Trapper Man Lyrics - Mark Knopfler

The trapper man's in from the hinterlands 

Filth and grease on his clothes and hands 

From the outermost, the farthermost 

Comes riding in to the trading post 

Got a pack horse loaded up with hides 

Steps in to see the man inside 

I got furs, skins, a little meat too 

Here, I got a good piece just for you 

You take this home to give the wife 

The trapper draws his skinning knife 

Now the fat man's desk is a butcher's block 

The trapper cuts the meat and talks 

You're gonna lose your shirt on a nowhere man 

Lose your shirt in nowhere land 

Back out there is my country 

And you best let this trapper be the trapper 

You need the trapper man 

The trapper man 

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If you don't want to be where lightning strikes 

Better let me work the way I like 

You don't want to know how I fill my sacks 

You go out there you don't come back 

You got nature red in tooth and claw 

And you ain't got no rule of law 

And if you don't know nature's way 

All that's gonna stop you being the prey is the trapper 

You need the trapper man 

The trapper man 

You wanna wear them gems and rings 

You wanna show off them shiny things 

Shake your money maker, bro 

Where the movers and the shakers go 

You wanna go do what you do 

Let the gold and silver come to you 

I need you but you need me 

So you best let this trapper be the trapper 

You need the trapper man 

The trapper man 

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When he's done his thing and gone his way 

The fat men light cigars and say 

"Holy smokes did you see that? 

We all made money on the trapper cat" 

Sit back in their big ass chairs 

Say, "Boys, that is the man right there" 

I'm the lifeline for your big soft ass 

It's the trapper puts it in first class, the trapper 

You need the trapper man 

The trapper man