Mark Knopfler Lyrics
"Beachcombing"

They say there's wreckage washin' up,
All along the coast.
No one seems to know too much,
Or who got hit the most.
Nothin' has been spoken,
There's not a lot t' see,
But somethin' has been broken.
That's how it feels to me.

We had a harmony,
I never meant to spoil.
Now it's lyin' in the water,
Like a slick of oil.
Th' tide is runnin' out to sea,
Under a darkenin' sky.
The night is fallin' down on me,
And I'm athinkin' that I,
Should...Head on home....[Head on home],
Been gone too long....[Gone too long],
Leave my roam......
Beachcomb.....

Little wily kitten out ahuntin',
T' see what he can get.
You're in a big city now,
Th't won't stop growin' yet.
The sun is goin' down smokin'.
A flamin' testament.
Somethin' has been broken,
And it feels permanent.

The little sea-bird flyin',
Knows where he wants to go.
Guess I ought to pack my stuff,
And do the thing I know.
I turn around and head on back,
Along the old sea wall.
I felt somethin' give and crack,
And now I'm sorry that's all.

Head on home....[Head on home],
Been gone too long....[Gone too long],
Leave my roam......
Beachcomb.....