Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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'Two Pairs Of Hands' is the third track released from Mark Knopfler’s latest album, One Deep River.
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We got the roller coaster piling along
The power and the glory with the song
Holy moly where did the time go?
I told you baby, now you know

I’m keeping the balls in the air
When I’m up here on the band
There’ll be a little bit here and there
I’ll still be trying to understand
But they’ll all be in the air
When I’m up here on the band
What it is, I’m juggling here
I’ve only got two pairs of hands

There’s a pin-drop, they follow a thread
And a lone voice cries out overhead
When the thunder bursts in the velvet night
There’s joy and wonder and delight

I’m keeping the balls in the air
Trying to keep up with the band
There’ll be a little bit here and there
Might get covered by the drifting sand
But they’ll all be in the air
When I’m up here on the band
What it is, I’m juggling here
I’ve only got two pairs of hands

They’re back in the streets and into the bars
The trams and the trains and back in their cars
Holy moly, where did the time go?
I told you baby, now you know

I’m keeping the balls in the air
Trying to keep up with the band
There’ll be a little bit here and there
Might get covered by the drifting sand
But they’ll all be in the air
When I’m up here on the band
What it is, I’m juggling here
I’ve only got two pairs of hands

‘One Deep River' - Album Credits

Written by Mark Knopfler
Published by Will D. Side/Universal Music Publishing Ltd

Produced by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher

Engineered by Guy Fletcher at British Grove Studios, London
Assisted by Luie Stylianou, Rowan McIntosh, Tom Coath, Eve Morris and Edie Delafield
Guitar Tech, Glenn Saggers
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine

Guitars, Vocals - Mark Knopfler
Guitars - Richard Bennett
Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Additional Guitars - Greg Leisz
Synths, Keyboards - Guy Fletcher
Piano, Keyboards - Jim Cox
Electric and Upright Bass - Glenn Worf
Drums - Ian ‘Ianto' Thomas
Percussion - Danny Cummings
Fiddle - John McCusker
Wood Flute - Mike McGoldrick
Backing Vocals - Emma Topolski, Tamsin Topolski

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