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Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [
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Song Directory
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Mar 14, 2013 ... Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel Lyrics · Dire Straits – You and Your Friend Lyrics · Dire Straits – The Bug Lyrics · Lupe Fiasco – Jonylah Forever Lyrics ...
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Dire Straits – How Long
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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
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Dire Straits – My Parties
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[Verse 1] / Well, this is my back yard - 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
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Dire Straits – Industrial Disease
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This is the third track on Dire Straits' 1982 album “Love Over Gold.” This is also the first song on the vinyl album’s B-side. It’s storytelling format closely resembles that of
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Dire Straits – Fade to Black
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[Verse 1] / Well I wonder where you are tonight / You're probably on the rampage somewhere / You have been known to take delight / In getting in somebody's hair / And you always
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Dire Straits – Iron Hand
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This song was inspired by the attack on the striking miners –as a part of the UK Miners' strike in the 1980's– by the South Yorkshire police, popularly known as the Battle of
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Dire Straits – Calling Elvis
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[Chorus] / 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 / [
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Dire Straits – You and Your Friend
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[Instrumental intro 0:00-1:03] / [Chorus] / 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
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Dire Straits – Twisting by the Pool
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[Verse 1] / We're going on a holiday now / Going to take a villa, a small chalet / Costa del Magnifico / Yo, cost of living is so low / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Yeah(yeah), going to be so
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Dire Straits – On Every Street
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[Verse] / 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
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Dire Straits – It Never Rains
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[Verse 1] / I hear the Seven Deadly Sins / And the Terrible Twins came to call on you / The bigger they are, baby / The harder they fall on you / And you, you're always the same
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Dire Straits – Ticket to Heaven
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‘Ticket To Heaven’ is a song about televangelists who manipulate poor, less educated people with God as the selling point.
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Dire Straits – When It Comes to You
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[Verse 1] / If we can't get along we oughta 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
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Dire Straits – Private Investigations
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This is the second track on Dire Straits' 1982 album “Love Over Gold.”
It evokes the private detectives of classic film noir.
The song itself is mainly instrumental, with most
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Dire Straits – The Bug
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[Verse 1] / 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 brakes / In the groove
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Dire Straits – Money for Nothing (Single Edit)
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[Intro] / I want my MTV / [Verse 1] / Now look at them yo-yos, 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
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Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick (Live)
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All the late night bargains have been struck / Between the satin beaus and their belles / Prehistoric garbage trucks / Got the city to themselves / Echoes and whores, dinosaurs
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Mark Knopfler – Money for Nothing (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
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I want my, I want my MTV / I want my, I want my MTV / I want my, I want my MTV / I want my, I want my MTV / Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it / You play the guitar
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Dire Straits – Planet of New Orleans
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[Instrumental intro 0:00-1:32] / [Verse 1] / Standin' on the corner / Of Toulouse and Dauphin / Waitin' on Marie Ondine / I'm tryin' to place a tune / Under a Louisiana moonbeam
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