Mark Knopfler
The Trawlerman s Song
(Album: Shangri-La)
Capo 3.
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
We re taking on water
Diesel and stores
Laying up awhile
Before I m back on board
They re patching her up
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To go fishing again
Fishing again
They re welding her rudder
Scrubbing her keel
Scars on her belly
Need time to heal
In the dock
With the trawlermen
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
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
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
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
M.ark A.dded A.gain S.upersongs
J.M. Ofchords, Febr. 5, 2005