Beachcombing

[Verse 1: Mark Knopfler]

They say there's wreckage washing up

All along the coast

No one seems to know too much

Or who got hit the most

Nothing has been spoken

There's not a lot to see

But something has been broken

That's how it feels to me

[Verse 2: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler]

We had a harmony

I never meant to spoil

Now it's lying in the water

Like a slick of oil

The tide is running out to sea

Under a darkening sky

The night is falling down on me

And I'm thinking that I, should

[Chorus: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]

Head on home

Head on home

Been gone too long

Gone too long

Leave my roaming beachcombing

[Verse 3: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler]

Little wild kitten out hunting

To see what he can get

You're in a big city now

That won't stop growing yet

The sun is going down smokin'

A flaming testament

Something has been broken

And it feels permanent

[Verse 4: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]

A little seabird flying

He knows where he wants to go

Guess I better pack my stuff

And do the thing I know

I turn around and head on back

Along the old sea wall

I felt something give and crack

And now I'm sorry, that's all

[Chorus: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]

Head on home

Head on home

Been gone too long

Gone too long

Leave my roaming beachcombing