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Why Aye Man
Mark Knopfler
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We had no way of staying afloat
We had to live on a ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in Geordie land
We got our tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
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Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
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We're the nomad tribes' travelling boys (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
In the dust and dirt and the wrecking noise (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
Mixing concrete, laying bricks (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot
United Nations, what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German-built and British-made
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man (Wey aye, man)
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
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Wey aye, man
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No more work on Maggie's farm
Headed way down the Autobahn
Mine supports a cabin bed
Or a bunk in a Nissen hut instead
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There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
And German tarts are wunderschรถn (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
German beer is chemical-free (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
Germany's alright with me (Wey aye, wey aye, man)
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty frรคulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
Wey aye, man
Wey aye, wey aye, man
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Wey aye, man
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Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty frรคulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty frรคulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
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