Beachcombing (video)

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1. They say there’s wreckage washing up all along the coast,

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no one seems to know too much, of who got hit the most.

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Nothing has been spoken, there’s not a lot to see,

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but something has been broken, that’s how it feels to me.

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We had a harmony, I never meant too spoil,

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now it’s lying in the water, like a slick of oil.

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Tide is running out to sea under a darkening sky,

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the night is falling down on me,

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and I’m a-thinking that I should head on home.

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+ Head on home, been gone too long,

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gone too long, leave my roamin’ beachcombin’.

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2. Little wild kitten out a-hunting, to see what he can get,

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you’re in a big city now, won’t stop growing yet.

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The sun is going down smoking, a flaming testament,

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something has been broken, and it feels permanent.

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Little sea bird flying, he knows where he wants to go,

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guess I ought to pack my stuff, and do the things I know,

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I turn around and head on back, along the old sea wall,

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I felt something give and crack,

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and now I’m sorry, that’s all, head on home.

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+ Head on home, been gone too long,

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gone too long, leave my roamin’ beachcombin’.

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(Mark Knopfler)