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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Knopfler
Guitar
Guy Fletcher
Keyboards
Frank Ricotti
Vibraphone
Glenn Worf
Bass Guitar
Danny Cummings
Percussion
Christopher White
Saxophone
John McCusker
Cittern
Steve Sidwell
Trumpet
Ian Lowthain
Accordion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Knopfler
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Knopfler
Producer
Chuck Ainlay
Producer
Guy Fletcher
Producer
Miles Showell
Mastering Engineer
Richard Cooper
Assistant Recording Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
I'm a maker of ballads right pretty
I write? em right here in the street
You can buy them all over the city
Yours for a penny a sheet
I'm a word pecker out of the printers
Out of the dens of Gin Lane
I'll write up a scene on a counter
Confessions and sins in the main
Boys, confession and sins in the main
Then you'll find me in Madame Geneva's
Keepin' the demons at bay
There's nothin' like gin for drownin' them in
But they'll always be back on a hangin' day
On a hangin' day
They come rattlin' over the cobbles
They sit on their coffins of black
Some are struck dumb, some gabble
Top-heavy on brandy or sack
The pews are all full of fine fellows
And the hawker has set up her shop
As they're turnin' em off at the gallows
She'll be sellin' right under the drop
Boys, sellin' right under the drop
Then you'll find me in Madame Geneva's
Keepin' the demons at bay
There's nothin' like gin for drownin? them in
But they'll always be back on a hangin' day
On a hangin' day
Writer(s): Mark Knopfler
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