Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song What It Is, artist - Mark Knopfler.
Date of issue: 31.12.2004
Song language: English
What It Is |
The drinking dens are spilling out |
There’s staggering in the square |
There’s lads and lasses falling about |
And a crackling in the air |
Down around the dungeon doors |
The shelters and the queues |
Everybody’s looking for |
Somebody’s arms to fall into |
That’s what it is |
It’s what it is now |
There’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 the city hall |
The castle and the keep |
The moon shines down upon it all |
The legless and asleep |
And it’s cold on the tollgate |
With the wagons creeping through |
Cold on the tollgate |
God knows what I could do with you |
That’s what it is |
It’s what it is now |
The garrison sleeps in the citadel |
With the ghosts and the ancient stones |
High on the parapet |
A Scottish piper stands alone |
And high on the wind |
The highland drums begin to roll |
And something from the past just comes |
And stares into my soul |
And it’s cold on the tollgate |
With a Caledonian blues |
Cold on the tollgate |
God knows what I could do with you |
That’s what it is |
It’s what it is now |
What it is |
It’s what it is now |
There’s a chink of light, there’s a burning wick |
There’s a lantern in the tower |
Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick |
Still writing songs in the wee wee hours |
On Charlotte Street I take |
A walking stick for my hotel |
The ghost of Dirty Dick |
Is still in search of Little Nell |
That’s what it is |
It’s what it is now |
It’s what it is |
What it is now… |