing there and speaking my name
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Mark Knopfler – Wanderlust
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[Verse 1] / Big black cloud / On a yellow plane / Sure enough it / Looks like rain / Packin' up all our / Faith and trust / Me and the wanderlust / [Verse 2] / Open window / Empty
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Mark Knopfler – Do America
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[Verse 1] / Well I've been it ever since I was a kid at school / Now they love me in Newcastle and in Liverpool / I am as hard as a pistol I can do no wrong / I've been in
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Mark Knopfler – One More Matinee
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[Verse 1] / Here's one of the two of us / In 1954 / Don't laugh I keep all of the pictures / Are you going to take a photograph? / Here's something nice for you / A dear old thing
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Mark Knopfler (Ft. Van Morrison) – The Last Laugh
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[Verse 1: Mark Knopfler] / Don't you love the sound / Of the last laugh, my friend / Don't you love the sound / Of the last laugh, at the end / [Pre-Chorus: Mark Knopfler] / Down
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Mark Knopfler – Sands of Nevada
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[Verse 1] / These tables are haunted / By the ghost of Las Vegas / Their chips were once mountains / But they came here to play / They could take me if they wanted / But I have
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Mark Knopfler – El Macho
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[Verse 1] / Your date has gone home / Now you're left on your own sweet own / You're a tough-talking friend / Split on you in the bitter end / And you look like a fine thing, Jerry
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Mark Knopfler – Speedway at Nazareth
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[Verse 1] / After 2000 came 2001 / To be the new champions, we were there for to run / From springtime in Arizona, till the fall in Monterey / And the raceways were the
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Mark Knopfler – Who's Your Baby Now
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[Verse 1] / The rock you stood upon / Is broken up and gone / Hey baby, who's your baby now / On the slipway of your dream / Stands someone else's scheme / Hey baby, who's your
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Mark Knopfler – Blood and Water
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[Chorus] / Blood and water, bound to overflow / Blood and water, bound to overflow / Well there's no more high water / But the old man's just waiting, I know / [Verse 1] / He was
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Mark Knopfler – Bluebird
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[Verse 1] / Got crows in my pasture / Rats in my barn / Crows in my pasture, babe / Rats in my barn / If I was you, little bluebird / I'd up and find another farm / [Verse 2] / I'
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Mark Knopfler – Got to Have Something
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[Verse 1] / Well if you ain't got whiskey / Don't tell me that you ain't got gin / If you ain't got whiskey / Don't tell me that you ain't got gin / Well, I got to have something
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Mark Knopfler – River of Grog
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[Verse 1] / By day I sell them my soul / I work like a mole / Under the shop / By night I'll drink in the cold hole / Or down in the nine-foot drop / [Pre-Chorus] / By day I'm a
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Mark Knopfler – Don't Forget Your Hat
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“Don’t Forget Your Hat” by Mark Knopfler appears on his 2012 album, Privateering.
The album uses the life of the privateer at sea as a metaphor for life as a musician on the
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Mark Knopfler – Go, Love
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[Verse 1] / I had to leave for certain / I like to come back now and then / Maybe I'm just returning / So I can leave again / [Verse 2] / The wind comes softly blowing / From the
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Mark Knopfler – Gator Blood
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[Verse 1] / Hammer on a skillet, up they come / Showman whanging on a ballyhoo drum / Watch out, people, I'm a greedy man / Swallowed all the fishes in the frying pan / [Chorus
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