What It Is - Dire Straits

[00:00.000] 作词 : Mark Knopfler
[00:00.971] 作曲 : Mark Knopfler
[00:01.943]Mark  Knopfler
[00:32.278]Drinking  dens  are  spilling  out
[00:33.984]There's  staggering  in  the  square
[00:36.168]There's  lads  and  lasses  falling  about
[00:37.969]And  a  crackling  in  the  air
[00:40.485]Down  around  the  dungeon  doors
[00:41.874]The  shelters  in  the  queues
[00:44.427]Everybody's  looking  for
[00:45.744]Somebody's  arms  to  fall  into
[00:47.897]And  it's  what  it  is
[00:51.544]It's  what  it  is  now
[00:55.481]There's  frost  on  the  graves  and  the  monuments
[00:57.544]But  the  taverns  are  warm  in  town
[01:00.114]People  curse  the  government
[01:01.709]And  shovel  hot  food  down
[01:03.810]The  lights  are  out  in  city  hall
[01:05.427]The  castle  and  the  keep
[01:07.650]The  moon  shines  down  upon  it  all
[01:09.482]The  legless  and  asleep
[01:12.01]And  it ′s  cold  on  a  tollgate
[01:13.361]With  the  wagons  creeping  through
[01:15.886]Cold  on  a  tollgate
[01:17.249]God  knows  what  I  could  do  with  you
[01:19.220]And  It ′s  what  it  is
[01:22.773]It ′s  what  it  is  now
[01:27.238]The  garrison  sleeps  and  the  citadel
[01:28.993]With  the  ghosts  and  the  ancient  stones
[01:31.614]High  up  on  the  parapet
[01:32.980]A  Scottish  piper  stands  alone
[01:35.562]And  high  on  the  wind
[01:36.671]The  highland  drums  begin  to  roll
[01:39.426]And  something  from  the  past  just  comes
[01:40.887]And  stares  into  my  soul
[01:42.104]And  it ′s  cold  on  a  tollgate
[01:44.870]Where  the  Caledonian  blues
[01:47.378]Cold  on  a  tollgate
[01:48.811]God  knows  what  I  could  do  with  you
[01:50.938]And  It ′s  what  it  is
[01:53.743]It ′s  what  it  is  now
[01:58.439]What  it  is
[02:02.337]It ′s  what  it  is  now
[02:38.18]There ′s  a  chink  of  light
[02:39.188]There ′s  a  burning  wick
[02:39.206]There ′s  a  lantern  in  the  tower
[02:41.999]Wee  Willie  Winkie  with  a  candlestick
[02:43.836]Still  writing  songs  in  the  wee  wee  hours
[02:45.731]On  Charlotte   Street  I  take
[02:47.523]A  walking  stick  from  my  hotel
[02:50.510]The  ghost  of  Dirty  ****
[02:51.772]Is  still  in  search  of  Little  Nell
[02:53.366]And  it ′s  what  it  is
[02:57.420]It ′s  what  it  is  now
[02:59.108]Oh  it ′s  what  it  is
[03:05.344]What  it  is  now