[Verse 1: Mark Knopfler]
They say there's wreckage washing up
All along the coast
No one seems to know too much
Or who got hit the most
Nothing has been spoken
There's not a lot to see
But something has been broken
That's how it feels to me

[Verse 2: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler]
We had a harmony
I never meant to spoil
Now it's lying in the water
Like a slick of oil
The tide is running out to sea
Under a darkening sky
The night is falling down on me
And I'm thinking that I, should

[Chorus: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]
Head on home
Head on home
Been gone too long
Gone too long
Leave my roaming beachcombing
[Verse 3: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler]
Little wild kitten out hunting
To see what he can get
You're in a big city now
That won't stop growing yet
The sun is going down smokin'
A flaming testament
Something has been broken
And it feels permanent

[Verse 4: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]
A little seabird flying
He knows where he wants to go
Guess I better pack my stuff
And do the thing I know
I turn around and head on back
Along the old sea wall
I felt something give and crack
And now I'm sorry, that's all

[Chorus: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris]
Head on home
Head on home
Been gone too long
Gone too long
Leave my roaming beachcombing