Knopfler, Mark - So Far From The Clyde Lyrics






They had a last supper the day of the beaching
She's a dead ship sailing skeleton crew
The galley is empty, the stove pots are cooling
What's left of the stew
The time is approaching, the captain moves over
The hangman steps in to do what he's paid for
With the wind down the tide she goes proud ahead steaming
And he drives her hard into the shore

So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride

A drift to a wave from her bows to her rudder
Bravely she rises to meet with the land
Under their feet they all feel the keel shudder
The shallow sea washes their hands
Later the captain shakes hands with the hangman
Climbs slowly down to the oily wet ground
Goes back to the car that has come here to take him
Through the graveyard back to the town

So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride

They pull out her cables and hack off her hatches
Too poor to be wasteful with pity or time
They swarm on her carcass with torches and axes
Like a whale on a bloody shoreline
Stripped of her pillars her stays and her stanchions
When it's only her bones on the wet poison land
Steel ropes will drag her with winches and engines
Till it's only a stain on the sand

So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride
So far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride





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  1. I.... C....

    This song and Silvertown blues are masterpieces like all the music from this virtuoso named Mark Knopfler

  2. P.... ....

    Please take off your Hippity Pippity Hop commercials before this Brilliant song Plays. Your ad pollutes this work of Genius.

  3. A.... A....

    Thank's The Best Song

  4. t.... ....

    I'm crying over a god damned boat.

    t.... ....

    me too, and i care nothing about boats >_>

  5. B.... D....

    God dammit, YouTube. I can't even enjoy listening to an album without your fucking ads every minute.

  6. M.... M....

    Is it a novel ? a poem? Sir Knopfler has his own prose. a modern litterature

  7. S.... N....

    Just takes you right to another world ♡

  8. S.... P....

    Smooth...emotional...epic...nice lyrics..a jewel like many others from Mk..thanks to Mark Knopfler Wordl for the public service

  9. A.... S....

    a tam nasza Córka .......

  10. E.... V....

    so far from the the clyde un balsamo para los sentidos, gracias maestro

  11. S.... C....

    They had a last supper the day of the beaching
    She's a dead ship sailing skeleton crew
    The galley is empty, the stove pots are cooling
    What's left of the stew
    The time is approaching, the captain moves over
    The hangman steps in to do what he's paid for
    With the wind down the tide she goes proud ahead steaming
    And he drives her hard into the shore

    So far from the Clyde
    Together we ride, we did ride

    A drift to a wave from her bows to her rudder
    Bravely she rises to meet with the land
    Under their feet they all feel the keel shudder
    The shallow sea washes their hands
    Later the captain shakes hands with the hangman
    Climbs slowly down to the oily wet ground
    Goes back to the car that has come here to take him
    Through the graveyard back to the town

    So far from the Clyde
    Together we ride, we did ride

    They pull out her cables and hack off her hatches
    Too poor to be wasteful with pity or time
    They swarm on her carcass with torches and axes
    Like a whale on a bloody shoreline
    Stripped of her pillars her stays and her stanchions
    When it's only her bones on the wet poison land
    Steel ropes will drag her with winches and engines
    Till it's only a stain on the sand

    So far from the Clyde
    Together we ride, we did ride
    So far from the Clyde
    Together we ride, we did ride

  12. C.... S....

    Part of the crew; part of the ship.

  13. J.... A....

    He gives this ship a soul imbued by the the Clyde ship builders and her end is tear inducing !!!

  14. D.... M....

    Knopfler is so versatile. Never ceases to amaze me. All time great artist. The sounds he produces from his guitar is so unique. One of the kind.