The Trawlerman's Song Lyrics - Shangri-la - Mark Knopfler

We're taking on water 

Diesel and stores 

Laying up awhile 

Before I'm back on board 

They're patching her up 

To go fishing again 

They're welding her rudder 

Scrubbing her keel 

Scars on her belly 

Need time to heal 

In the dock 

With the trawlermen 

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I know all the people 

There's nobody new 

Soon we'll be leaving 

With the same old crew 

On the green water 

The tumbling sea 

They ain't running 

Like the good old days 

Time's just slipping 

Down the old slipways 

In the dock 

So dear to me 

Photos 

Dark is the night 

I need a guiding light 

To keep me 

From foundering 

On the rocks 

My only prayer 

Is just to see you there 

At the end 

Of my wandering 

Back in the dock 

I could use a layoff 

Getting my strength back 

But there's a loan to pay off 

And a few skipjack 

So it's a turnaround 

Back in the southerly wind 

Pirates coming in 

To steal our gold 

You can count yourself lucky 

With a profit in the hold 

In the dock 

When we come in 

Dark is the night 

I need a guiding light 

To keep me 

From foundering 

On the rocks 

My only prayer 

Is just to see you there 

At the end 

Of my wandering 

Back in the dock