Mark Knopfler - What It Is + lyrics

Lyrics:

The drinking dens are spilling out
There's staggering in the square
There's lads and lasses falling about
And a crackling in the air
Down around the dungeon doors
The shelters in the queues
Everybody's looking for
Somebody's arms to fall into
And it's what it is
It's what it is now

There's frost on the graves and the monuments
But the taverns are warm in town
People curse the government
And shovel hot food down
The lights are out in city hall
The castle and the keep
The moon shines down upon it all
The legless and asleep

And it's cold on a tollgate
With the wagons creeping through
Cold on a tollgate
God knows what I could do with you
And It's what it is
It's what it is now

The garrison sleeps and the citadel
With the ghosts and the ancient stones
High up on the parapet
A Scottish piper stands alone
And high on the wind
The highland drums begin to roll
And something from the past just comes
And stares into my soul

And it's cold on a tollgate
Where the Caledonian blues
Cold on a tollgate
God knows what I could do with you
And It's what it is
It's what it is now
What it is
It's what it is now

There's a chink of light
There's a burning wick
There's a lantern in the tower
Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick
Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
On Charlotte Street I take
A walking stick from my hotel
The ghost of Dirty Dick
Is still in search of Little Nell
And it's what it is
It's what it is now
Oh it's what it is
What it is now

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• Knopfler
• What
• It
• Is

[cacadelleona]

I accidentally found this in a friend of a friend's facebook... I can't stop listening to it!!!

[TheBertieW]

Many people play guitar.

Some people play guitar quite good.

Few people play guitar very good.

Only one person in the world makes his guitar talk, weep and sing.

Thank you Mark.

[GNO1GNO]

HOW COULD SOMEONE DISLIKE THIS?

[lokkets]

5 people doesnt know what it is

[NothernBug]

WHAT IT IS. THE BEST BEST OF ALL THE SONGS. THE RYTM is :amazing

Synonyms: astonishing, awe-inspiring, beautiful, breathtaking, exalted, formidable, grand, imposing, impressive, magnificent, majestic, mind-blowing, moving, overwhelming, striking, stunning, wonderful, wondrous, I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH.

[JuuS0]

1214 likes, 5 dont like. nuff said.

[FastFlyArrowhead]

I can hear that track in my car CD player endlessly..just put it on "REPEAT" mod & heat the road!

[96fed]

@greenwich1754 i am a kid, i'm 15 and i too love mark k and dire straits.. great music doesn't fade away with time.. :)

[wertuiop99]

OMG i have never ever heard anything like this ! fantastic guitar player fantastic!

[greenwich1754]

@dsdipp3r You're probably a kid if you say "still listen in 2012", as if 2000 was ancient history (when this song came out). But yes, I listen to this, as well as stuff from Dire Straits that came out in 1978 (their first album with Sultans). I graduated high school in 1979, so that makes me fossilrama, but still thumbs up to MK/Dire Straits!

[Malatronable]

This video belongs to my favorites.