Mark Knopfler - My Claim To Fame Lyrics
Well he's a big star now
But I've been a fan of his for years
The way he sings and plays guitar
Still brings me to tears
I wouldn't want to be a celebrity
I spend my life building ships of steel
That's all there ever was for me
Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame
He spends his life in the studio
Plays records on the radio
In all of the clubs and in all of the bars
By day he didn't have a choice
You had to take a trade
You had no money and you had no voice
That's the life I made
Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame
That's my claim to fame boys
That's my claim to fame
To sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame
Well a song can live forever and a day
An old ship goes to the breakers yard
In a hundred years you're gonna hear him play
They won't remember me for working hard
Now they've all gone away, all the boys and the girls
They yard is a grave where the river runs through
We used to build the ships for the whole wide world
Now we couldn't do it if we wanted to
Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame
Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame
That's my claim to fame boys
That's my claim to fame
To sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame
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- Mark Knopfler - Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes
- Mark Knopfler - Follow The Ribbon
- Mark Knopfler - River Of Grog
- Mark Knopfler - Occupation Blues
- Mark Knopfler - After The Beanstalk
- Mark Knopfler - Today Is Okay
- Mark Knopfler - Blood And Water
- Mark Knopfler - Skydiver
- Mark Knopfler - Mighty Man
- Mark Knopfler - Broken Bones
- Mark Knopfler - Heart Of Oak
- Mark Knopfler - Terminal Of Tribute To
- Mark Knopfler - My Heart Has Never Changed
- Mark Knopfler - 38 Special
- Mark Knopfler - Wherever I Go
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Mark Knopfler My Claim To Fame Comments
World Class. ...Like no other....
Long live MK
Every song from MK, every guitar sound is genuis !
Adel Houdrouge.
questa canzone ha qualcosa di magico... lieve e maestosa al tempo stesso, ha quell'incedere tipico del cantautorato più alto. La adoro e trovo sia uno dei suoi pezzi più belli da quando ha iniziato la carriera da solista
Vittorio Bertini ..World Class...
Songcraft....Vocal...Guitar work..
Classic MK...Nobody does it better
..Bravo..
Secondo me è una delle sue più belle in assoluto, figuriamoci, altro che b-side 😃
un cantec perfect, ca toate celelalte, de altfel......
Should have made it on the album
What fool could possibly dislike this? Classic MK. Love it!!
jrflyrobin perhaps is coming from Mars!
Qué temazo a la manera genuina de M.K. y pensar que lo he descubierto a través de la red, casi 20 años después de su publicación...M.K. me retrotrae en la mayoría de sus temas en solitario a la música de D.Straits...¿serán sus solos de guitarra? su esencia guitarrera? M.K. IS UNIQUE!!!!
Wonderful song Mr. MK ability to write awesome lyrics never cease to amaze me. I love it..!!! Thank you for sharing.
MK should make a CD with all the Songs that didnt make it on an album/Bonus Tracks...
Agreed. Yes he must
and they'd be 10 times better than the so called stars making music these days
They'd be gazilion times better imho
Absolutely! Two songs from "Privateering" - River of Grog & Occupation Blues are my favorites - & can only hear on You Tube, unless plunking down beaucoup of dollars to get vinyl (not wanted) & everything else for 3 or so more songs. He must have at least a double cd worth of "bonus" material - many of which are as good or better than the main album material - not "throw aways". Same with his new album, "Down the Road Wherever". Unfortunately, we will probably only get this material 5 or 10 years after he passes on a tv hawking of MK material - "but wait, there's more".. "if you act within the next 30 minute".. etc.
Even the ones he recorded but has never played in concert like Silver Eagle which is a masterpiece but for Mark it was just a filler. An amazing talent.
theme song for all good souls
I love this! Thought I had all Mark's music but can't find the album this is on???
I don't think it was on one. I think it was a bonus track on the single cd of Darlin Pretty.
This is an outtake from the album Golden Heart. It was only released as one of the "B-side" tracks of the "Darling Pretty" single (inasmuch as a CD single can have a "B-side").
CD "wag the dog".
the master
Grazieee Zina!!!!
Very appropriate in light of todays devastating news for both Plymouth and Glasgow.