Knopfler, Mark - Trapper Man Lyrics






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

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

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





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  1. T.... B....

    Good stuff. Really like this!

  2. N.... R....

    It s italian

  3. N.... R....

    Sei un mitooo

  4. M.... ....

    New, but still him.

  5. O.... H....

    Is it just me, or do Mark's lyrics always turn out to be way sadder than the music? For me Trapper Man is basically a prime example of how ungrateful most people are...

  6. r.... ....

    So very evocative.

  7. P.... V....

    Marks intro’s are always perfect.

  8. E.... A....

    Did anyone actually come here to relate to the lyrics because they’re a trapper? No? Ok. Just me.

  9. J.... C....

    Awesome!🌞🌜✨🙏

  10. D.... M....

    1st 2:10 are why MK is...arguably....
    ..the best songwriter/guitarist/
    touring artist on the Planet today.
    At 2:10....?...The real reason we love this Cat...Like no other..MK

  11. K.... R....

    💞👍 De Paris...brillant !!! L'un de mes refuges! Bravo man!!💪

  12. J.... S....

    The one and only 🎸🎶❤️

  13. s.... ....

    Does anyone else hear "Centerfold" by J. Geils Band in this song? The acoustic guitar riff?

  14. S.... B....

    playing the player

  15. R.... O....

    Simplesmente perfeito🎸❤

  16. r.... ....

    The intro reminds me a bit of Telegraph Road. I love the sound of that '37 national (at least I'm fairly sure it's the National.)

    r.... ....

    it's supposed to remind you of that. Just remember how TR starts with the lyrics :) Mark knows exactly what he wants to say

    r.... ....

    @Mac J "A long time ago came a man on a track
    Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
    And he put down his load where he thought it was the best
    Made a home in the wilderness
    He built a cabin and a winter store
    And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
    And the other travellers came walking down the track
    And they never went further, no, they never went back

  17. s.... s....

    Oh I love this sound, MK is the best ever...

  18. M.... A....

    Does anybody out there got chords for this?

  19. R.... O....

    Que música perfeita..
    O álbum está um luxo..
    MK perfeito em tudo que faz !!

  20. M.... A....

    Knopfler magic

  21. V.... A....

    Cette strato une fée pour un dieu

  22. V.... A....

    Très très bon

  23. M.... L....

    Mark is all I have left for good music these days

  24. K.... P....

    One of the most underrated Knopfler songs, cant find any live versions or covers.
    Would be a blessing if someone could record their cover of the riff at 2:08 and 4:00
    Comment a link please<3

    K.... P....

    Ken Power ......vintage mk fret work..

    K.... P....

    Ken Power did anyone do this for you or do you still need that lick? Is it just to explain the riff so you can play it yourself, or is there a different reason? Is it so you can see the fretboard? Anyway, let me know.

  25. M.... B....

    I just love MK!

  26. H.... C....

    "Why Aye Man" meets Bo Diddley.

  27. N.... T....

    Simply brilliant

  28. T.... C....

    What a gem, so effortlessly executed ☺️

  29. M.... ....

    Siempre necesitamos que alguien haga el trabajo sucio para vivir bien nosotros... Increíble canción.

  30. d.... ....

    MK ,la légende.

  31. A.... C....

    Mark....irraggiungibile.!!!🎸🎸🎸👍

  32. F.... D....

    This will be the "open tour song"! Sure.

    F.... D....

    I think he will not play it

    F.... D....

    @Gary gari, damn, you're right! He didn't perform Trapper Man in the first tour date (in Barcelona)

  33. M.... B....

    A+,,,,,,,,when he's not at his "best",,,,lol

  34. A.... M....

    90. Are you okay?

  35. M.... B....

    He did it again!

  36. J.... O....

    I take it Mark is not a vegan then? 😂👏😖

  37. L.... M....

    Mark keeps improving with time. Just like good wine.

  38. M.... W....

    Still my favourite guitarist, hope he plays this on the tour, awesome song

  39. G.... B....

    Can't wait to see him!! <3

  40. e.... t....

    Theme tune for PETA ,

    e.... t....

    awesome !!! hahaha

  41. O.... M....

    June 23th in Amsterdam!!! we will be there!!! the man is a genius.

    O.... M....

    Ah you're in for a treat, saw him in Gothenburg a week ago. Absolutely amazing show.

  42. P.... C....

    Un'altro capolavoro del grande Mark .! ! ❤

  43. j.... g....

    El más grande

  44. I.... R....

    He is Awsome I'm listening to this album every morning and evening on my way to work here in Ireland must say you got great taste . Enjoy

    I.... R....

    Ivan Reidy ...I know!...me too..
    Except Im in foothills of Sierras
    in California...Global gift to the a.m. commute...working stiffs everywhere

  45. R.... M....

    Can´t await to see the concerts... in Barcelona, Lisboa and NW!

  46. G.... g....

    The CD is quite awful but there are 5 songs really good and this is one of them

    G.... g....

    Gary gari how many times have you listened to it?

    G.... g....

    Any album with 5 great songs still counts as an excellent album. But I haven't heard any yet that I dislike, and I've listened to the whole thing. Some are definitely different than most of his work--one's definitely got hints of jazz and the whole thing, lyrically-speaking, seems a bit dark, with perhaps a blues-y vibe. I've always hoped that Mark would do an album with a greater emphasis on the blues, and this may be it. Not this song, but others.

    G.... g....

    So, what are you comparing this album to? Need some context here.

  47. 1.... ....

    Maybe work for u Mark. It's heaven for me. Thx.

  48. P.... S....

    So looking forward to see this legend at Globen the 11th of june! Can't wait!

  49. P.... S....

    oui c est le meilleur

    P.... S....

    Le meilleur de tous!!!!!!!

  50. L.... L....

    loving this guy. can't wait to go see him in may.

    L.... L....

    Me too... never disappoints ,superb Album

  51. A.... B....

    Un génie merci mark pour ta merveilleuse musique que j’adore 😍

  52. s.... i....

    Fantastico Mark.....Come al solito......!!!!

  53. J.... ....

    satriani says this a beautiful sounding album so I'd thought I'd check it out .

  54. J.... T....

    He also is lefty but unlike Hendrix he plays a right handed guitar stung upside down. Which is basically impossible unless you're knopfler or duane allman

    J.... T....

    Everything you said is false apart from that Hendrix, Knopfler, and Allman are/were left-handed.

    Hendrix played lefty with a right-handed guitar string upside-down. Knopfler is left-handed but he plays right-handed. Same with Allman.

  55. r.... r....

    The first album which can be compared favourably with sailing to philadelphia. Original music and songs, very new melodies, new sounds and more guitar. Nobody's child and my bacon roll are diamonds, definitly my favorites.

  56. s.... ....

    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

    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

    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

  57. P.... G....

    Mark la légende. Fantastique et splendide

    P.... G....

    J'aurais pas dit mieux!

    P.... G....

    Mark,on L'ADORE!!!!!!!!!!

    P.... G....

    Pour moi le meilleur guitariste sans parler de ses talents d'auteur/compositeur/interprète... Un grand, très grand, immense et à mon avis pas assez reconnu lorsqu'on parle de grands guitaristes. Ceci dit, il est tellement discret et humble que cela doit très bien lui convenir...

  58. P.... E....

    Muito massa!

  59. P.... S....

    superbe

  60. g.... ....

    Unico, Geniale, IMMENSO Mark ❤❤❤

  61. M.... P....

    Love every song. Hope he sings more than just a few when I seen him next summer.

  62. M.... C....

    👏🏼👏🏼👍

  63. n.... b....

    1:18 mmm yeahhhh

  64. A.... C....

    Thank you and Love for the upload😘😙

  65. M.... R....

    What a superb writer, excellent guitar player.

  66. A.... M....

    chi mette pollice verso deve essere fan dei cugini di campagna

  67. A.... H....

    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

    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

    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

  68. G.... S....

    Masterpiece.

  69. J.... S....

    Not my favorite Knoplfer solo album but still a solid album.

  70. S.... G....

    I feel that Knopfler, McCartney, Stones, Dylan, Clapton, Deep Purple etc, are just sucking the last drops of juice from the lemon before it's too late……...to make the max of dollars…..very sad and boring! (exactly the same as everything else he's done) and I think sir Paul wears a Beatle wig….maybe Mark could get one too!

    S.... G....

    Stacey Grove ??
    Are you kidding? Do you even know this man?

    S.... G....

    Money, money, money in a rich man's world…..you can buy a lot of friends with small change...money Always wins!@Thomas Van Der Plas

    S.... G....

    Stacey Grove why you come here expressing anger? People listening to this love Mark and his music. Bring your anger and issues somewhere else. If you seek a shoulder to dry your tears, this is not the place.

    S.... G....

    Well aren't you negative! These guys are icons and you are nothing but a lost critic.

    S.... G....

    Just a smack talk nobody looking for some attention.

  71. d.... p....

    Joker man

  72. G.... P....

    Sigue teniendo magia, grande Mark!!!

  73. c.... f....

    Grande Marc.

  74. p.... ....

    jestem groupie więc nie powiem nic o jakości, krzyknę tylko: jeaaa!

  75. D.... J....

    He should retire. He is a master. If he cannot do it like before he needs to retire.

    D.... J....

    do not listen if you don't like, problem solved

  76. Y.... E....

    See you in Cordoba 29th April. It'd be great to see you again in spain.

  77. M.... ....

    What is SIR MARK´s genius is huge wide range of guitar licks that always are so enovatives , yet you know from the first
    achord who it is . Ears are not enough , you enjoy this music with all your senses .

  78. p.... ....

    Great production. Probably recorded at his Chiswick studio. Wish I could afford to dp my songs justice like this!

    p.... ....

    I read that it was done at his studio. What really gets me is to hear the storyteller in his music. I'm of Scots-Irish ancestry and we have a great storyteller tradition from way back in our Celtic roots. Back in the day, the common people were illiterate, so everything had to be handed down orally so they developed a masterful epic poem tradition. What Mark does in his writing is a bit of that poetic tradition, which I get, being a wordsmith myself. Now the part about putting it to music and singing and playing so perfectly seems a bit like magic, as I have zero knowledge about that particular craft. All I can do is enjoy it!

  79. S.... A....

    Je voulais rectifier c plutôt nobody does that🙄

  80. S.... A....

    Alors moi je me suis fait plaisir avec ce cd achète qui ne quitte plus mon lecteur sur la voiture qui me donne envie de tailler la route.. de nouveau sons riches avec des choeur féminins..et du rythme soul parfois notamment good on your soon qui me rappelle Stevie wonder.. bref un régal ce cd

  81. L.... G....

    Kind of Darling Pretty vibe! 😍😄

    L.... G....

    Exactly ;)

  82. P.... C....

    Genial e incombustible Knopfler

  83. F.... C....

    Mark Knopfler... FANTÁSTICO !!!

  84. M.... G....

    Mark guitarist KILLER !!!!!

  85. R.... j....

    The best Mark Knopfler

  86. a.... k....

    total legend welcome home trapper man!

  87. S.... v....

    the back melody reminds me of River Towns...

    S.... v....

    yes thank you i was tryin to nail that one....you hit it

  88. n.... a....

    This song is growing on me as most of MKs songs do.

  89. d.... S....

    The beginning before the drums kick in reminds me of the opening to Telegraph Road.

    d.... S....

    same guitar as I'm The Fool.

    d.... S....

    I wish he would reissue Golden Heart on vinyl.

    d.... S....

    I felt the same perception!

    d.... S....

    I wouldn't be surprised if he did that intentionally.

  90. p.... e....

    'To me the best track of the album! A little "Shangri-la" style ! I think it is a return album ! The next will be much better !

  91. B.... S....

    Echos of Dire Straits. Great piece!

    B.... S....

    I actually mostly like his Solo work better than dire straits. There are exceptions of course.

    B.... S....

    Yes, agree. 😊

  92. R.... W....

    Greatest!!!

  93. m.... a....

    Extraordinario, como suena esa guitarra, gracias maestro.

  94. M.... M....

    Dire Straits and Marc Knopfler in Lille 18 June 1983, 2 days before the legend album " Alchemy live ".
    J'étais là. Ther's a beautiful souvenir 🕙🌡️🎆🎼🎸🎶🎹🎙️📯

    M.... M....

    RedMed One Mark*

  95. K.... A....

    This is fantastic amazing awesome

  96. E.... S....

    The best MK. Very knopfler's style

  97. D.... P....

    grande!!!

  98. R.... L....

    Einfach nur geil