Dire StraitsDire Straits Albums : Dire Straits 1978 Communique 1979 Making Movies 1980 Love Over Gold 1982 Alchemy ( live ) 1982 Brothers In Arms 1985 Musicians : Barry Beckett Roy Bittan Michael Brecker Randy Brecker Alan Clark Mel Collins Guy Fletcher Omar Hakim John Illsley David Knophler Mark Knophler - author Joop de Korte Hal Lindes Jimmy Maelen Mike Mainieri Tommy Mandel Sting Terry Williams Pick Withers Sultans Of Swing - February 1978 You get a shiver in the dark It's raining in the park but meantime South of the river you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie double four time You feel alright when you hear that music ring You step inside but you don't see too many faces Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down Too much competition too many other places But not too many horns can make that sound Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing And an old guitar is all he can afford When he gets up under the lights to play his thing And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene He's got a daytime job he's doing alright He can play honky tonk just like anything Saving it up for Friday night With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band It ain't what they call rock and roll And the Sultans play Creole And then the man he steps right up to the microphone And says at last just as the time bell rings 'Thank you goodnight now it's time to go home' And he make it fast with one more thing 'We are the Sultans of Swing' 1978 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Down To The Waterline Sweet surrender on the quayside You remember we used to run and hide In the shadow of the cargoes I take your own time And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline Near misses on the dogleap stairways French kisses in the darkened doorways A foghorm blowing out wild and cold A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder Up comes a coaster fast and silent in the night Over my shoulder all you can see are the pilot lights No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn Your hands are cold but your lips are warm She can see him on the jetty where they used to go She can feel him in the places where the sailors go When she's walking by the river and the railway line She can still hear him whisper Let's go down to the waterline 1978 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Portobello Belle - June 1983 Belladonna's on the night street Her brests upon the offbeat And the stalls are just the side shows Victoriana's old clothes Yeah she got the skirt so tight now She wanna travel light now She wanna tear up all her roots now She got the turn-up on the boots now She thinks she's tought She ain't no English rose But the blind singer He's seen enough and he knows He do a song about along-time Irish girl But I got one for you my Portobello Belle She sees a man upon his back there Escaping from a sack there And Belladonna lingers Her gloves they got no fingers Blind man he's singing the Irish He get the money in the tin dish Just a corner serenader Ones upon a time he could have made her She thinks she's tought She ain't no English rose But the blind singer He's seen enough and he knows He do a song about along-time Irish girl But I got one for you my Portobello Belle Yes and these barrow boys are howking And a parakeet is squawking Upon a truck a paper rhino She get the crying of a wino And then she get the reggae rumble Belladonna's in the jungle But she ain't no garden flower There ain't no distress in the tower Belladonna walks Belladonna talking control She don't care about your window box Or you button hole She sing a song about a long-gone Irish girl But I got one for you my Portobello Belle 1988 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Romeo And Juliet A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsuss serenade Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made Finds a convenient streetlights steps out of the shade Says something like you and me baby how about it ? Juliet says hey it's Romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that Anyway what you gonna do about it ? Juliet the dice were loaded from start And I bet and you exploded in my heart And I forget I forget the movie song When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet ? Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same And I dream for you and now your dream is real When you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him Juliet when we made love you used to cry You said I love like the stars above I'll love you till I die There's a place for us you know the movie song When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet ? I can't do the talk like they talk on TV And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you I can't do anything except be in love with you And all do is miss you and the way we used to be All I do is keep the beat and bad company All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme Julie I'd do the stars with you any time Juliet when we made love you used to cry You said I love like the stars above I'll love you till I die There's a place for us you know the movie song When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet ? A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsuss serenade Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made Finds a convenient streetlights steps out of the shade Says something like you and me baby how about it ? 1980 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Twisting By The Pool - October 1982 We're going on a holiday now Gonna take a villa, a small charlet On the Costa del Magnifico Where the cost of living is so low Yeah, we're gonna be so neat Dance to the Eurobeat Yeah, we're gonna be so cool Twisting by the pool Sitting in a small cafe now Swing, swing swinging to the cabaret You wanna see a movie, take in a show now Meet new people at the disco Yeah, we're gonna be so neat Dance to the Eurobeat Yeah, we're gonna be so cool Twisting by the pool And we can still get information Reading all about inflation And you're gonna be out of reach There's a call-box on the beach Mmm, you're gonna look so cute Sunglasses and a bathing suit Be the baby of my dreams Like the ladies in the magazines Yeah, we're gonna be so neat Dance to the Eurobeat Yeah, we're gonna be so cool Twisting by the pool I'm a twisting fool Just twisting, yeah, twisting Twisting by the pool Where Do You Think You're Going - November 1978 Where do you think you're going ? Don't you know it's dark outside ? Where do you think you're going ? Don't you care about my pride ? Where do you think you're going ? I think you don't know You got no way of knowing There's really no place you can go I understand your changes Long before you reach the door I know where you think you're going I know what you came here for And now I'm sick of joking You know I like you to be free Where do you think you're going ? I think you better go with me girl You say there is no reason But you still find cause to doubt me If you ain't with me girl You're gonna be without me Where do you think you're going ? Don't you know it's dark outside ? Where do you think you're going ? Don't you care about my pride ? And now I'm sick of joking You know I like you to be free Where do you think you're going ? I think you better go with me girl 1979 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Walk of life - December 1984 Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, try to make it pay He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down my walking shoes Here comes Johnny with the power and the glory Backbeat the talking' blues He got the action, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, try to make it pay He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day And after all the violence and double talk There's just song in all the trouble and the strife You do the walk, you do the walk of life 1985 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Private Investigations - may 1982 It's a mystery to me - the game commences For the usual fee - plus expenses Confidential information - it's in a diary This is my investigations - it's not a public inquiry I go checking out the reports - digging up the dirt You get to meet all sorts in this line of work Treachery and treason - there's always an excuse for it And when I find the reason I still can't get used to it And what have you got at the end of the day ? What have you got to take away ? A bottle of whiskey and a new set of lies Blinds on the window and a pain behind the eyes Scarred for life - no compensation Private investigations. 1982 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Money For Nothing - December 1984 Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't working - that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and chicks for free Now that ain't working - that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up Yeah buddy that's his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he's a millionaire We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's I shoulda learn to play the guitars I shoulda learn to play them drums Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera Man we can could have some fun And he's up there, what's that ? Hawaiian noises ? Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't working - that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and chicks for free Money for nothin' and chicks for free 1985 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Tunnel Of Love - July 1980 Getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that I choose Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo And I been riding on a ghost train were the cars they scream and slam And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light She had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victum of the night I put my hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll I had the one arm bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above And I'm just high on the world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love It's just the danger when you're riding at your own risk She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this It's just a cakewalk twisting baby step right up and say Hey mister give me two give me two cos two can play And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above And I'm just high on the world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig Money for muscle another girl I dig Another hustle just to make it big And rockaway rockaway And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this She put her hand in my pocket I got keepsake and a kiss And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above And I'm just high on the world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades In any shooting gallery where promises are made To rockaway rockaway from Cullercoasts and Whitley Bay out to rockaway And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids 1980 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) Brothers In Arms - December 1984 This mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To be brothers in arms Through these fields of destruction Baptism of fire I've watched all your suffering As the battle raged higher And though the did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not deserve me My brothers in arms There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell And the moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line in your arm We're fools to make war On our brothers in arms 1985 Phonogram Ltd. ( London ) ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД і ЙННННННННННННННННННННННННН» і є D I R E S T R A I T S є і ИНННННННННННННННННННННННННј і ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ ЙНННННННННННННННННН» є Brothers in Arms є ИННННННННННННННННННј ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і So Far Away і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Here I am again in this mean old town And you're so far away from me And where are you when the sun goes down You're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away fr^Oom me I'm tired of being in love and being all alone When you're so far away from me I'm tired of making out on the telephone And you're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away from me I get so tired when I have to explain When you're so far away from me See you been in the sun and I've been in the rain And you're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away from me ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Money for Nothing і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin' that's the way you d^Oo it Money for nothin' and chicks for free Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup Yeah buddy that's his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he's a millionaire We gotta install microwave oves^Ons Custom kitchens deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's I shoulda learned to play the guitar I shoulda learned to play them drums Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera Man we could have some fun And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises? Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's, Lord Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your chicks for free Money for nothin' and chicks for free ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Walk of Life і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lua, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay He got the acti^Oon, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down mu walkin' shoes Here come Johnny with the power and the glory Backbeat the talkin' blues He got the action, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Decidation devotion Turning all the night time into the day And after all the violence and double talk There's just a s^Oong in the trouble and the strife You do the walk, you do the walk of life ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Your Latest Trick і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ All the late night bargains have been struck Between the satin beaus and their belles And prehistoric garbage trucks Have the city to themselves Echoes roars dinosaurs They're all doing the monster mash And most of the taxis and the whores Are only taking calls for cash I don't know how it happened It all took place so quick But all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick My door was standing open Security was laid back and lax But it was only my heart got broken You must have had a pass key made out of wax You played robbery with insolence And I played the blues in twelve bars down Lover's Lane And you never did have the inteligence to use The twelve keys hanging off my chain I don't know how it happened It all took place so quick But all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick Now it's past last call for alcohol Past recall has been here and gone The landlord finally paid us all The satin jazzmen have put away their horns And we're standing outside of this wonderland Looking so bereaved and so bereft Like a Bowery bum when he finally understands The bottle's empty and there's nothing left I don't know how it happened It was faster than the eye could flick But not all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick ЪДДДДДДДДДДДї і Why Worry і АДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Baby I see this world has made you sad Some people can be bad The things they do, the things they say But baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears I'll chase away those restless fears That turn your blue skies into grey Why worry, there should be laughter after the pain There should be sunshine after rain These things have always been the same So why worry now Baby when I get down I turn to you And you make sense of what I do I know it isn't hard to say But baby just when this world seems mean and cold Our love comes shining red and gold And all the rest is by the way Why worry, there should be laughter after pain There should be sunsh ine after rain These things have always been the same So why worry now ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Ride Across the River і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ I'm a soldier of freedom in the army of man We are the chosen, we're the partisan The cause it is noble and the cause it is just We are ready to pay with our lives if we must Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side I'm a soldier of fortune, I'm a dog of war And we don't give a damn who the killing is for It's the same old story with a different name Death or glory, it's the killing game Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side Nothing gonna stop them as the day follows the night Right becomes wrong, the left becomes the right And they sing as they march with their flags unfurled Today in the mountains, tomorrow the world Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і The Man's too Strong і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ I'm just and ageing drummer boy And in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune To many a torture session Now they say I am a war criminal And I'm fading away Father please her my confession I have legalised robbery Called it a belief I have run with the money And hid like a theif I have re-written history With my armies and my crooks Invented memories I did burn all the books And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man's too big The man's too strong Well I have tried to be meek And I have tried to be mild But I spat like a woman And sulked like a child I have lived behind walls That have made me alone Striven for peace Which I have never known And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man's too big The man's too strong Well the sun rose on the courtyard And they all did hear him say 'You always were a Judas But I got you anyway You may have got your silver But I swear upon my life Your sister gave me diamonds And I gave them to your wife' Oh father please help me For I have done wrong The man's too big The man's too strong ЪДДДДДДДДДДДї і One World і АДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Can't find no sleeves for my records Can't get no laces for my shoes Can't get no fancy notes On my blue guitar Can't get no antidote for blues Can't find the reasons for your actions Or I don't much like the reasoning you use Somehow your motives are impure Or somehow I can't find the cure Can't find no antidote for blues They say it's mostly vanity That writes the plays we act They tell me that's what everybody knows There's no such thing as sanity And that's the sanest fact That's the way the story goes Can't get no remedy on my TV There's nothing but the same old news They can't find a way to be One world in harmon^Yy Can't get no antidote for blues ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Brothers in Arms і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To be brothers in arm Through these fields of destruction Baptism of fire I've watched all your suffering As the battles raged higher And though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell And the moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line on your palm We're fools to make war On our brothers in arms ЙННННННННННННННННН» є On Every Street є 1991 ИНННННННННННННННННј Dire Straits Brothers in Arms So Far Away -- --- ---- Here I am again in this mean old town And you're so far away from me And where are you when the sun goes down You're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away fr^Oom me I'm tired of being in love and being all alone When you're so far away from me I'm tired of making out on the telephone And you're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away from me I get so tired when I have to explain When you're so far away from me See you been in the sun and I've been in the rain And you're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away from me Money for Nothing ----- --- ------- Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin' that's the way you d^Oo it Money for nothin' and chicks for free Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup Yeah buddy that's his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he's a millionaire We gotta install microwave oves^Ons Custom kitchens deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's I shoulda learned to play the guitar I shoulda learned to play them drums Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera Man we could have some fun And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises? Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV's, Lord Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your chicks for free Money for nothin' and chicks for free Walk of Life ---- -- ---- Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lua, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay He got the acti^Oon, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down mu walkin' shoes Here come Johnny with the power and the glory Backbeat the talkin' blues He got the action, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Decidation devotion Turning all the night time into the day And after all the violence and double talk There's just a s^Oong in the trouble and the strife You do the walk, you do the walk of life Your Latest Trick ---- ------ ----- All the late night bargains have been struck Between the satin beaus and their belles And prehistoric garbage trucks Have the city to themselves Echoes roars dinosaurs They're all doing the monster mash And most of the taxis and most of the whores Are only taking calls for cash I don't know how it happened It all took place so quick But all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick My door was standing open Security was laid back and lax But it was only my heart got broken You must have had a pass key made out of wax You played robbery with insolence And I played the blues in twelve bars down Lover's Lane And you never did have the inteligence to use The twelve keys hanging off my chain I don't know how it happened It all took place so quick But all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick Now it's past last call for alcohol Past recall has been here and gone The landlord finally paid us all The satin jazzmen have put away their horns And we're standing outside of this wonderland Looking so bereaved and so bereft Like a Bowery bum when he finally understands The bottle's empty and there's nothing left I don't know how it happened It was faster than the eye could flick But not all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick Why Worry --- ----- Baby I see this world has made you sad Some people can be bad The things they do, the things they say But baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears I'll chase away those restless fears That turn your blue skies into grey Why worry, there should be laughter after the pain There should be sunshine after rain These things have always been the same So why worry now Baby when I get down I turn to you And you make sense of what I do I know it isn't hard to say But baby just when this world seems mean and cold Our love comes shining red and gold And all the rest is by the way Why worry, there should be laughter after pain There should be sunsh ine after rain These things have always been the same So why worry now Ride Across the River ---- ------ --- ----- I'm a soldier of freedom in the army of man We are the chosen, we're the partisan The cause it is noble and the cause it is just We are ready to pay with our lives if we must Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side I'm a soldier of fortune, I'm a dog of war And we don't give a damn who the killing is for It's the same old story with a different name Death or glory, it's the killing game Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side Nothing gonna stop them as the day follows the night Right becomes wrong, the left becomes the right And they sing as they march with their flags unfurled Today in the mountains, tomorrow the world Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side The Man's too Strong --- ----- --- ------ I'm just and ageing drummer boy And in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune To many a torture session Now they say I am a war criminal And I'm fading away Father please her my confession I have legalised robbery Called it a belief I have run with the money And hid like a theif I have re-written history With my armies and my crooks Invented memories I did burn all the books And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man's too big The man's too strong Well I have tried to be meek And I have tried to be mild But I spat like a woman And sulked like a child I have lived behind walls That have made me alone Striven for peace Which I have never known And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man's too big The man's too strong Well the sun rose on the courtyard And they all did hear him say 'You always were a Judas But I got you anyway You may have got your silver But I swear upon my life Your sister gave me diamonds And I gave them to your wife' Oh father please help me For I have done wrong The man's too big The man's too strong One World --- ----- Can't find no sleeves for my records Can't get no laces for my shoes Can't get no fancy notes On my blue guitar Can't get no antidote for blues Can't find the reasons for your actions Or I don't much like the reasoning you use Somehow your motives are impure Or somehow I can't find the cure Can't find no antidote for blues They say it's mostly vanity That writes the plays we act They tell me that's what everybody knows There's no such thing as sanity And that's the sanest fact That's the way the story goes Can't get no remedy on my TV There's nothing but the same old news They can't find a way to be One world in harmon^Yy Can't get no antidote for blues Brothers in Arms -------- -- ---- These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To be brothers in arm Through these fields of destruction Baptism of fire I've watched all your suffering As the battles raged higher And though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell And the moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line on your palm We're fools to make war On our brothers in arms ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД і ЙННННННННННННННННННННННННН» і є D I R E S T R A I T S є і ИНННННННННННННННННННННННННј і ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ ЙНННННННННННН» є Communique є ИННННННННННННј ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Once Upon a Time in the West і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Some people get a cheep laugh breaking up the speed limit Scaring the pedestrians for a minute Crossing up the progress driving on the grass Leaving just enough room to pass Sunday driver never took a test Once upon a time in the west It's no use saying that you don't know nothing Still gonna get you if you don't do something Sitting on the fence that's a dangerous course You could even catch a bullet from the peace keeping force Even a hero gets a bullet in the chest Once upon a time in the west I want to marry your children Mrs. Louden Some of you mother's should lock up your daughters Who's protecting the innocent team A heap of trouble in the land of plenty Tell me how we're gonna do what's best Once upon a time in the west Once upon a time in the west ЪДДДДДДї і News і АДДДДДДЩ He sticks to his guns He take the road as it comes It takes the shine off his shoes He's says it's a shame You know it may be a game But I won't play to lose He's burning the grass He take up a glass He swallow it neet He crosses the floor He open the door He take a sniff of the street And she tell him that he's crazy She's saying listen baby I'm your wife She tells him he's crazy For gambling with his life But he climbs on his horse You know he feels no remorse He just kicks it alive His motor is fine He take it over the line Until he's ready to dive And she tells him that he's crazy She's saying listen baby I'm your wife She's tell him he's crazy For gambling with his life He sticks to his guns He take the road as it comes It takes the shine off his shoes He's says it's a shame You know it may be a game But I won't play to lose He sticks to his guns He take the road as it comes It takes the shine off his shoes He's too fast to stop He take it over the top He make a line in the news ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Where do you Think You're Going? і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Where do you think you're going Don't you know it's dark outside Where do you think you're going Don't you care about my pride Where do you think you're going I think you don't know You got no way of knowing You got no place to go I understand your changes How long before you reach the door I know where you think you're going I know what you came here for And now I'm sick of joking You know I like you to be free Where do you think you're going I think you'd better go with me, girl You say there is no reason But you still find cause to doubt me When you ain't with me girl You're gonna be without me Where do you think you're going Don't you know it's dark outside Where do you think you're going Don't you care about my pride And now I'm sick of joking You know I like you to be free Where do you think you're going I think you'd better go with me, girl ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Communique і АДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ They wanna get a statement for Jesus sake It's like talking to the wall He's incommunicado no comment to make He's saying nothing at all But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean Think what he say, say what he mean Maybe on Monday he got something to say Communication Communique Communique Maybe he could talk about the tricks of the trade Maybe he could talk about himself Maybe he could talk about the money that he made Maybe he'd be saying something else But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean Think what he say, say what he mean Maybe on Monday he got something to say Communication Communique Communique And now the rumors are flying Speculation rising Say that he's been trying someone else's wife Somebody at the airport Somebody on the phone Says he's at the station and he's coming on the noon Then we get the story a serious breeze And a photograph taken in the hall You don't have to worry with the previous release Right now, he's saying nothing at all But in the communique you know he's gonna come clean Think what he say, say what he mean Maybe on Monday he got something to say Communication Communique Communique ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Lady Writer і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Lady writer on the TV Talk about the virgin mary Reminded me of you Expectation left a come on too Lady writer on the TV She had another quality The way you used to look And I know you never read a book Just the way that her hair fell down around her face And I recall my fall from grace Another time another place Lady writer on the TV She had all her brains and the beauty The pictures does not fit You'd talk to me when you felt like this Just the way that her hair fell down around her face And I recall my fall from grace Another time another place Your rich old man, You know he'd a call her a dead wringer You got the same command Plus your mother was a mess in life Just the way that her hair fell down around her face And I recall my fall from grace Another time another place Lady writer on the TV She knew all about history You couldn't hardly write your name I think I want it just the same Lady writer on the TV Talking about the virgin mary You know I'm talking about you and me Lady writer on the TV ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Angel of Mercy і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Well there's a peter pan moon shepard's delight I got to drag in at noon and won the fight I want my reward in heaven tonight Just like you promised Angel of Mercy you'll come to no harm Angel of Mercy there's no need for alarm The knight in his armor wants a night in your arms You know he's honest Angel of Mercy angel delight Give me my reward in heaven tonight And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right sweet angel Well now it's too late for talking we can talk later on Let the saxaphone play us until the chorus of dawn All I need is a little oblivion You don't need protection Here comes the moonlight down on your bed Angel of mercy let your heart rule your head I don't want your money I want you instead Don't need rejection Angel of Mercy angel delight Give me my reward in heaven tonight And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right Angel of Mercy give me heaven tonight Well if you cross your heart and spit And swear upon the grave of your mother You got to get in the hit Tell me that I'm your all night lover Angel of Mercy angel delight Give me my reward in heaven tonight And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right Angel of Mercy give me heaven tonight Angel of Mercy angel delight Give me my reward in heaven tonight And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right Angel of Mercy give me heaven tonight ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Portobello Belle і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Bella donna's on the highstreet Her breasts upon the off beat And the stalls are just the side shows Victoriano's old clothes And yes her jeans are tight now She got to travel light now She got to turn up all her roots now She got to turn up for the boots now She thinks she's tough She ain't no English rose But the blind singer He's seen enough and he knows Do a song about a long gone Irish girl But I got one for you Portobello Belle She sees a man upon his back there Escaping from a sack there And Bella donna lingers Her gloves aint got no fingers The blind man says he Irish He gets his money in a tin dish Just a corner serinader Upon a time he could of made her She thinks she's tough She ain't no English rose But the blind singer He's seen enough and he knows Do a song about a long gone Irish girl But I got one for you Portobello Belle This time a pair a boys are hawking And the paraket is squawking Upon a truck there is a wino She get the crying off the wino And then she here the raggy rumble Bella donna is in the jungle But she is no garden flower There is no distress in the tower Bella donna walks Bella donna taking a stroll She don't care about your window box or your button hole Sing a song about a long gone Irish girl But I got one for you Portobello Belle ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Single-Handed Sailor і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Two in the morning dry dock town The river rolled away in the night Little gypsy mom she's all tied down She quiver in the wind down the light The sailing ship is just held with chains On Every Street Dire Straits 91 Contents: 1. Calling Elvis 2. On Every Street 3. When It Comes To You 4. Fade To Black 5. The Bug 6. You And Your Friend 7. Heavy Fuel 8. Iron Hand 9. Ticket To Heaven 10. My Parties 11. Planet Of New Orleans 12. How Long 1. Calling Elvis Calling Elvis - is anybody home Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone Did he leave the building Or can he come to the phone Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone Well tell him I was calling just to wish him well Let me leave my number - heartbreak hotel Oh love me tender - baby don't be cruel Return to sender - heart me like a fool Calling Elvis - is anybody home Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone Did he leave the building Or can he come to the phone Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone Why don't you go get him - I'm his biggest fan You gotta tell him - he's still the man Long distance baby - so far from home Don't you think maybe you could put him on Calling Elvis - is anybody home Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone Did he leave the building Or can he come to the phone Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone Well tell him I was calling just to wish him well Let me leave my number - heartbreak hotel Oh love me tender - baby don't be cruel Return to sender - heart me like a fool 2. On Every Street There's gotta be a record of you someplace You gotta be on somebody's books The lowdown - a picture of your face Your injured looks The sacred and profane The pleasure and the pain Somewhere your fingerprints remain concerte And it's your face I'm looking for on every street A ladykiller - regulation tattoo Silver spurs on his heels Says - what can I tell you, as I'm standing next to you She threw herself under my wheels Oh it's a dangerous road And a hazardous load And the fireworks over liberty explode in the heat And it's your face I'm looking for on every street A three - chord symphony crashed into space The moon is hanging upside down I don't know why it is I'm still on the case It's a ravenous town And you still refuse to be traced Seems to me such a waste And every victory has a taste that's bittersweet And it's your face I'm looking for on every street 3. When It Comes To You If we can't get along we oughtta be apart And I'm wondering where'd you get that cold, cold heart Set me free - sign my release I'm tired of being the villain of the peace You been givin' me a bad time Tell me what'd I do How come I always get a hard time Honey when it comes to you Sayin' things that you didn't have to How come I always get a hard time Honey when it comes to you You only get one life - this I know I wanna get my licks in now before I go The fire of love is dead and cold I gotta satisfy the hunger in my soul And you been givin' me a bad time And you been givin' me a bad time 4. Fade To Black I wonder where you are tonight You're probably on the rampage somewhere You have been known to take delight In gettin' in somebody's hair And you always had the knack Fade to black I bet you already made a pass I see a darkened room somewhere You run your finger round the rim of his glass You run your finger through his hair They scratch across his back Fade to black Well maybe it's all for the best But I wish I'd never been lassooed Maybe it's some kind of test But I wish I'd never been tattooed Or been to hell and back Fade to black 5. The Bug Well it's a strange old game - you learn it slow One step forward and it's back to go You're standing on the throttle You're standing on the throttle You're standing on the brakes In the groove 'til you make a mistake Sometimes you're the windshield Sometimes you're the bug Sometimes it all comes together baby Sometimes you're a fool in love Sometimes you're the louisville shigger Sometimes you're the ball Sometimes it all comes together baby Sometimes you're going lose it all You gotta know happy - you gotta know glad Because you're gonna know lonely And you're gonna know bad When you're rippin' and a ridin' And you're coming on strong You start slippin' and slidin' And it all goes wrong, because And it all goes wrong, because One day you got the glory Then you got none One day you're diamond And then you're a stone Everything can change In the blink of an eye So let the good times roll Before we say goodbye, because Before we say goodbye, because 6. You And Your Friend Will you and your friend come around Are you and your friend gonna get on down Will you and your friend come around Are you and your friend gonna get on down Will you and your friend come around Or are you and your friend gonna let me down If you talk to one another I'm a hungry man Let me know one way or the other So I can make my plans So I can make my plans So I can make my plans I relive the situation Still see it in my mind You got my imagination Working overtime 7. Heavy Fuel Last time I was sober, man I felt bad Worst hangover that I ever had It took six hamburgers and scotch all night Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right 'Cos if you wanna run cool If you wanna run cool If you wanna run cool, you got to run On heavy, heavy fuel My life makes perfect sense Lust and food and violence Sex and money are the major kicks Get me in a fight I like dirty tricks 'Cos if you wanna run cool If you wanna run cool If you wanna run cool, you got to run On heavy, heavy fuel My chick loves a man who's strong The things she'll do to turn me on I love the babes, don't get me wrong Hey, that's why I wrote this song I don't care if my liver is hanging by thread Don't care if my doctor says I ought to be dead When my ugly big car won't climb this hill I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill 'Cos if you wanna run cool If you wanna run cool If you wanna run cool, you got to run On heavy, heavy fuel 8. Iron Hand With all the clarity of dream The sky so blue, the grass so green The rank and file and the navy blue The deep and strong, the staight and true The blue line they got the given sign The belts and boots march forward in time The wood and leather the club and shield Swept like a wave across the battlefield Now with all the clarity of dream The blood so red, the gran so green The gleam of spur on chestnut flank The cavalry did burst upon the ranks Oh the iron will and the iron hand In England's green and pleasant land No music for the shemeful scene That night they said it had even shocked the queen Well alas we're seen it all before Knights in amour, days of yore The same old fears and the same old crimes We haven't changed since ancient times 9. Ticket To Heaven I can see what you're looking to find In the smile on my face In my peace of mind In my state of grace I send what I can To the man from the ministry He's a part of heaven's plan And he talks to me Now I send what I can to the man With the diamond ring He's a part of heaven's plan And he sure can sing Now it's all I can afford But the lord has sent me eternity It's to save the little children In a poor country I got my ticket to heaven And everlasting life I got a ride all the way to paradise I got my ticket to heaven And everlasting life All the way to paradise I got my ticket to heaven And everlasting life I got a ride all the way to paradise I got my ticket to heaven And everlasting life All the way to paradise Now there's nothing left for luxuries Nothing left to pay my heating bill But the good lord will provide I know he will So send what you can To the man wint the diamond ring They're tuning in across the land To hear him sing To hear him sing 10. My Parties Well this is my back - my back gate I hate to start my parties late Here's the party cart - ain't that great? That ain't the best part baby - just wait That's a genuine weathervane - it moves with the breeze Portable hammock honey - who needs frees It's casnal entertainig - we aim to please At my parties Check out the shingles - it's brand new Excuse me while I mingle - hi, how are you Hey everybody - let me give you a toast This one's for me - the host with the most It's getting a trifle colder - step inside my home That's a bran toilet tissue holder with its own telephone That's a musical doorbell - it don't ring, I ain't kiddin' It plays America the beautiful and tie a yellow ribbon Boy, this punch is trip - it's O.K. in my book Here, take a sip - maybe a little heavy on the fruit Ah, here comes the dip - you many kiss the cook Let me show honey - it's easy - look You take a fork and spike 'em - say, did you try these? So glad you like 'em - the secret's in the cheese It's casual entertaining - we aim to please At my parties Now don't talk about the polar bear Don't talk to me about ozone layer Ain't so much of anything these days, even the air They're running out of rhinos - what do I care? Let's hear it for the dolpin - let's hear it for the trees Ain't runnin' out of nothin' in my deep freeze It's casual entertaining - we aim to please At my parties 11. Planet Of New Orleans Standin' on the corner Of toulouse and dauphine Waitin' on marie - ondine I'm tryin' to place a tune Under a Louisiana moonbeam On the planet of new orleans In a bar they call the Saturn And in her eyes of green And somethin' that she said in a dream Inside of my suit I got my mojo root And a true love figurine For the planet of new orleans New orleans - the other planet With other life upon it And everythin' that's shakin' in between If you should ever land upon it You'd better know what's on it The planet of new orleans Now I'm tryin' to find my way Through the rain and the steam I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen And then I heard her say Somethin' in the limousine 'Bout talkin' a ride across the planet of new orleans If she was an ace And I was just a jack And the cards were never seen We could have been the king and queen But she took me back to her courtyard Where magnolia perfume screams Behind the gates and the granite Of the planet of new orleans 12. How Long How long, how long baby How long has it been How long you gonna keep me wondering How long before you see Stallin' me was wrong - how long How long, how long you gonna keep Slappin' my hands away How long you gonna keep my love at bay How long before you're sure My love is strong - how long How long, how long you gonna keep Tellin' me you like me fine How long until I'm gonna make you mine How long before you wake up And find your good man gone - how long Produced by : Mark Knopler, John Illsley, Alan Clark, Guy Fletcher. ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД і ЙННННННННННННННННННННННННН» і є D I R E S T R A I T S є і ИНННННННННННННННННННННННННј і ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ ЙНННННННННННННН» є Dire Straits є ИННННННННННННННј ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Down to the Waterline і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Sweet surrender on the quayside You remember we used to run and hide In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one at a time And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline Near misses on the dogleap stairways French kisses in the darkened doorways A foghorn blowing out wild and cold A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder Up comes a coaster fast and silent in the night Over my shoulder all you can see are the pilot lights No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn Your hands are cold but your lips are warm She can see him on the jetty where they used to go She can feel him in the places where the sailors go When she's walking by the river and the railway line She can still hear him whisper Let's go down to the waterline ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Water of Love і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ High and dry in the long hot day Lost and lonely in every way Got the flats all around me sky up above I need a little water of love I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain Crying out for some soothing rain I believe I have taken enough I need a little water of love Water of love deep in the ground No water here to be found Some day baby when the river runs free It'll carry that water of love to me There's a bird up in a tree sitting up high Waiting for me to die If I don't get some water soon I'll be dead and gone in the afternoon Once I had a woman I could call my own Once I had a woman now my woman is gone Once there was a river now there's a stone You know it's evil when you're living alone ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Setting Me Up і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ You say I'm the greatest bound for glory Well the word is out and I learned I got the latest side of the story You're pulling out before you get burned Well your hands are squeezing me down to the bone I never saw you breaking no law Stands to reason I've got to leave you alone What you take me for You're setting me up to put me down You're making me out to be your clown You're just setting me up to put me down You better give it up Quit your messing around You think I care about your reaction You think I don't understand All you wanted was a piece of the action Now you talk about another man ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Six Blade Knife і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Your six blade knife can do anything for you Anything you want it to One blade for breaking my heart One blade for tearing me apart Your six blade knife-do anything for you You can take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin When you come up from behind and lay it down cold on my skin Took a stone from my soul when I was lame Just so you could make me tame You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin I'd like to be free of it now - I don't want it no more I'd like to be free of it now - you know I don't want it no more Everybody got a knife it can be just what they want it to be A needle a wife or something that you just can't see You know it keeps you strong Yes and it'll do me wrong Your six blade knife - do anything for you Southbound Again Southbound again I don't know if I'm going or leaving home Boy got to be moving Seems like the boy is bound to roam Southbound again got no money I've got no place to go That woman's with her lover boy Never want to see her face no more Every single time I roll across the rolling River Tyne I get the same old feeling Every time I'm moving down the line Southbound again last night I felt like crying Right now I'm sick of living But I'm going to keep on trying ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Sultans of Swing і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ You get a shiver in the dark It's been raining in the park but meantime South of the river you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie double four time You feel all right when you hear that music ring You step inside but you don't see too many faces Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down Too much competition too many other places But not too many horns can make that sound Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing And an old guitar is all he can afford When he gets up under the lights to play his thing And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene He's got a daytime job he's doing alright He can play honky tonk just like anything Saving it up for Friday night With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing Amd a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band It ain't what they call rock and roll And the Sultans played Creole And then the man he steps right up to the microphone And says at last just as the time bell rings 'Thank you goodnight now it's time to go home' and he makes it fast with one more thing 'We are the Sultans of Swing' ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і In the Gallery і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Harry made a bareback rider proud and free upon a horse And a fine coalminer for the NCB that was A fallen angel and Jesus on the cross A skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater's waltz Some people have got to paint and draw Harry had to work iin clay and stone Like the waves coming to the shore It was in his blood and in his bones Ignored by all the trendy boys in London and in Leeds He might as well have been making toys or strings of beads He could not be in the gallery And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at all He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall The birds of a feather all the phonies and all of the fakes While the dealers they get together And they decide who gets the breaks And who's going to be in the gallery No lies he wouldn't compromise No junk no bits of string And all the lies we subsidise That just don't mean a thing I've got to say he passed away in obscurity And now all the vultures are coming down from the tree So he's going to be in the gallery ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Wild West End і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ Stepping out to Angellucci's for my coffee beans Checking out the movies and the magazines Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar I'm getting a pickup for my steel guitar I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue Excuse me for talking I wanna marry you This is the seventh heaven street to me Don't be so proud You're just another angel in the crowd And I'm walking in he wild west end Walking with your wild best friend And my conductress on the number nineteen She was a honey Pink toenails and hands all dirty with money Greasy hair easy smile Made me feel nineteen for a while Amd wI went down to Chinatown In the backroom it's a man's world All the money go down Duck inside the doorway gotta duck to eat Right now feels alright now You and me we can't beat And a gogo dancing girl yes I saw her The deejay he say here's Mandy for ya I feel alright to see her But she's paid to do that stuff She's dancing high I move on by The close ups can get rough When you're walking in the wild west end ЪДДДДДДДї і Lions і АДДДДДДДЩ Red sun go down way over dirty town Starling are sweeping around crazy shoals A girl is there high heeling across the square Wind blows around in her hair and the flags upon the poles Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light She looks around to find a face she can like. Church bell clinging on trying to get a crowd for Evensong Nobody cares to depend upon the chime it plays They're all in the station praying for trains Cogregations late again It's getting darker all the time these flagpole days Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright He's crazy lion howling for a fight. Strap hanging gunshot sound Doors slamming on the overground Starlings are tough but the lions are made of stone Her evening paper is horror torn But there's hope later for Capricorns Her lucky stars give her just enough to get home Then she's reading about a swing to the right But she's thinking about a stranger in the night I'm thinking about the lions tonight What happened to the lions. Dire Straits Love Over Gold Telegraph Road --------- ---- A long time ago came a man on a track walking thirty miles with a pack on his back and he put down his load where he thought it was the best he made a home in the west he built a cabin and a winter store and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore and the other travellers came riding down the track and they never went further and they never went back then came the churches then came the schools then came the lawyers then came the rules then came the trains and the trucks with their loads and the dirty old track was the telegraph road Then came the mines - then came the ore then there was the hard times then there was a war telegraph sang a song about the world outside telegraph road got so deep and so wide like a rolling river. . . And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze people driving home from the factories there's six lanes of traffic three lanes moving slow. . . I used to like to go to work but they shut it down I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed we're gonna have to reap from seed that's been sowed and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles they can always fly away from this rain and this cold you can here them singing out their telegraph code all the way down the telegraph road You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights when life was just a bet on a race between the lights you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care but believe in me baby and I'll take you away >from out of this darkness and into the day >from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain >from the anger that lives on the streets with these names 'cos I've run every red light on memory lane I've seen desperation explode into flames and I don't want to see it again. . . >From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed all the way down the telegraph road Private Investigations ------- -------------- It's a mystery to me - the game commences for the usual fee - plus expenses confidential information - it's not a public inquiry I go checking out the reports - digging up the dirt you get to meet all sorts in this line of work treachery and treason - there's always an excuse for it and when I find the reason I still can't get used to it And what have you got at the end of the day? what have you got to take away? a bottle of whisky and a new set of lies blinds on the windows and a pain behind the eyes Scarred for life - nocompensation private investigations Industrial Disease ---------- ------- Warning lights are flashing down at Quality Control somebody threw a spanner and they threw him in the hole there's rumors in the loading bay and anger in the town somebody blew the whistle and the walls came down there's a meeting in the boardroom they're trying to trace the smell there's leaking in the washroom there's a sneak in personnel somewhere in the corridors someone was heard to sneeze 'goodness me could this be Industrial Disease? The caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post they're refusing to be pacified it's him they blame the most the watchdog's got rabies the foreman's got fleas and everyone's concerned about Industrial Disease there's panic on the switchboard tongues are ties in knots some come out in sympathy some come out in spots some blame the management some the employees and everybody knows it's the Industrial Disease The work force is disgusted downs tools and walks innocence is injured experience just talks everyone seeks damages and everyone agrees that these are 'classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze' on ITV and BBC they talk about the curse philosophy is useless theology is worse history boils over there's an economics freeze sociologists invent words that mean 'Industrial Disease' Doctor Parkinson declared 'I'm not surprised to see you here you've got smokers cough from smoking brewer's droop from drinking beer I don't know how you came to get the Bette Davis knees but worst of all young man you've got Industrial Disease' he wrote me a prescription he said 'you are depressed but I'm glad you came to see me to get this off your chest come back and see me later - next patient please send in another victim of Industrial Disease' I go down to Speaker's Corner I'm thunderstruck they got free speech, tourists, police in trucks two men say they're Jesus one of them must be wrong there's a protest singer singing a protest song - he says 'they wanna have a war so they can keep us on our knees they wanna have a war so they can keep their factories they wanna have a war to stop us buying Japanese they wanna have a war to stop Industrial Disease they're pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind they wanna sap your energy incarcerate your mind they give you Rule Brittania, gassy beer, page three two weeks in Espana and Sunday striptease' meanwhile the first Jesus says 'I'd cure it soon abolish monday mornings and friday afternoons' the other one's out on hunger strick he's dying by degrees how come Jesus gets Industrial Disease Love Over Gold ---- ---- ---- You walk out on the high wire you're a dance on thin ice you pay no heed to the danger and less to advice your footsteps are forbidden but with a knowledge of your sin you throw your love to all the strangers and caution to the wind And you go dancing through doorways just to see what you will find leaving nothing to interfere with the crazy balance of your mind and when you finally reappear at the place where you came in you've thrown your love to all the strangers and caution to the wind It takes love over gold and mind over matter to do what you do that you must when the things that you hold can fall and be shattered or run through your fingers like dust It Never Rains -- ----- ----- I hear the Seven Deadly Sins and the Terrible Twins came to call on you the bigger they are babe the harder they fall on you and you you're always the same you persevere on the same old pleasure ground oh and it never rains around here it just comes pouring down You had no more volunteers so you got profiteers for to help you out with friends like that babe good friends you had to do without and now they've taken the chains and the gears >from off your merry-go-round oh and it never rains around here it just comes pouring down And your new Romeo was just a gigolo when he let you down see the faster they are babe the faster they get out of town leaving make up stains and the tears of a clown yes and it never rains around here it just comes pouring down Oh you were just a roller coaster memory I don't know why I was even passing through I saw you making a date with Destiny when he came around here asking after you in the shadow of the Wheel of Fortune you're busy trying to clear your name you say 'I may be guilty yeah that may be true but I'd be lying if I said I was to blame see we could have been major contenders we never got no money no breaks' you've got a list of all the major offenders you got a list of all their major mistakes and he's just standing on the shadows yes and you smile that come-on smile oh I can still hear you say as clear as the day 'I'd like to make it worth your while' Ah but it's a sad reminder when your organ grinder has to come to you for the rent and all you've got to give him is the use of your side-show tent yes and that's all that remains of the years spent doing to rounds and it never rains around here well it just comes pouring down Now you know what they say about beggars you can't complain about the rules you know what they say about beggars you know who's the first to blame his tools you never gave a damn about who you pick up and leave lying bleeding on the ground you screw people over on the way up because you thought that you were never coming down and he takes you out in Vaudeville Valley with his hand up smothering your screams and he screws you down in Tin Pan Alley in the city of a billion dreams ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДД і ЙННННННННННННННННННННННННН» і є D I R E S T R A I T S є і ИНННННННННННННННННННННННННј і ДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ ЙННННННННННННННН» є Making Movies є ИНННННННННННННННј ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Tunnel of Love і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that i choose sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo and i been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam and i don't know where i'll be tonight but i'd always tell you where i am in a screaming ring of faces i seen her standing in the light she had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victim of the night i put a hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll i had the one arm bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul and the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above and i'm just high on the world come on and take a low ride with me girl on the tunnel of love it's just the danger when you're riding at your own risk she said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this it's just a cake walk twisting baby step right up and say hey mister give me two give me two cos any two can play and the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above and i'm just high on the world come on and take a low ride with me girl on the tunnel of love well it's been money for muscle another whirligig money for muscle and another girl i dig another hustle just to make it big and rockaway rockaway and girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did like the spanish city to me when we were kids oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did like the spanish city to me when we were kids she took off a silver locket she said remember me by this she put her hand in my pocket i got a keepsake and a kiss and in the roar of the dust and diesel i stood and watched her walk away i could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay and the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above and i'm just high on the world come on and take a low ride with me girl on the tunnel of love and now i'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades in any shooting gallery where promises are made to rockaway rockaway from cullercoats and whitley bay out to rockaway and girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did like the spanish city to me when we were kids girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did like the spanish city to me when we were kids ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і Romeo and Juliet і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ a lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss serenade laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade says something like you and me babe how about it? juliet says hey it's romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack he's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back you shoudn't come around here singing up at people like that anyway what you gonna do about it? juliet the dice were loaded from the start and i bet and you exploded in my heart and i forget i forget the movie song when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong juliet? come up on different streets they both were streets of shame both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same and i dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real how can you look at me as i was just another one of your deals? when you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold you can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold you promised me everything you promised me thick and thin now you just say oh romeo yeah you know i used to have a scene with him juliet when we made love you used to cry you said i love you like the stars above i'll love you till i die there's a place for us you know the movie song when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong? i can't do the talk like they talking on the tv and i can't do a love song like the way its meant to be i can't do everything but i'd do anything for you i can't do anything except be in love with you and all i do is miss you and the way we used to be all i do is keep the beat and bad company all i do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme julie i'd do the stars with you any time juliet when we made love you used to cry you said i love you like the stars above i'll love you till i die there's a place for us you know the movie song when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong? a lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss serenade laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade says something like you and me babe how about it? ЪДДДДДДДДДДДї і skateaway і АДДДДДДДДДДДЩ I seen a girl on a one way corridor stealing down a wrong way street for all the world like an urban toreador she had wheels on on her feet well the cars do the usual dances same old cruise and the kerbside crawl but the rollergirl she's taking chances they just love to see her take them all no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud hallelujah here she comes queen rollerball enchante what can i say don't care at all you know she used to have to wait around she used to be the lonely one but now that she can skate around town she's the only one no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud she gets rock n roll a rock n roll station and a rock n roll dream she's making movies on location she don't know what it means but the music make her wanna be the story and the story was whatever was the song what it was rollergirl don't worry d.j. play the movies all night long she tortures taxi drivers just for fun she like to read their lips says toro toro taxi see ya tomorrow my son i swear she let a big truck grease her hip she got her own world in the city you can't intrude on her she got her own world in the city cos the city's benn so rude to her no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud she gets rock n roll a rock n roll station and a rock n roll dream she's making movies on location she don't know what it means but the music make her wanna be the story and the story was whatever was the song what it was rollergirl don't worry d.j. play the movies all night long come slippin and slidin life's roller ball slippin and a slidin skateaway that's all shala shalay hey hey skateaway she's going sining shala shalay hey hey skateaway ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і expresso love і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ She gets the sun in the daytime perfume in the dusk and she comes out in the night time with the honeysuckle musk because she smells just like a rose and she tastes just like a peach she got me walking where the wildlife goes I'd do anything to reach her and she was made in heaven heaven's in my world is this just expresso love you know i'm crazy for the girl She call me just to talk she's my lover she's a friend of mine she says hey mister you wanna take a walk in the wild west end sometime and i get trouble with my breathing she says boys don't know anything but i know what i want i want everything and she was made in heaven heaven's in my world is this just expresso love you know i'm crazy for the girl well i feel so good cos i feel so good and i feel so good cos it feels so right i was made to go with my girl like a saxaphone was made to go with the night and she can raise one eybrow put her hand on my hip and i close one eye now sweat on her lip and i surrender to the fever i will surrender to the will of the night she love me so tender i got to believe her love? expresso love's alright and she was made in heaven heaven's in my world is this just expresso love you know i'm crazy for the girl i don't want no sugar in it thank you very much all wired up on it all fired up on it expresso touch hey maestro expresso it's just another one just like the other one hey maestro expresso is this another one just like the other one ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДДДї і hand in hand і АДДДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ the sky is crying the streets are full of tears rain come down wash away my fears and all this writing on the wall oh i can read between the lines rain come down forgive this dirty town rain come down and give this dirty town a drink of water a drink of wine if i been hard on you i never chose to be i never wanted no one else i tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to hand in hand like lovers are supposed to as you'd sleep i'd think my heart would break in two i'd kiss your cheek i'd stop myself from waking you but in the dark you'd speak my name you'd say baby what's wrong? oh here i am baby i'm coming back for more i'm like a wave that's got to roll into the shore yes and if my love's in vain how come my love is so strong? if i been hard on you i never chose to be i never wanted no one else i tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to hand in hand like lovers are supposed to now you and me go parallel together and apart and you keep your perfect distance and it's tearing at my heart did you never feel the distance you never tried to cross no line now it's another dirty river and another dirty scar and i don't know who's kissing you and i don't know where you are so far from home don't you think of me sometime if i been hard on you i never chose to be i never wanted no one else i tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to hand in hand like lovers are supposed to sky is crying see the streets are full of tears rain coming down to wash away my fears and all this writing on the wall oh i can read between the lines ЪДДДДДДДДДДДДї і solid rock і АДДДДДДДДДДДДЩ well take a look at that i made a castle in the sand sayting this is where it's at you know couldn't understand now if i realised that the chances were slim how come i'm so surprised when the tide rolled in i wanna live on solid rock i'm gonna live on solid rock i wanna give i don't wanna be blocked i'm gonna live on solid rock well i'm sick of potential i'm sick of vanity now i'm sticking to essential reality now i don't know what's worse try to make a silk purse living an illusion living in confusion i wanna live on solid rock i'm gonna live on solid rock i wanna give i don't wanna be blocked i'm gonna live on solid rock well a house of cards was never built for shock you could blow it down in any kind of weather now two solid rocks two solid blocks you know they're gonna stick together yeah they're gonna stick together because the heart that you break that's the one that you rely on the bed that you make that's the one you gotta lie on when you point your finger cos your plan fell through you got three more fingers pointing back at you i wanna live on solid rock i'm gonna live on solid rock i wanna give i don't wanna be blocked i'm gonna live on solid rock i'm solid rock now ЪДДДДДДДДДДї і les boys і АДДДДДДДДДДЩ les boys do cabaret les boys are glad to be gay they're not afraid now disco bar in germany les boys are glad to be upon parade now les boys got leather straps les boys got ss caps but they got no gun now get dressed up get a little risque got to do a little s & m these days it's all in fun now les boys come on again for the high class whores and the business men who drive in their mercedes benz to a disco bar in old munchen they get the jokes that the d.j. makes they get nervous and they make mistakes they're bad for business some tourist takes a photograph les boys don't get one laugh he says they're useless late at night when they've gone away les boys dream of jean genet high heel shoes and a black beret and the posters on the wall that say les boys do cabaret les boys are glad to be gay |