Álbum Down The Road Wherever de Mark Knopfler - Canciones

Down The Road Wherever

2018 |

Estilo(s) | Soft Rock

Sello | British Grove Records

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Listado de canciones del álbum Down The Road Wherever

Trapper ManVer letra 6:02

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The trapper man's in from the hinterlands

Filth and grease on his clothes and hands

From the outermost, the farthermost

Comes riding in to the trading post

Got a pack horse loaded up with hides

Steps in to see the man inside

I got furs, skins, a little meat too

Here, I got a good piece just for you

You take this home to give the wife

The trapper draws his skinning knife

Now the fat man's desk is a butcher's block

The trapper cuts the meat and talks

You're gonna lose your shirt on a nowhere man

Lose your shirt in nowhere land

Back out there is my country

And you best let this trapper be the trapper

You need the trapper man

The trapper man

If you don't want to be where lightning strikes

Better let me work the way I like

You don't want to know how I fill my sacks

You go out there you don't come back

You got nature red in tooth and claw

And you ain't got no rule of law

And if you don't know nature's way

All that's gonna stop you being the prey is the trapper

You need the trapper man

The trapper man

You wanna wear them gems and rings

You wanna show off them shiny things

Shake your money maker, bro

Where the movers and the shakers go

You wanna go do what you do

Let the gold and silver come to you

I need you but you need me

So you best let this trapper be the trapper

You need the trapper man

The trapper man

When he's done his thing and gone his way

The fat men light cigars and say

"Holy smokes did you see that?

We all made money on the trapper cat"

Sit back in their big ass chairs

Say, "Boys, that is the man right there"

I'm the lifeline for your big soft ass

It's the trapper puts it in first class, the trapper

You need the trapper man

The trapper man
Back On The Dance FloorVer letra 5:31

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Hand me down my high roller Stetson

Hand me down my smokeless .41

We're gonna look so sharp when we walk in

They're gonna be jazzed we come

We're going for the major comeback

For the motherlode, the mighty score

We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack

Now we're back on the dancefloor

Going all the way is the only way to go

The only game in town

Shake your moneymaker closer to the floor

Shake 'em on down, shake 'em on down

Hand me down my two-tone wingtips

Hand me down my skull head walking cane

You all gotta wear them shantung gambler suits

They're gonna be jazzed we came

We're going for the major comeback

For the motherlode, the mighty score

We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack

Now we're back on the dancefloor

Going all the way is the only way to go

The only game in town

Shake your moneymaker closer to the floor

Shake 'em on down, shake 'em on down

We're going for the major comeback

For the motherlode, the mighty score

We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack

Now we're back on the dancefloor
Nobody's Child 4:17
Just A Boy Away From HomeVer letra 5:12

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When I was just a boy I'd be kicking a tin

Take the short cut home through the loony bin

I never gave much thought to the souls in there

I was just a boy, too young to care

Well the years go by and you get to see

A dream's not the same as reality

Well a dream or two is going to crash and burn

And that's the way that you live and learn

Well it was late one night and I woke at two

And I lay there thinking the way you do

But it's a long dark night of the soul

When those thoughts are turning sad and old

And then outside on the empty street

I heard the sound of walking feet

Well it was just a boy away from home

And he was singing the song 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
When You LeaveVer letra 4:13

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When you leave

There's cordite in the air

A ringing in the stillness

Smoke drifting up the stair

When you leave

When you leave

My heart sounds in my ears

A beating in the darkness

A trace of you still here

When you leave

When you leave

Like it or not

How could I not have fallen for you?

And now that I'm caught

How could I not be blue?

When you leave

I'll hear the smallest sound

And turn to look behind me

As though you're still around

When you leave

When you leave
Good On You SonVer letra 5:38

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Flash goes a little hummingbird a darting, whirring thread

At the screen door by his lemon tree out here with the quick and the dead

Designer blinds above LA frame the perfect view

It's gonna be another day of sun and shameless blue

By his cutting block the time has come for the fruit there by the juicer

He grinds fresh coffee for himself he's meeting a producer

The LA Times lies on the stone warming there like bread

Hey what's not to like out here with the quick and the dead

Good on you son, good on you

The Camden shuffle and the old one-two

Good on you son, good on you a-ha, oh yeah

Good on you son, good on you

The Camden shuffle and the old one-two

You wanna know what happiness is? In his eye there's a hunter's gleam

Something to look forward to this cat's gonna get the cream

Skin of a mango is so smooth, smoother than the devil

Cut it, slice it, chop it up to the rhythm of a Cockney rebel

Back in Blighty there's a flat on a grimy sink estate

That's why he walked out of that and went to the Golden State

Left the baccy and the beer where he was born and bred

Now he's cutting it out here with the quick and the dead

Good on you son, good on you

The Camden shuffle and the old one-two

Good on you son, good on you a-ha, oh yeah

What would you have had him do

The Camden shuffle and the old one-two yeah

Good on you son, good on you

The Camden shuffle and the old one-two

Good on you son, good on you a-ha, oh yeah

Good on you son, good on you

The Camden shuffle and the old one-two yeah
My Bacon RollVer letra 5:36

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I never got the elbow

Just telling you

Before you go

Only telling you

Just so you know

I never got the elbow

I slung it in

Had it up to here

I just pulled the pin

Went and had a beer

I used to love a bit of folding

Just for getting by

A wad of cash

Now that's out of date

And so am I

As pie and mash

S'cuse me, s'cuse me

Have you got my roll?

My roll? My bacon roll?

The time they took us bowling

What was that about?

I thought what a joke

I just went out

And had a smoke

Then the white water rafting

Just some know-it-all

With the new regime

There to show us all

How to build a team

He says what do you think we're doing?

I said don't ask me

I've no idea

They all laughed at that

That was pretty funny actually

S'cuse me, s'cuse me

Have you got my roll?

My roll? My bacon roll?

Have you got my roll?

My roll? My bacon roll?

I could order you a toastie

Just like that one there

Or the same in plain white bread

When you're dealing with a toastie

What do you prefer

Brown or red?

I never got the elbow

Just telling you

Before you go

Only telling you

Just so you know
Nobody Does ThatVer letra 5:15

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I like the way you put yourself together

Nobody does that quite the way you do

I like the way you put yourself together

Nobody does that quite like you

Nobody does that

Nobody does that

Nobody does that

I like the way you're holding my attention

Nobody does that quite the way you do

That stuff too hot for me to mention

Nobody does that quite like you

Nobody does that

Nobody does that

I like the way you work the opposition

Nobody does that quite the way you do

When you want to smoke the competition

Nobody does that quite like you

Nobody does that

Nobody does that

Nobody does that

I like the way you put yourself together

Nobody does that quite the way you do

I like the way you put yourself together

Nobody does that quite like you

Nobody does that

Nobody does that

Nobody does that
Drovers' Road 5:05
One Song At A TimeVer letra 6:17

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My whistle under the archways

Still echoes down the street

All the way back to Deptford days

Nights down by The Creek

Notes as big as river boats

Still echoing through the clubs

With the horns of the trains

Down the old back lanes

And the lights of the corner pubs

In a taproom lined with mirrors

There's a man there at the bar

Reminds you of somebody

He says I know who you are

He's right, I know I could be him

But anyway who is who?

You could be looking at

What he's looking at

And he's looking at you

And I'll be out of this place

And down the road wherever

There but for the grace, etcetera

I'll see you later but it's 1979

And I'm picking my way out of here

One song at a time

The slaving ports of plunder

Used to stink to heaven on high

Companions of honour

Always were in short supply

The Bristol ships and Liverpool's

On every tide they came

The times they may have changed, my friend

Some people stay the same

And I'll be out of this place

And down the road wherever

There but for the grace, etcetera

I'll see you later but it's 1879

And I'm picking my way out of here

One song at a time

A grinning mogul greets the crowd

At Execution Dock

All come to see three mutineers

Turned off at twelve o'clock

The shyster takes a ringside seat

As they're bringing them from the jail

And twenty thousand tickets

Sold online on premium sale

So if you need to reach me

You can leave word at The Pig

I have no wish to stay around

To watch that Newgate jig

Or any more poor old fakers

Trying to dance in my old shoes

I'll be gone over the ocean

With the transatlantic blues

And I'll be out of this place

And down the road wherever

There but for the grace, etcetera

I'll see you later somewhere down the line

I'll be picking my way out of here

One song at a time
Floating AwayVer letra 5:03

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It's the weight I'm trying

To get inside the frame

I've been painting a fat man

He's big and fat and heavy

As a man can be

But he's been floating away, floating away

He's been floating away from me

In the mirror my withering skin

Is a thorny pleasure

I stand unflinching

And I mark each crease and sting

My brush my wooden flail

My ancient thresher

As unforgiving time flays everything

It's the truth I'm trying

To get inside the frame

Now I'm painting myself naked

But I need a pair of boots

About as heavy as boots can be

Or I'd be floating away, floating away

I'd be floating away from me

And every thorn sends thistledown

Drifting all around

And floating away, floating away

Floating away from me
Slow LearnerVer letra 4:34

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People say 'Where have you been?'

Or 'Where did you go?'

I'm a slow learner

I do everything slow

It's my way, has to be true

The world goes by me fast

But where you're concerned

I like good things to last

Where's the point in worrying

If we should start a little late

Where's the point in hurrying

When waiting feels so great?

I'm a slow burner

My last train left a while ago

I'm a slow learner

I do everything slow

So where's the point in worrying

If we should start a little late

And where's the point in hurrying

When waiting feels so great?

I'm a slow burner

My last train left a while ago

I'm a slow learner

I do everything slow

Yeah, I'm a slow burner

My last train left a while ago

I'm a slow learner

I do everything slow
Heavy UpVer letra 6:00

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Your slack-jawed dimness is our loss

Condemns us to your point of view

Who could give a flying toss

What you like to chill out to?

And why should I lighten up for you

If you can't heavy up for me?

Why should I? Why should I?

You grunt and root your patch of earth

Adrift from shame and deaf to sound

How much is your praise really worth?

About the same as your thumbs down

And why should I lighten up for you

If you can't heavy up for me?

Why should I? Why should I?

So heavy up, heavy up for me

Heavy up, heavy up for me

You can give it up

Give it up with me

Or heavy up, heavy up for me

What would it take

To get you to shut it?

I'd so love it

And why should I lighten up for you

If you can't heavy up for me?

Why should I? Why should I?

So heavy up, heavy up for me

Heavy up, heavy up for me

You can give it up

Give it up with me

Or heavy up, heavy up for me

You won't of course, you will be heard

Ah, but at least a man can dream

I'm afraid, alas, the turd

Who thinks he's an ice cream

And why should I lighten up for you

If you can't heavy up for me?

Why should I? Why should I?

So heavy up, heavy up for me

Heavy up, heavy up for me

You can give it up

Give it up with me

Or heavy up, heavy up for me

Yeah, heavy up, heavy up for me

Heavy up, heavy up for me

You can give it up

Give it up with me

Or heavy up, heavy up for me
Every Heart In The Room 4:31
Rear View Mirror 2:29
Matchstick ManVer letra 2:54

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So there he was then, Penzance to play

Christmas Eve in a nowhere band

Now early morning Christmas Day

He’s hitching home to Geordieland

Last night the snow came, just my luck

And who the hell do you think you are

Climbing up into that truck

With your old bag and your guitar

And you, you would-be vagabond

No-one invited you, you know

Matchstick man, up in the dawn

You’ve got five hundred miles to go

The driver now must drop off his load

The snow still laying thick on the ground

Leaves him on a high crossroads

Where he can see for miles around

The sun is shining, sky is blue

And everything is white and bare

Not a car comes into view

There’s nothing moving anywhere

And you, you would-be vagabond

No-one invited you, you know

Matchstick man, you speck upon

These vast and silent plains of snow