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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Knopfler
Guitar
Guy Fletcher
Synthesiser
Jim Cox
Piano
Glenn Worf
Bass Guitar
Ian Thomas
Drums
Danny Cummings
Percussion
Beverley Skeete
Background Vocals
Katie Kissoon
Background Vocals
Nigel Hitchcock
Alto Saxophone
Tom Walsh
Trumpet
Trevor Mires
Trombone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Knopfler
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Knopfler
Producer
Guy Fletcher
Producer
Martin Hollis
Assistant Engineer
Rowan McIntosh
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Andy Cook
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Jason Elliot
Assistant Recording Engineer
Poppy Kavanagh
Assistant Recording Engineer
Josh Tyrrell
Assistant Recording Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
The trapper man's in from the hinterlands
Filth and grease on his clothes and hands
From the outermost, the farthermost
Comes riding in to the trading post
Got a pack horse loaded up with hides
Steps in to see the man inside
I got furs, skins, a little meat too
Here, I got a good piece just for you
Ooh yeah
You take this home to give the wife
The trapper draws his skinning knife
Now the fat man's desk is a butcher's block
The trapper cuts the meat and talks
You're gonna lose your shirt on a nowhere man
Lose your shirt in nowhere land
Back out there is my country
And you best let this trapper be the trapper
You need the trapper man
The trapper man
If you don't want to be where lightning strikes
Better let me work the way I like
You don't want to know how I fill my sacks
You go out there you don't come back
You got nature red in tooth and claw
And you ain't got no rule of law
And if you don't know nature's way
All that's gonna stop you being
The prey is the trapper
You need the trapper man
The trapper man
You wanna wear them gems and rings
You wanna show off them shiny things
Shake your money maker, bro
Where the movers and the shakers go
You wanna go do what you do
Let the gold and silver come to you
So leave the dirty work to me, yeah
So you best let this trapper be the trapper
You need the trapper man
Mmm, the trapper man
When he's done his thing and gone his way
The fat men light cigars and say
"Holy smokes did you see that?
We all made money on the trapper cat"
Sit back in their big ass chairs
Say, "Boys, that is the man right there"
I'm the lifeline for your big soft ass
It's the trapper puts it in first class, the trapper
You need the trapper man
The trapper man
Writer(s): Mark Knopfler
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