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Sunday mornin', here we are
The boy's come home
Not quite the movie star
he's been in Hollywood
The boy's come home
The boy's done good
He says she asked too high a price
Neglecting to declare
What sits between them there on ice
Chilled with the fizzy and the still
He tried but didn't make it there
It's not for me
It's not for me
He says she asked too high a price
Neglecting to declare
What sits between them there on ice
Chilled with the fizzy and the still
He tried but didn't make it there
It's not for me
Not for me
Sunday papers, here we are
The boy's come home
The boy's come home
The boy's come home
Not quite the movie star
he's been in Hollywood
The boy's come home
The boy's done good
He says she asked too high a price
Neglecting to declare
What sits between them there on ice
Chilled with the fizzy and the still
He tried but didn't make it there
It's not for me
It's not for me
He says she asked too high a price
Neglecting to declare
What sits between them there on ice
Chilled with the fizzy and the still
He tried but didn't make it there
It's not for me
Not for me
Sunday papers, here we are
The boy's come home
The boy's come home
Lyrics submitted by bars.of.a.rhyme
The Fizzy and the Still Lyrics as written by Mark Knopfler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I think there may be an allusion to alcoholism in the lyrics.
The parent/narrator is sitting with the newly returned son at a table with booze on it, on a Sunday morning.
There might be a drinking problem passing from one generation to the next one, and the parent defeatedly realizes that the son's "too high a price" explanation fails to acknowledge the apparent truth - that he failed because he couldn't get his act together.
My two cents, anywhizz...
As an aside, I love the way Mark builds this entire song around what is essentially an unmoving tableau, just the snapshot of a moment. He describes a single scene and lets the listener fill in the background, both in the visual and chronological sense. That's top-notch storytelling skills right there, from a guy who gets most of his accolades as a guitar hero.