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Old Pigweed Tab

by Mark Knopfler


Artist : Mark Knopfler
Title : Old Pigweed
Album : The Ragpicker’s Dream
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Everything was in there 
           
That you'd want to see 
               
Corned beef and onions 
         
And true love 
           
Turnips and tinned tomatoes 
              
Parsnips and a few potatoes 
 
A couple extra blessings 
     
From above 


                    
Now this here mingle-mangle 
       
Was my best one yet 
             
A big old bad goulash 
              
Worth waiting for 
                     
And i'm just about to dip my can 
                 
Taste some brotherhood of man 

When I get a feeling 

That there's a flaw 


           
Who put old pigweed 
       
In the mulligan 
       
Was it you 

Who put old pigweed 
       
In the mulligan stew 

I close my eyes 

For just a minute 
            
What do you do 

Who put old pigweed 
       
In the mulligan stew 


                                 
You won't find self-improvement or philosophy 
                     
In a dumpster sitting by 
            
The kitchen door 
                       
There's plenty leek and humble pie 
              
Ain't too much ham on rye 

Sometimes I wonder 
                 
What i'm looking for 

                    
But a spoonful of forgiveness 
       
Goes a long, long way 
                 
And we all should do our best 
   
To get along 
                       
Add a pinch of kindness crumbling 
              
To your loving dumpling 

Okra for thickening 

When something's wrong 



               
But who put old pigweed 
       
In the mulligan 
       
Was it you 

Who put old pigweed 
       
In the mulligan stew 
          
I close my eyes 
           
For just a minute 
            
What do you do 

Who put old pigweed 
       
In the mulligan stew