Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Madame Geneva's, artist - Mark Knopfler. Date of issue: 31.12.2006
Song language: English
Madame Geneva's |
| I’m a maker of ballads right pretty |
| I write them 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 |
| I’ll write up a scene on a counter |
| — confessions and sins in the main, boys |
| Confessions and sins in the main |
| Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s |
| Keeping the demons at bay |
| There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in But they’ll always be back on a hanging day |
| They come rattling 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 turning them off at the gallows |
| She’ll be selling right under the drop, boys |
| Selling right under the drop |
| Then you’ll find me in Madame Geneva’s |
| Keeping the demons at bay |
| There’s nothing like gin for drowning them in But they’ll always be back on a hanging day |