Známý kytarista a zpěvák pocházející ze skotského Glasgowa (nar. 1949). Začínal v Leedsu v country-bluesovém duu Duolin String Pickers (se Stevem Phillipsem). Od r. 1977 leader sk. Dire Straits. V polovině osmdesátých let vystoupil na vrchol s...

Píseň: Piper to the end

Interpret:
Mark Knopfler
Album:
Get Lucky
When I leave this world behind me
To another I will go
And if there are no pipes in heaven
I’ll be going down below


If friends in time be severed
Someday we will meet again
I’ll return to leave you never
Be a piper to the end


This has been a day to die for
Now the day has almost gone
Up above a choir of seabirds
Turns to face the setting sun


Now the evening dawn is calling
And all the hills are burning red
And before the night comes falling
Clouds are lined with golden thread


We watched the fires together
Shared our quarters for a while
Walked the dusty roads together
Came so many miles


This has been a day to die on
Now the day is almost done
Here the pipes will lay beside me
Silent will the battle drum


If friends in time be severed
Someday here we will meet again
I return to leave you never
Be a piper to the end