What It Is-Mark Knopfler

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[00:00.00]What It Is - Mark Knopfler
[00:16.02]Written by：MarkKnopfler
[00:32.04]The drinking dens are spilling out
[00:34.04]There's staggering in the square
[00:35.97]There's lads and lasses falling about
[00:38.01]And a crackling in the air
[00:40.35]Down around the dungeon doors
[00:41.97]The shelters and the queues
[00:44.36]Everybody's looking for
[00:45.79]Somebody's arms to fall into
[00:47.84]That's what it is
[00:51.30]It's what it is now
[00:55.38]There's frost on the graves and the monuments
[00:57.55]But the taverns are warm in town
[01:00.12]People curse the government
[01:01.69]And shovel hot food down
[01:03.84]Lights are out in the city hall
[01:05.54]The castle and the keep
[01:07.51]The moon shines down upon it all
[01:09.44]The legless and asleep
[01:11.32]And it's cold on the tollgate
[01:13.31]With the wagons creeping through
[01:15.82]Cold on the tollgate
[01:17.24]God knows what I could do with you
[01:19.17]That's what it is
[01:22.76]It's what it is now
[01:27.18]The garrison sleeps in the citadel
[01:29.00]With the ghosts and the ancient stones
[01:31.59]High on the parapet
[01:32.99]A Scottish piper stands alone
[01:35.37]And high on the wind
[01:36.70]The highland drums begin to roll
[01:39.27]And something from the past just comes
[01:40.96]And stares into my soul
[01:42.71]And it's cold on the tollgate
[01:44.86]With a Caledonian blues
[01:47.35]Cold on the tollgate
[01:48.66]God knows what I could do with you
[01:50.72]That's what it is
[01:54.27]It's what it is now
[01:58.42]What it is
[02:02.07]It's what it is now
[02:37.95]There's a chink of light
[02:38.82]There's a burning wick
[02:40.00]There's a lantern in the tower
[02:42.10]Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick
[02:43.81]Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
[02:45.91]On Charlotte street I take
[02:47.43]A walking stick for my hotel
[02:50.32]The ghost of dirty dick
[02:51.74]Is still in search of little Nell
[02:53.74]That's what it is
[02:57.11]It's what it is now
[03:01.24]It's what it is
[03:05.25]What it is now