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Artist: Mark Knopfler
Canonical path: /mark-knopfler/metroland
Related lyric paths: 6
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Metroland
Read Metroland lyrics by Mark Knopfler on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Metroland
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Yearning we were yearning
Green light blinding on the rail
Burning we were burning
And the line unwinding to the Holy Grail
To the future gleaming on a blue horizon
And a golden girl on golden sand
Dreaming fantasizing
In another world from Metroland
I've danced in rain and I've been Django
And I've got laid
I've been a rolling stone
I've been Verlaine
And I've been Rimbaud
Not afraid to walk alone
And now I take my midnight ramble
Do I fold or play what's in my hand
What's at stake and what's the gamble
Do I stay in Metroland
Dreams yesterday's laughter
Ghosts and lovers come back to play
But dreams have a morning after
And run for cover
In the light of day
I got something real worth holding on to
I can belong to and understand
I've made my deal
I will go on to
Make my peace with Metroland
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Mark Knopfler performs "Metroland", and this lyric page sits inside the Mark Knopfler catalog on LyroVerse.
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