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Why Aye Man
Mark Knopfler; Dire Straits
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We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on a ferryboat
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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We're the nomad tribes, traveling boys
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In the dust and dirt and the wrecking noise
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Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
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Mixing concrete, laying bricks
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There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot
United Nations is what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British made
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Nay more work on Maggie's farm
Head away down the autobahn
Mine's a Portakabin bed
Or a bunk in a Nissen hut instead
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There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
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And German tarts are Wunderschon
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German beer is chemical free
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Germany's alright with me
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Sometimes I miss my River Tyne
But you're my pretty Fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
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