Lyrics - The Man's Too Strong by 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 theif
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

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