[ti:Sailing To Philadelphia] [ar:Mark Knopfler] [al:Sailing To Philadelphia] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler [00:09.72]Written by:Mark Knopfler [00:19.45]I am Jeremiah Dixon [00:21.65] [00:22.45]I am a George boy [00:24.29] [00:24.82]A glass of wine with you sir [00:26.83]And the ladies I'll enjoy [00:29.35] [00:30.52]All Durham and Northumberland [00:33.54] [00:34.71]Is measured up by my own hand [00:38.20] [00:39.85]It was my fate from birth [00:42.43] [00:43.45]To make my mark upon the earth [00:47.08] [00:50.02]He calls me Charlie Mason [00:52.56]A stargazer am I [00:54.52] [00:55.43]It seems that I was born [00:57.29]To chart the evening sky [01:00.06] [01:00.90]They'd cut me out for baking bread [01:04.44] [01:05.18]But I had other dreams instead [01:08.53] [01:09.43]This baker's boy from the west country [01:13.02] [01:13.70]Would join the royal society [01:16.93] [01:20.10]We are sailing to Philadelphia [01:25.03] [01:25.85]A world away from the coaly Tyne [01:30.20]Sailing to Philadelphia [01:34.76] [01:35.96]To draw the line [01:38.42] [01:39.74]The Mason Dixon Line [01:43.49] [02:06.18]Now you're a good surveyor Dixon [02:08.63]But I swear you'll make me mad [02:10.94] [02:11.72]The west will kill us both [02:13.55]You gullible George lad [02:16.03] [02:17.87]You talk of liberty [02:20.69] [02:21.48]How can America be free [02:24.88] [02:25.76]A George and a baker's boy [02:29.20] [02:29.87]In the forests of the Iroquois [02:33.81] [02:36.58]Now hold your head up Mason [02:38.62]See America lies there [02:41.39] [02:42.26]The morning tide has raised [02:43.87]The capes of Delaware [02:46.34] [02:48.12]Come up and feel the sun [02:50.20] [02:52.16]A new morning has begun [02:54.82] [02:56.10]Another day will make it clear [02:59.33] [03:00.43]Why your stars should guide us here [03:03.42] [03:06.51]We are sailing to Philadelphia [03:11.26] [03:12.38]A world away from the coaly Tyne [03:16.79]Sailing to Philadelphia [03:21.09] [03:22.57]To draw the line [03:25.47] [03:26.26]The Mason Dixon Line [03:29.85] [03:31.07]The Mason Dixon Line