The Man's Too Strong-Dire Straits

[ti:The Man's Too Strong] [ar:Dire Straits] [al:280320] [offset:0] [00:22.11]I'm just and ageing drummer boy [00:24.80]And in the wars I used to play [00:27.14]And I've called the tune [00:28.76]To many a torture session [00:30.64] [00:31.86]Now they say I am a war criminal [00:34.55]And I'm fading away [00:36.48] [00:37.65]Father please her my confession [00:40.34] [00:49.22]I have legalised robbery [00:50.74] [00:52.21]Called it a belief [00:54.19]I have run with the money [00:56.07] [00:56.58]And hid like a theif [00:59.06] [00:59.83]I have re-written history [01:01.61]With my armies and my crooks [01:03.74] [01:04.71]Invented memories [01:06.68] [01:08.97]I did burn all the books [01:11.46]And I can still hear his laughter [01:13.95]And I can still hear his song [01:16.03] [01:18.62]The man's too big [01:19.94] [01:21.01]The man's too strong [01:22.48] [01:44.49]Well I have tried to be meek [01:46.98]And I have tried to be mild [01:49.72]But I spat like a woman [01:51.60] [01:52.26]And sulked like a child [01:54.29]I have lived behind walls [01:56.83]That have made me alone [01:58.96] [02:04.14]Which I have never known [02:07.02]And I can still hear his laughter [02:08.69] [02:09.31]And I can still hear his song [02:11.49] [02:13.98]The man's too big [02:15.25] [02:16.17]The man's too strong [02:18.55] [02:40.04]Well the sun rose on the courtyard [02:42.58]And they all did hear him say [02:45.27]'You always were a Judas [02:47.51]But I got you anyway [02:49.28] [02:50.25]You may have got your silver [02:52.29]But I swear upon my life [02:54.42] [02:55.13]Your sister gave me diamonds [02:57.46] [02:59.86]And I gave them to your wife' [03:02.19]Oh father please help me [03:04.78]For I have done wrong [03:06.76] [03:09.36]The man's too big [03:10.57] [03:11.69]The man's too strong [03:13.21]