And for laying half the roadway In england as well You'd finish in the one place
It was straight to the next one
And you never could settle
And you were always alone
Just a drifter in limbo
I was best off away son
Just one of the thousands Who could never go home
That's your mighty man son
Your mighty man
Well the boat and the train ride
In a misty november
We had the worst of the lodgings
And we hated the subs
Ma's face on the leaving
I will always remember
And we wouldn't get paid Until they had closed up their pubs
And I could stand up on horseback
Was the man for the singing
Put my hand up for boxing
At the fairground on the heath
I could play my accordion
And charm all of the women
And dance round the taproom With a chair in my teeth
That's your mighty man son
Your mighty man
That's your mighty man son
Your mighty man
[00:00.29]Mighty Man (Live) - Mark Knopfler [00:03.10] [01:13.23]A room on the top floor [01:16.94] [01:19.22]And the chest all but knackered [01:22.62] [01:25.20]Two fingers not working [01:28.91] [01:30.98]And the back's shot to hell [01:33.29] [01:37.06]It's a lifetime of digging trenches [01:39.62] [01:43.01]In the cold and wet weather [01:46.47] [01:49.04]And for laying half the roadway [01:51.86]In england as well [01:58.15]You'd finish in the one place [02:01.30] [02:03.75]It was straight to the next one [02:06.10] [02:09.63]And you never could settle [02:13.34] [02:15.32]And you were always alone [02:17.33] [02:21.40]Just a drifter in limbo [02:23.76] [02:27.25]I was best off away son [02:30.70] [02:33.22]Just one of the thousands [02:36.01]Who could never go home [02:38.45] [02:42.01]That's your mighty man son [02:45.71] [02:47.88]Your mighty man [02:50.30] [02:53.83]Well the boat and the train ride [02:57.23] [02:59.59]In a misty november [03:03.11] [03:05.52]We had the worst of the lodgings [03:09.27] [03:11.23]And we hated the subs [03:13.26] [03:17.39]Ma's face on the leaving [03:19.69] [03:23.38]I will always remember [03:25.87] [03:29.29]And we wouldn't get paid [03:31.52]Until they had closed up their pubs [03:34.35] [04:23.73]And I could stand up on horseback [04:27.27] [04:29.62]Was the man for the singing [04:31.78] [04:35.74]Put my hand up for boxing [04:39.32] [04:41.58]At the fairground on the heath [04:44.40] [04:47.49]I could play my accordion [04:49.92] [04:54.07]And charm all of the women [04:55.42] [04:59.51]And dance round the taproom [05:02.27]With a chair in my teeth [05:04.71] [05:08.43]That's your mighty man son [05:12.12] [05:14.42]Your mighty man [05:16.24] [05:20.48]That's your mighty man son [05:24.14] [05:26.36]Your mighty man
