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My Claim To Fame
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(Mark Knopfler)
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Well he's a big star now
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But I've been a fan of his for years
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The way he sings and plays guitar
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Still brings me to tears
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I wouldn't want to be a big deal
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I wouldn't want to be a celebrity
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I spend my life building ships of steel
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That's all there ever was for me
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Take a hammer to the sea belles
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And shout my name
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And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
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That's my claim to fame
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He spends his life in the studio
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Jet planes and big black cars
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Plays records on the radio
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In all of the clubs and in all of the bars
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By day he didn't have a choice
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You had to take a trade
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You had no money and you had no voice
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That's the life I made
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Take a hammer to the sea belles
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And shout my name
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And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
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That's my claim to fame
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That's my claim to fame boys
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That's my claim to fame
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To sail the seas as free as a breeze
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That's my claim to fame
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Well a song can live forever and a day
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An old ship goes to the breakers yard
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In a hundred years you're gonna hear him play
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They won't remember me for working hard
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Now they've all gone away, all the boys and the girls
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They yard is a grave where the river runs through
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We used to build the ships for the whole wide world
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Now we couldn't do it if we wanted to
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Take a hammer to the sea belles
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And shout my name
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I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
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That's my claim to fame
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Take a hammer to the sea belles
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And shout my name
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I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
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That's my claim to fame
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That's my claim to fame boys
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That's my claim to fame
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To sail the seas as free as a breeze
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That's my claim to fame
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My Claim To Fame
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| Mark Knopfler |
