[00:00.00] 作词 : Mark Knopfler[00:00.97] 作曲 : Mark Knopfler[00:01.94]Mark Knopfler[00:32.27]Drinking dens are spilling out[00:33.98]There's staggering in the square[00:36.16]There's lads and lasses falling about[00:37.96]And a crackling in the air[00:40.48]Down around the dungeon doors[00:41.87]The shelters in the queues[00:44.42]Everybody's looking for[00:45.74]Somebody's arms to fall into[00:47.89]And it's what it is[00:51.54]It's what it is now[00:55.48]There's frost on the graves and the monuments[00:57.54]But the taverns are warm in town[01:00.11]People curse the government[01:01.70]And shovel hot food down[01:03.81]The lights are out in city hall[01:05.42]The castle and the keep[01:07.65]The moon shines down upon it all[01:09.48]The legless and asleep[01:12.00]And it′s cold on a tollgate[01:13.36]With the wagons creeping through[01:15.88]Cold on a tollgate[01:17.24]God knows what I could do with you[01:19.22]And It′s what it is[01:22.77]It′s what it is now[01:27.23]The garrison sleeps and the citadel[01:28.99]With the ghosts and the ancient stones[01:31.61]High up on the parapet[01:32.98]A Scottish piper stands alone[01:35.56]And high on the wind[01:36.67]The highland drums begin to roll[01:39.42]And something from the past just comes[01:40.88]And stares into my soul[01:42.10]And it′s cold on a tollgate[01:44.87]Where the Caledonian blues[01:47.37]Cold on a tollgate[01:48.81]God knows what I could do with you[01:50.93]And It′s what it is[01:53.74]It′s what it is now[01:58.43]What it is[02:02.33]It′s what it is now[02:38.01]There′s a chink of light[02:39.18]There′s a lantern in the tower[02:39.20]There′s a burning wick[02:41.99]Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick[02:43.83]Still writing songs in the wee wee hours[02:45.73]On Charlotte Street I take[02:47.52]A walking stick from my hotel[02:50.51]The ghost of Dirty ****[02:51.77]Is still in search of Little Nell[02:53.36]And it′s what it is[02:57.42]It′s what it is now[02:59.10]Oh it′s what it is[03:05.34]What it is now