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Matchstick Man
Mark Knopfler
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So there he was then, Penzance to play
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Christmas Eve in a nowhere band
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Now early morning Christmas Day
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He's hitching home to Geordieland
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Last night the snow came, just my luck
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And who the hell do you think you are
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Climbing up into that truck
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With your old bag and your guitar
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And you, you would-be vagabond
No-one invited you, you know
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Matchstick man, up in the dawn
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You've got five hundred miles to go
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The driver now must drop off his load
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The snow still laying thick on the ground
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Leaves him on a high crossroads
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Where he can see for miles around
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The sun is shining, sky is blue
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And everything is white and bare
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Not a car comes into view
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There's nothing moving anywhere
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And you, you would-be vagabond
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No-one invited you, you know
Matchstick man, you speck upon
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These vast and silent plains of snow
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