So Far From the Clyde Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kb1ibh 

Cover art for So Far From the Clyde lyrics by Mark Knopfler

along the shores of the Indian ocean, near India and Bangladesh, what i suppose you could call 'pirates' will force large ships towards the coast during high tide and they become lodged in the sand "Like a whale on the bloody shoreline" they then murder the crew, and steal the metal of the ship to be sold as scrap.

Great song...

"...Too poor to be wasteful with pity or time..."

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