Knopfler Sailing To Philadelphia Lyrics

Sailing To Philadelphia Lyrics

I am Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy

A glass of wine with you sir and the ladies I'll enjoy

All Durham and Northumberland is measured up by my own hand

It was my fate from birth to make my mark upon the earth



He calls me Charlie Mason a stargazer am I

It seems that I was born to chart the evening sky

They`d cut me out for baking bread but I had other dreams instead

This baker`s boy from the west country

would join the Royal Society...



We are sailing to Philadelphia a world away form the coaly Tyne

Sailing to Philadelphia to draw the line

The Mason-Dixon Line



Now you`re a good surveyor Dixon but I swear you`ll make me mad

The West will kill us both you gullible Geordie lad

You talk of liberty how can America be free

A Geordie and a baker`s boy in the forests of the Iroquois...



Now hold your head up Mason see America lies there

The morning tide has raised the capes of Delaware

Come up and feel the sun a new morning is begun

Another day will make it clear why your stars should guide us here...



We are sailing to Philadelphia...