[00:00.00]Why Aye Man - Mark Knopfler
[00:04.34]Written by：Mark Knopfler
[00:08.69]We had no way of staying afloat
[00:12.70]We had to leave on the ferry boat
[00:17.40]Economic refugees
[00:21.33]On the run to Germany
[00:25.57]We had the back of Maggie's hand
[00:30.11]Times were tough in Geordieland
[00:34.21]We got wor tools and working gear
[00:36.45]And humped it all from Newcastle to here
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[01:16.34]We're the nomad tribes travelling boys why aye why aye man
[01:20.60]In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise why aye why aye man
[01:25.22]Drills and hammers diggers and picks why aye why aye man
[01:29.29]Mixing concrete laying bricks why aye why aye man
[01:33.63]There's English Irish Scots the lot
[01:37.98]United Nation's what we've got
[01:42.31]Brickies chippies every trade
[01:44.49]German building British made
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[02:24.40]Nae more work on Maggie's farm
[02:29.02]Hadaway down the autobahn
[02:32.98]Mine's a portacabin bed
[02:37.04]Or a bunk in a Nissen hut instead
[02:57.82]There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn why aye why aye man
[03:01.99]And German tarts are wunderschoen why aye why aye man
[03:06.37]German beer is chemical free why aye why aye man
[03:10.66]Germany's alreet with me why aye why aye man
[03:15.04]Sometimes I miss my River Tyne
[03:19.11]But you're my pretty fraulein
[03:23.58]Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
[03:25.83]Keep wor spirit levels high
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