The Man's Too Strong Lyrics - Mark Knopfler

I'm just an ageing drummer boy 

And in the wars I used to play 

And I've called the tune 

To many a torture session 

Now they say I am a war criminal 

And I'm fading away 

Father please hear my confession 

I have legalised robbery 

Called it belief 

I have run with the money 

And hid like a thief 

I have re-written history 

With my armies and my crooks 

Invented memories 

I did burn all the books 

And I can still hear his laughter 

And I can still hear his song 

The man's too big 

The man's too strong 

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Well I have tried to be meek 

And I have tried to be mild 

But I spat like a woman 

And sulked like a child 

I have lived behind walls 

That have made me alone 

Striven for peace 

Which I never have known 

And I can still hear his laughter 

And I can still hear his song 

The man's too big 

The man's too strong 

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Well the sun rose on the courtyard 

And they all did hear him say 

'you always were a judas 

But I got you anyway 

You may have got your silver 

But I swear upon my life 

Your sister gave me diamonds 

And I gave them to your wife' 

Oh father please help me 

For I have done wrong 

The man's too big 

The man's too strong