The Trawlerman's Song Lyrics - Mark Knopfler
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we’re taking on water
diesel and stores
laying up awhile
before i’m back on board
they’re patching her up
to go fishing again
they’re welding her rudder
scrubbing her keel
scars on her belly
need time to heal
in the dock
with the trawlermen
i know all the people
there’s nobody new
soon we’ll be leaving
with the same old crew
on the green water
the tumbling sea
they ain’t running
like the good old days
time’s just slipping
down the old slipways
in the dock
so dear to me
dark is the night
i need a guiding light
to keep me
from foundering
on the rocks
my only prayer
is just to see you there
at the end
of my wandering
back in the dock
i could use a layoff
getting my strength back
but there’s a loan to pay off
and a few skipjack
so it’s a turnaround
back in the southerly wind
pirates coming in
to steal our gold
you can count yourself lucky
with a profit in the hold
in the dock
when we come in
dark is the night
i need a guiding light
to keep me
from foundering
on the rocks
my only prayer
is just to see you there
at the end
of my wandering
back in the dock
diesel and stores
laying up awhile
before i’m back on board
they’re patching her up
to go fishing again
they’re welding her rudder
scrubbing her keel
scars on her belly
need time to heal
in the dock
with the trawlermen
i know all the people
there’s nobody new
soon we’ll be leaving
with the same old crew
on the green water
the tumbling sea
they ain’t running
like the good old days
time’s just slipping
down the old slipways
in the dock
so dear to me
dark is the night
i need a guiding light
to keep me
from foundering
on the rocks
my only prayer
is just to see you there
at the end
of my wandering
back in the dock
i could use a layoff
getting my strength back
but there’s a loan to pay off
and a few skipjack
so it’s a turnaround
back in the southerly wind
pirates coming in
to steal our gold
you can count yourself lucky
with a profit in the hold
in the dock
when we come in
dark is the night
i need a guiding light
to keep me
from foundering
on the rocks
my only prayer
is just to see you there
at the end
of my wandering
back in the dock
Writer: MARK KNOPFLER
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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the first two lines | Reviewer: Dave Nelson | 12/19/10
It seems that the first lines as written above are saying that the boat is being loaded up with water, fuel and provisions (stores) but it strikes me that what he is saying is that the boat has been taking on water (a big problem) so they have put in to dry dock, removed the fuel from the tanks. Putting the fuel in storage temporarily would be necessary so that the boat could be lifted and worked on by the trawlerman more easily and safely. So the second line might be more like "diesels's in store". It's often difficult to tell for sure with song lyrics. What do you think?
a different lyric | Reviewer: davood shafiey | 3/13/09
as a foreign person whose mother language is not English it took weeks to understant this music, it's meaning gradually become more and more clear for me
It's beautiful, it gives you sense of sympathy, humanity, you can feel what a trawlerman feel, and you can imagine what he see, it's great, simply great
Knopfler - the romantic | Reviewer: Denise Anklesaria | 3/31/05
This ballad reveals the softer tender side of Knopfler as is evident in the trawlerman's love for his boat. The guitaring here is delicate. The song's addictive as are most from the album.
Denise Anklesaria
Mumbai - India.
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