[00:00.000] 作词 : Mark Knopfler [00:01.000] 作曲 : Mark Knopfler [00:32.013]Drinking dens are spilling out [00:33.659]There's staggering in the square [00:35.827]There's lads and lasses falling about [00:37.604]And a crackling in the air [00:39.824]Down around the dungeon doors [00:41.470]The shelters in the queues [00:43.664]Everybody's looking for [00:45.414]Somebody's arms to fall into [00:47.347]And it's what it is [00:50.560]It's what it is now [00:55.262]There's frost on the graves and the monuments [00:57.222]But the taverns are warm in town [00:59.651]People curse the government [01:01.192]And shovel hot food down [01:03.569]The lights are out in city hall [01:04.771]The castle and the keep [01:07.357]The moon shines down upon it all [01:08.637]The legless and asleep [01:11.432]And it ′s cold on a tollgate [01:13.078]With the wagons creeping through [01:15.403]Cold on a tollgate [01:17.022]God knows what I could do with you [01:18.825]And It ′s what it is [01:21.698]It ′s what it is now [01:26.844]The garrison sleeps and the citadel [01:28.699]With the ghosts and the ancient stones [01:31.102]High up on the parapet [01:32.774]A Scottish piper stands alone [01:35.204]And high on the wind [01:36.379]The highland drums begin to roll [01:39.174]And something from the past just comes [01:40.637]And stares into my soul [01:43.171]Cold on a tollgate [01:44.399]And the drums beat their tattoo [01:47.116]Cold on a tollgate [01:48.500]God knows what I could do with you [01:50.276]And it ′s what it is [01:53.542]It ′s what it is now [01:58.270]What it is [02:01.979]It ′s what it is now [02:37.819]There ′s a chink of light [02:38.655]There ′s a burning wick [02:39.648]There ′s a lantern in the tower [02:41.842]Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick [02:43.644]Still writing songs in the wee wee hours [02:45.421]On Charlotte Street I take [02:46.936]A walking stick from my hotel [02:50.201]The ghost of Dirty **** [02:51.403]Is still in search of Little Nell [02:53.493]And it ′s what it is [02:56.967]It ′s what it is now [03:01.068]Oh it ′s what it is [03:04.516]What it is now [03:12.092]