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Why Aye Man (Live From Music Bank London/2011)

We had no way of staying afloat

We had to leave on the ferry boat

Economic refugees

On the run to Germany

We had the back of Maggie's hand

Times were tough in geordieland

We got work tools and working gear

And humped it all from Newcastle to hereWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye manWe're the nomad tribes, traveling boys

In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise

Drills and hammers, diggers and picks

Mixing concrete, laying bricks

There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot

United nation's what we've got

Brickies, chippies, every trade

German building, British-madeWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye manNae more work on Maggie's farm

Hadaway down the autobahn

Mine's a portacabin bed

Or a bunk in a nissen hut insteadThere's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn

And German tarts are wunderschoen

German beer is chemical-free

Germany's alright with me

Sometimes I miss my river Tyne

But you're my pretty Fraulein

Tonight we'll drink the old town dry

Keep work spirit levels highWhy aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Songwriters

KNOPFLER, MARKPublished by

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