Floating Away
Mark Knopfler
Letra

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It’s the weight I’m trying
                   
To get inside the frame
                               
I’ve been painting a fat man
                         
He’s big and fat and heavy
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As a man can be

                                  
But he’s been floating away
                   
Floating away
                                 
He’s been floating away from me


                              
In the mirror my withering skin
                         
Is a thorny pleasure
            
I stand unflinching
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And I mark each crease and sting

                   
My brush my wooden flail
                   
My ancient thresher
                
As unforgiving time
                
Flays everything


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It’s the truth I’m trying
                   
To get inside the frame
                                
Now I’m painting myself naked
                    
But I need a pair of boots
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About as heavy as boots can be

                              
Or I’d be floating away
                   
Floating away
                              
I’d be floating away from me



                                   
And every thorn sends thistledown
                   
Drifting all around
                      
And floating away
                   
Floating away
                      
Floating away from me


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