A long time ago came a man on a trackWalking thirty miles with a sack on his backAnd he put down his loadWhere he thought it was the bestHe made a home in the wildernessHe built a cabin and a winter storeAnd he plowed up the ground by the cold lake shoreAnd the other travelers came walking down the trackAnd they never went further, noThey never went backYes, and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owedWe're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed

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Mark Knopfler was a contemporary Scottish musician. Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is one of the two members who stayed throughout the band's existence, along with the bassist John Illsley. Read more on Wikipedia →

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