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(06) Silvertown Blues (5:32)
« on: May 09, 2015, 12:59:57 AM »

Silvertown Blues (Mark Knopfler)

LYRICS

On Silvertown way, the cranes stand high
Quiet and gray against the still of the sky
They won’t quit and lay down though the action has died
They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side
From the poisonous drains a vision appears
A new circle of cranes, a new reason to be here
A big silver dome rising up into the dawn
Above the church and the homes where all the silver is gone
If I’d a bucket of gold, what would I do
I’d leave the story untold Silvertown blues
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
A silver dawn steals over the docks
A truck with no wheels up on cinderblocks
Men with no dreams around the fire in a drum
Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done
If I’d a bucket of gold, silver would do
I’d leave the story untold Silvertown blues
And I’m going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
When you’re standing on thin and dangerous ice
You can knock and walk in for citizens’ advice
They’ll tell you where you can turn, where you can go
There’s nothing they can tell me I don’t already know
If I’d a bucket of gold, silver would do
Leave the story untold Silvertown blues
And I’m going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
I’m going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
From the Canning Town train I saw a billboard high
There’s a big silver plane rising up into the sky
I can make out the words seven flights every day
Says six of those birds are bound for JFK
If I’d a bucket of gold, silver would do
Leave the story untold Silvertown blues
And I’m going down Silvertown, down in Silvertown
I’m going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Going down Silvertown, down in Silvertown
I’m going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown
Down in Silvertown

CHORDS
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/mark_knopfler/silvertown_blues_crd.htm

 


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Lokomotywa Club TVP1 POLISH TV
Taped 2000-12-07
Aired  2000-12-15

I knew that Silvertown Blues and What it is, playback performances were also part of the 2000 Promo tour performance on the Polish TVP1 Telecast on Lokomotywa Club, on which, we saw that great live version of Fade to Black, but had never seen them till a guy posted them on YT today.
Silvertown Blues [18:37]
What it is           [22:11]
Fade to Black     [25:27]

 
 

Quite an extensive interview also. Any Polish AMITers able to translate the interview?
« Last Edit: November 21, 2016, 11:16:06 AM by shangri la 1 »

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Re: (06) Silvertown Blues (5:32)
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2015, 01:48:36 AM »
Blimey, thrice excellent...

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Re: (06) Silvertown Blues (5:32)
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2015, 12:11:50 PM »
Great!! Never seen it before.

Please a translation of the interview!?

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Re: (06) Silvertown Blues (5:32)
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2015, 12:16:36 PM »
I did like Fade to Black very much, but I can't be bothered with a playback version. Still nice that it's on YouTube, along with the interview!
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Re: (06) Silvertown Blues (5:32)
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2016, 11:11:47 AM »
 

 

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