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Artist: Mark Knopfler
Canonical path: /mark-knopfler/hard-shoulder
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hard Shoulder
Read Hard Shoulder lyrics by Mark Knopfler on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hard Shoulder
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I've got latches for windows, handles for doors
Grinders and scrapers and sanders for floors
Rake for the gravel, chains for the snow
Always got the shovel - you never know
I never thought you'd go
Man's broken down
Man's broken down on the slip road
Got a slipped load
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
Hacksaws and hammers, brushes and mop
Then I've got the ladders up on the top
If something needs doing, I always say
You want it done the proper way
I need you to stay
Man's broken down
Man's broken down on the slip road
Got a slipped load
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
Give me a minute we'll be going again
Sound as a pound, right as rain
- right as rain
And it's a hard shoulder to cry on
- to cry on
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