Prairie wedding(2000)

Prairie Wedding

Песня о людях, которые влюбляются друг в друга по переписки в турне звучит не часто - 36 раз, но все же послушать ее живое исполнение было интересно... 20 мая в Лос Анжелесе к группе в качестве гостя присоединилась Бонни Райт, а на заключительном концерте американской части турне в Нэшвилле спеть эту песню помогли Джилиан Уэлш и Дэвид Роулингс, которых можно услышать на альбоме.

Список музыкантов записывавших песню: Mark Knopfler, Richard Bennett, Guy Fletcher, Jim Cox, Glenn Worf, Chad Crommwell, Paul Franklin (гавайская гитара), Gilian Welch, David Rawlings (оба бэк вокал)

Список музыкантов исполнявших песню на концертах: (всего на 36 концертах)
Mark Knopfler
Richard Bennett
Guy Fletcher
Glenn Worf
Chad Cromwell
Geraint Watkins - клавишные
Mike Henderson - скрипка
Bonnie Raitt - гитара, вокал [1]
Gilian Welch - бэк вокал [1]
David Rawlings - бэк вокал [1]

Марк Нопфлер о песне:

We only knew each other by letter
When I met her off of the train.
When the smoke had cleared and the dust was still
She was standing there and speaking my name
Guaranteed she looked like an angel
I couldnt think of what I should say
When Adam saw Eve in the garden
I believe he felt the same way

I handed her up on the wagon
And I loaded up her trunk behind
She was sitting up there with the gold in her hair
And I tried to get a hold of my mind.

Think you could love me Mary
Think we got a chance of life
Do you think you could love me Mary
Now you oughta be my wife

We finally headed out of the station
And we drove up the home trail
And when we came on the farm she laid a hand on my arm
I thought my resolution would fail
And I froze as she stepped in the doorway
Stood there as still as could be
I said I know it ain't much, it needs a woman's touch
Lord she turned around and looked at me

Think you could love me Mary
Think we got a chance of life
Do you think you could love me Mary
Now you oughta be my wife

We had a prairie wedding
There was a preacher and a neighbour or two
I gave my golden thing an gold wedding ring
And the both of us said I do
When the sun's going down on the prairie,
And the gold in her hair is a flame
I say Do you really love me Mary and
I hold her and I whisper her name.

Think you could love me Mary
Think we got a chance of life
Do you think you could love me Mary
Now you oughta be my wife

Mark Knopfler

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