Hard Shoulder

Mark Knopfler

Compositor: Mark Knopfler

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