Donkey Town -Mark Knopfler I've been around in Donkey Town Too long baby too long Checking out of Donkey Town So long so long so long Her pretty eyes are pretty still But Jim's got a kind of a squint Yeah I dug up my last check from out of the mine Now I feel like I've done my stint Jim got an army pension When he walked from the military court No body ever mentioned The medical report She does little things for me She likes to get the both of us high Yeah She says I'm a tender-hearted man Prince charming yeah sure I'm the guy He likes the wrecker's dogs on chains And the smoke from the company fires Diesel oil in the trucks and cranes And the smell of burning tires But I've been around in Donkey Town Too long baby too long Checking out of Donkey Town So long so long so long There's a purple heart in a silver tin And a grey 45in a drawer Most of the time you can drink with him But some other time he's just sore On days when she says she can't think straight Or she feels like she's getting the jumps She'll go shoot off her 38 At cans on a Donkey Town dump It was Friday late and she crossed those legs She told me flat out she would Yeah If I could pull up my trailer pegs We could get away together for good I sure wish her the best of luck She's going to need it thinking of Jim I don't like to leave her stuck But she's near as bad as him But I've been around in Donkey Town Too long baby too long Checking out of Donkey Town So long so long so long Checking out of Donkey Town So long so long so long
[00:00.740]Donkey Town -Mark Knopfler [00:11.596]I've been around in Donkey Town [00:15.135]Too long baby too long [00:20.225]Checking out of Donkey Town [00:23.495]So long so long so long [00:30.315]Her pretty eyes are pretty still [00:34.435]But Jim's got a kind of a squint Yeah [00:40.785]I dug up my last check from out of the mine [00:44.595]Now I feel like I've done my stint [00:51.765]Jim got an army pension [00:55.175]When he walked from the military court [01:00.185]No body ever mentioned [01:03.865]The medical report [01:10.775]She does little things for me [01:14.305]She likes to get the both of us high Yeah [01:20.685]She says I'm a tender-hearted man [01:24.625]Prince charming yeah sure I'm the guy [01:31.785]He likes the wrecker's dogs on chains [01:35.115]And the smoke from the company fires [01:40.185]Diesel oil in the trucks and cranes [01:43.625]And the smell of burning tires [01:47.945]But I've been around in Donkey Town [01:51.905]Too long baby too long [01:56.985]Checking out of Donkey Town [02:00.294]So long so long so long [02:21.577]There's a purple heart in a silver tin [02:25.667]And a grey 45in a drawer [02:32.857]Most of the time you can drink with him [02:36.547]But some other time he's just sore [02:42.827]On days when she says she can't think straight [02:46.727]Or she feels like she's getting the jumps [02:51.797]She'll go shoot off her 38 [02:55.657]At cans on a Donkey Town dump [03:01.657]It was Friday late and she crossed those legs [03:06.487]She told me flat out she would Yeah [03:12.447]If I could pull up my trailer pegs [03:16.257]We could get away together for good [03:23.357]I sure wish her the best of luck [03:26.336]She's going to need it thinking of Jim [03:31.786]I don't like to leave her stuck [03:35.286]But she's near as bad as him [03:39.736]But I've been around in Donkey Town [03:43.466]Too long baby too long [03:48.546]Checking out of Donkey Town [03:51.896]So long so long so long [03:56.996]Checking out of Donkey Town [04:00.266]So long so long so long
