Mark Knopfler

Donkey Town

Mark Knopfler


DONKEY TOWN

I've been around in Donkey Town 
Too long baby too long 
Checking out of Donkey Town 
So long, so long, so long 

Her pretty eyes are pretty still 
But Jim's got a kind of a squint Yeah 
I dug up my last check from out of the mine 
Now I feel like I've done my stint 
Jim got an army pension 
When he walked from the military court 
No body ever mentioned 
The medical report 

She does little things for me 
She likes to get the both of us high. Yeah 
She says I'm a tender-hearted man 
Prince charming,yeah, sure, I'm the guy 
He likes the wrecker's dogs on chains 
And the smoke from the company fires 
Diesel oil in the trucks and cranes 
And the smell of burning tires 

But I've been around in Donkey Town 
Too long, baby ,too long 
Checking out of Donkey Town 
So long, so long, so long 

There's a purple heart in a silver tin 
And a grey .45 in a drawer 
Most of the time you can drink with him 
But some other time he's just sore 
On days when she says she can't think straight 
Or she feels like she's getting the jumps 
She'll go shoot off her .38 
At cans on a Donkey Town dump 

It was Friday late and she crossed those legs 
She told me flat out she would. Yeah 
If I could pull up my trailer pegs 
We could get away together for good 
I sure wish her the best of luck 
She's going to need it thinking of Jim 
I don't like to leave her stuck 
But she's near as bad as him 

But I've been around in Donkey Town 
Too long baby too long 
Checking out of Donkey Town 
So long, so long, so long 
Checking out of Donkey Town 
So long, so long, so long