The Man's Too Strong......how prophetic is Mark Knopfler

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So Im looking through my old CD collection yesterday coz the Mrs wanted to play her game on the computer and I cant, and I gave my Brothers in Arms CD a whirl. I tell ya, check out these lyrics and wonder if Mark knew about Bush, because I swear this is a song of him stressing over Kerry and the population giving him a right royal thumping.

I also know the context of this song so Im not jumping to that conclusion about Bush and Hitler


The Mans Too Strong
Dire Straits

I'm just and ageing drummer boy
And in the wars I used to play
And I've called the tune
To many a torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal
And I'm fading away
Father please her my confession

I have legalised robbery
Called it a belief
I have run with the money
And hid like a thief
I have re-written history
With my armies and my crooks
Invented memories
I did burn all the books
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong

Well I have tried to be meek
And I have tried to be mild
But I spat like a woman
And sulked like a child
I have lived behind walls
That have made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I have never known
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong

Well the sun rose on the courtyard
And they all did hear him say
'You always were a Judas'
But I got you anyway
You may have got your silver
But I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds
And I gave them to your wife'
Oh father please help me
For I have done wrong
The man's too big
The man's too strong


Written by: Mark Knopfler