Top-Songs von Mark Knopfler
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Knopfler
Guitar
Glenn Worf
Bass Guitar
Chad Cromwell
Drums
Richard Bennett
Guitar
Guy Fletcher
Keyboards
Jim Cox
Piano
Jimmy Nail
Background Vocals
Tim Healy
Background Vocals
Paul Franklin
Pedal Steel Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Knopfler
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Knopfler
Producer
Miles Showell
Mastering Engineer
Chuck Ainlay
Mixing Engineer
John Saylor
Assistant Engineer
Jon Bailey
Assistant Engineer
Jake Jackson
Assistant Engineer
Tony Cousins
Mastering Engineer
Songtexte
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in Geordieland
We got our tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
There's English, Irish, Scots, the Lot
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on Maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
And German tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alreet with me
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Writer(s): Mark Knopfler
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