(5) Mighty Man (5:55)

[shangri la 1]

Mighty Man (Mark Knopfler)

LYRICS
   A room on the top floor
And the chest all but knackered
Two fingers not working
And the back’s shot to hell
It’s a lifetime of digging trenches
In the cold and wet weather
And for laying half the roadway
In England as well

You’d finish in the one place
It was straight to the next one
And you never could settle
And you were always alone
Just a drifter in limbo
I was best off away, son
Just one of the thousands
Who could never go home

That’s your mighty man, son
Your mighty man

Well, the boat and the train ride
In a misty November
We had the worst of the lodgings
And we hated the subs
Ma’s face on the leaving
I will always remember
And we wouldn’t get paid
Until they had closed up their pubs

And I could stand up on horseback
Was the man for the singing
Put my hand up for boxing
At the fairground on the heath
I could play my accordion
And charm all of the women
And dance round the taproom
With a chair in my teeth

That’s your mighty man, son
Your mighty man
That’s your mighty man, son
Your mighty man

[Dutchessy]

Intro of interviews part 1 is from Mighty Man. Just confirmed from a reliable source.

[shangri la 1]

  Thanks Dutchessy. For me it means another one I'm going to like.

[LoveExpresso]

Yes me too, the intro alone has such a great atmosphere, even if it will develop to another Fish And The Bird it would be ok with me, I like that one, too!

LE

[MisterYES]

Yes me too, the intro alone has such a great atmosphere, even if it will develop to another Fish And The Bird it would be ok with me, I like that one, too!

LE

It is quite a bit Fishy, or Birdy actually, with some "Gas & TV" ingredients

[jbaent]

This is the skipper to me in this record. A song that he already has done, "The Fish and the Bird"...

We know that MK uses to file some songs until he finds the correct music for the song, well, in this case, he's using a music that already was used, so I don´t get why he did it this way... This song could had been great, but like this, for me it´s just a copy of a song he already made.

[Dutchessy]

This is the skipper to me in this record. A song that he already has done, "The Fish and the Bird"...

We know that MK uses to file some songs until he finds the correct music for the song, well, in this case, he's using a music that already was used, so I don´t get why he did it this way... This song could had been great, but like this, for me it´s just a copy of a song he already made.

It's an upgraded version of the Fish and the Bird. I like this one! It's more powerful and the singing is great.

[border_reiver]

I think it's on par with Fish+Bird. But as jbaent said, it's too alike - it's been done and heard already.

[Marijo58]

This is the skipper to me in this record. A song that he already has done, "The Fish and the Bird"...

We know that MK uses to file some songs until he finds the correct music for the song, well, in this case, he's using a music that already was used, so I don´t get why he did it this way... This song could had been great, but like this, for me it´s just a copy of a song he already made.

Sorry if I'm asking a stupid question but are you talking about the lyrics or about the music?? In the last case where did you hear the songs as the album Tracker isn't yet out. 

[Dutchessy]

This is the skipper to me in this record. A song that he already has done, "The Fish and the Bird"...

We know that MK uses to file some songs until he finds the correct music for the song, well, in this case, he's using a music that already was used, so I don´t get why he did it this way... This song could had been great, but like this, for me it´s just a copy of a song he already made.

Sorry if I'm asking a stupid question but are you talking about the lyrics or about the music?? In the last case where did you hear the songs as the album Tracker isn't yet out. 

 

[foma]

Mighty Man chords just was added in my Tracker Songbook: http://amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=4152.msg90543#msg90543

[schmonka]

Fish and The Bird Aside......Nice Slide Intro...

[superval99]

"Mighty Man" is definitely one of my favourites.  The intro is terrific and it is certainly in the vein of "The Fish and the Bird", but also very like the old Irish song "She Moves Through the Fair".  I can hear some notes from "You're All That I Have in the World" at the end of some lines too!   

[holaknopfler]

I don't know why: but from all of the tracks which are on the album I skip none of them, because I like them (really) all. And now I'm sitting hear listening and keep skipping this one. It's not that I absolutely don't like it.. But, you know.. I don't know. Maybe it has to grow on me. The slide intro is nice though!!

[superval99]

I don't know why: but from all of the tracks which are on the album I skip none of them, because I like them (really) all. And now I'm sitting hear listening and keep skipping this one. It's not that I absolutely don't like it.. But, you know.. I don't know. Maybe it has to grow on me. The slide intro is nice though!!

I loved MM straight away, but give it some time, I'm sure it will grow!