Mark Knopfler - What It Is (Remastered 2021)

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[00:00.00]What It Is (Remastered 2021) - Mark Knopfler
[00:01.47]Lyrics by：Mark Knopfler
[00:02.12]Composed by：Mark Knopfler
[00:31.91]The drinking dens are spilling out
[00:33.53]There's staggering in the square
[00:35.63]There's lads and lasses falling about
[00:37.30]And a crackling in the air
[00:39.99]Down around the dungeon doors
[00:41.50]The shelters and the queues
[00:43.99]Everybody's looking for
[00:45.35]Somebody's arms to fall into
[00:47.26]And it's what it is
[00:50.78]It's what it is now
[00:55.17]There's frost on the graves and the monuments
[00:57.06]But the taverns are warm in town
[00:59.66]People curse the government
[01:01.01]And shovel hot food down
[01:03.22]The lights are out in city hall
[01:05.00]The castle and the keep
[01:07.04]The moon shines down upon it all
[01:09.00]The legless and asleep
[01:10.67]And it's cold on the tollgate
[01:12.89]With the wagons creeping through
[01:15.44]Cold on the tollgate
[01:16.69]God knows what I could do with you
[01:18.75]And it's what it is
[01:22.35]It's what it is now
[01:26.78]The garrison sleeps in the citadel
[01:28.44]With the ghosts and the ancient stones
[01:31.09]High up on the parapet
[01:32.45]A Scottish piper stands alone
[01:34.90]And high on the wind
[01:36.12]The highland drums begin to roll
[01:38.98]And something from the past just comes
[01:40.49]And stares into my soul
[01:42.07]And it's cold on the tollgate
[01:44.32]With the Caledonian blues
[01:46.84]Cold on the tollgate
[01:48.22]God knows what I could do with you
[01:50.14]And it's what it is
[01:53.83]It's what it is now
[01:58.06]What it is
[02:01.61]It's what it is now
[02:37.50]There's a chink of light there's a burning wick
[02:39.46]There's a lantern in the tower
[02:41.61]Wee willie winkie with a candlestick
[02:43.35]Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
[02:45.43]On Charlotte Street
[02:46.55]I take a walking stick from my hotel
[02:50.00]The ghost of dirty dick
[02:51.20]Is still in search of little nell
[02:53.32]And it's what it is
[02:56.95]It's what it is now
[03:00.51]Oh it's what it is
[03:04.94]What it is now