The drinking dens are spilling out
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There's staggering in the square
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There's lads and lasses fall about
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And a crackling in the air
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Down around the dungeon doors
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The shelters and the queues
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Everybody's looking for
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Somebody's arms to fall into
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It's what it is
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Thats's what it is now
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There's frost on the graves and the monuments
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But the taverns are warm in town
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People curse the government
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And shovel hot food down
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The lights are out in the city hall
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The castle and the keep
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The moon shines down upon it all
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The legless and the sleepless
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Cold on the tollgate
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With the wagons creeping through
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Cold on the tollgate
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God knows what I could do with you
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Thats's what it is
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It's what it is now
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The garrison sleeps in the citadel With the ghosts and the ancient stones
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High on the parapet a Scottish piper stands alone
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And high on the wind The highland drums begin to roll
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And something from the past just comes and stares into my soul
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Cold on the tollgate let the drums beat the tattoo
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Cold on the tollgate God knows what I can do with you
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And it's what it is
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It's what it is now
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What it is
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's What it is now
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And the highwayman stands blowing on his fingers by the green
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I've walked inside his shoes before so I always buy his magazine
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He's with a local mystery with blood stains on her hands
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I like the way she winks at me but I leave her with the highwayman
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And it's cold on the tollgate with the Caledonian Blues
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Cold on the tollgate God knows what I could do with you
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And it's what it is
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It's what it is now
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What it is
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It's what it is now
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There's a chink of light, there's a burning wick
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There's a lantern in the tower
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Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick
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Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
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On Charlotte Street I take A walking stick from my hotel
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The ghost of Dirty Dick Is still in search of Little Nell
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And it's what it is
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It's what it is now
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Oh what it is
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What it is now now now
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What It Is - Extended (Mexican Promotion)
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| Mark Knopfler |
