| @KMIDI KARAOKE FILE@LENGL@Twhat it is@Tmark knopfler
Drink and dance
are spilling out
and straggering
in the square
There’s lads and lasses
falling about and a
crackelling in the air
Then around
the dungeon doors
there’s shelters
in the queues
Everybody’s looking for
somebody’s arms
to fall into
It’s what it is
It’s what it is now
Here’s frost
on the graves
and the monuments
but the taverns
are warm in town
People curse
the government
and shovel hot food down
Lights are out in cityhall,
the castle and the keep,
Moon shines
down upon it all
the legless
and the sleepless
Cold on a tollgate
where the wagons
creeping through
Cold on a tollgate
God knows
what I can do
Hmm that’s what it is
It’s what it is now
The garnison sleeps
and the citadel
with the ghosts
and the ancient stones
High on the parapet
the scottish piper
stands alone
High on the wind
the howling runes
speak of the rule
And something
from the past
just comes and stares
into my soul
Cold on a tollgate
where the
caledonian moves
Cold on a tollgate
God knows
what I can do
with you
That’s what it is
It’s what it is now
it's what it is
It’s what it is now
There’s a chink of light
as a burning wick
There’s a lantern
in the tower
Wee Willie Winkie
with the candle sticks
still writing songs
in the mean Wee hours
On Charlotte street
they take a walking stick
from my hotel
The ghost of dirty Dick
is still in search
of little Nell
That’s what it is |
