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Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing Lyrics & Meanings
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Sultans Of Swing Lyrics & Meanings: You get a shiver in the dark / It's a 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 the music ring / / Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces / Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down / Competition in other places / Uh but the horns they blowing that sound / Way on down south / Way on down south / London town / / You check out guitar George, he knows-all the chords / Mind, it's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing / They said 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 the Honky Tonk like anything / Savin' it up, for Friday night / With the Sultans / We're the Sultans of Swing / / Then a crowd a young boys they're a foolin' around in the corner
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Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing [Redux] Lyrics & Meanings
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Sultans of Swing [Redux] Lyrics & Meanings: 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 the music ring / / Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces / Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down / Competition in other places / Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound / Way on down south / Way on down south / London town / / You check out guitar George, he knows all the chords / Mind, it's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing / They said 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 the Honky Tonk like anything / Savin' it up, for Friday night / With the Sultans / We're the Sultans of Swing / / Then a crowd a young boys they're foolin' around in the corn
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Dire Straits Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Thanks to the Top Ten hit "Sultans of Swing," Dire Straits was a major success in both Britain and America, with the single and album climbing into the Top ...
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Dire Straits - Lions Lyrics & Meanings
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Lions Lyrics & Meanings: 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 t
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Mark Knopfler - Beryl Lyrics & Meanings
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Beryl Lyrics & Meanings: Beryl was on another level / When she got a Booker medal / She was dead in her grave / After all she gave / After all she gave / / Beryl, every time they’d overlook her / When they gave her a Booker / She was dead in her grave / After all she gave / After all she gave / / It’s all too late now / It’s all too late now / It’s too late, you dabblers / It’s all too late / It’s too late, you dabblers / It’s all too late / / Beryl, the tobacco overtook her / When they gave her a Booker / She was dead in her grave / After all she gave / After all she gave / / It’s all too late now / It’s all too late now / It’s too late, you dabblers / It’s all too late / It’s too late, you dabblers / It’s all too late / / Beryl was on another level / When she got a Booker medal / She was dead in her grave / After all she gave / After all she gave / After all she gave / After all she gave
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Dire Straits - Lady Writer Lyrics & Meanings
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Lady Writer Lyrics & Meanings: Lady Writer on the t.v. / Talk about the Virgin Mary / Reminded me of you / Expectations left to come up to yeah / / / Lady writer on the t.v. / Yeah, 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 / Then I recall my fall from grace / Another time, another place / / / Lady writer on the t.v. / She had all the brains and the beauty / The picture does not fit / You talked to me when you felt like it / / / Just the way that her hair fell down around her face / Then I recall my fall from grace / Another time, another place / / / Yes and your rich old man / You know he'd call her a dead ringer / You got the same command / Plus you mother was a jazz singer / / / Just the way that her hair fell down around her face / Then I recall my fall from grace / Another time, another place / / / Lady writer on the t.v. / She knew all about a history / You couldn't hardly write your name
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Dire Straits - Hand In Hand Lyrics & Meanings
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Hand In Hand Lyrics & Meanings: 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 ? / / 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
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Dire Straits - Planet of New Orleans Lyrics & Meanings
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Planet of New Orleans Lyrics & Meanings: Standing on the corner / Of Toulouse and Dauphine / Waiting on Marie-Ondine / I’m trying 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 something that she said in a dream / Inside of my suit I got my mojo root / And a true love figurine / For the planet of the New Orleans / / New Orleans / With other life upon it / And everything that’s shaking in between / If you should ever land upon it / You better know what’s on it / The planet of the New Orleans / / Now I’m trying to find my way / Through the rain and the steam / I’m looking straight ahead through the screen / And then I heard her say / Something in the limousine / ’bout taking 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 the queen / But she took me home, back to her courtyard / Where magnolia perfu
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Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool Lyrics & Meanings
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Twisting By The Pool Lyrics & Meanings: We're going on a holiday now / Gonna take a villa, a small chalet / 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, swingin 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 stil get information / Reading all about inflation / And you're never gonna be out of reach / There's a call-box on the beach / / / Mmm, you're gonna look so cute / Sunglasses and bathing suites / Be the baby of my dreams / Like the ladies in the magazine / 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
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Dire Straits - Planet of New Orleans Lyrics & Meanings
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Planet of New Orleans Lyrics & Meanings: Standing on the corner / Of Toulouse and Dauphine / Waiting on Marie-Ondine / I’m trying 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 something that she said in a dream / Inside of my suit I got my mojo root / And a true love figurine / For the planet of the New Orleans / / New Orleans / With other life upon it / And everything that’s shaking in between / If you should ever land upon it / You better know what’s on it / The planet of the New Orleans / / Now I’m trying to find my way / Through the rain and the steam / I’m looking straight ahead through the screen / And then I heard her say / Something in the limousine / ’bout taking 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 the queen / But she took me home, back to her courtyard / Where magnolia perfu
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Dire Straits - Calling Elvis Lyrics & Meanings
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Calling Elvis Lyrics & Meanings: 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 dob't be cruel / return to sender - treat 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 / / well tell him I was calling just to wish him well / let me leave my number - heartbreak hotel / oh love me tender - baby dob't be cruel / return to sender - treat me like a fool / / calling elvis - is anybody home / calling elvis - I'm here all alone / did he leave the building / or c
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Dire Straits - Walk Of Life Lyrics & Meanings
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Walk Of Life Lyrics & Meanings: 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 / 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
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Dire Straits - Two Young Lovers Lyrics
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Sep 9, 2010 ... Two Young Lovers Lyrics · Romeo And Juliet · Brothers In Arms · Sultans Of Swing · Money For Nothing · The Man's Too Strong.
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Dire Straits - How Long Lyrics & Meanings
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How Long Lyrics & Meanings: 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 hand 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 wake up / And find your good man gone / How long
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Dire Straits - Southbound Again Lyrics & Meanings
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Southbound Again Lyrics & Meanings: 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
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Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Lyrics & Meanings
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Romeo And Juliet Lyrics & Meanings: A lovestruck romeo sings a street side serenade / Laying everybody low with me 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 shouldn'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 the movie song / When you wanna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ? / / Come up on differents 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 your dream is real / How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals ? / / Where you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold / You can fall f
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Dire Straits - Communique Lyrics & Meanings
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Communique Lyrics & Meanings: 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 t
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Dire Straits - What's The Matter Baby? Lyrics & Meanings
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What's The Matter Baby? Lyrics & Meanings: There’s a shadow hanging over the valley / A total eclipse of the moon / Closing up the gates of the city / The wind it plays a wild tune / Don’t you put a lock on your window / Don’t you put the bar on your door / Don’t you cry for the rain in the sky / You’ve seen the storm before / / Yea now what’s the matter with you baby / Baby what’s the matter now / What’s the matter your running in the shadows / Everytime you hear the wild man yell / Come on tell me what’s the matter with you baby / Baby what’s the matter now / What’s the matter your running in the shadows / Everytime you hear the wild man yell / / - / / Now lightnings going to strike at midnight / Thunder going to shake the ground / Don’t you flinch don’t give a inch / Just a let the flood come down / / / Come on tell me what’s the matter with you baby / Baby what’s the matter now / What’s the matter your running in the shadows / Everytime you hear the wild man yell / Com
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Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Lyrics & Meanings
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Brothers In Arms Lyrics & Meanings: 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
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Dire Straits - Millionaire Blues Lyrics & Meanings
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Millionaire Blues Lyrics & Meanings: I woke up this morning, my jacuzzi wouldn’t work / Then the butler quit on me, man, can you believe it? jerk! / Must have been my artistic temperament he couldn’t take / How come nobody wants to give me a break? / / I’ve got the blues right down, mean and low / I’m as low as the heels of my alligator shoes / You should know how it feels to have these millionaire blues / Millionaire blues / / Well, I found one of my bathrooms and I made it to the sink / I called one of my managers up and I poured myself a drink. / Oh, I swear I’d kill that little weasel if I could / I checked myself in the mirror - my hair was looking good, but / / I had the blues right there, mean and mean and mean and low / As low as the heels on my alligator shoes / You should know how it feels to have these millionaire blues / Millionaire blues / Get down! / / Well, so much for breakfast, I couldn’t face lunch / I thought I’d raise my spirits with a little champagne brunch. / I take th
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Dire Straits - Kingdom Come Lyrics & Meanings
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Kingdom Come Lyrics & Meanings: I tell you what! / / They don’t mess with me, I’m a wild man, son / I got me my very own anti tank gun / I got a jack rabbit with it, guess he was a mean one / Yeah, I’ve always been a sportsman / / Now, there wasn’t much left when I got to him / Them big old shells didn’t just go through him / Just lumps of fur and that was it / Guess you could say he sure took a hit, alright / / Yeah, you want to see my fire power, see my collection / Cause that’s my thing, man, perfection / Now I’m talking power in the barrel of a gun / I’ll blow anything I want to kingdom come / / Ba ba boom / Ba ba ba ba bomb / And I’ll blow anything I want / To kingdom come / / Yeah, all you got to do is sqeeze on the trigger / And a little bitty human get a whole lot bigger / Cause there’s a time for talking and a time to shoot them down / And this mama-jama [? ] don’t pussy foot around, alright / / Yeah, let them laugh, let them say we’re strange / Me and my buddies on the
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Dire Straits - Les Boys Lyrics & Meanings
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Les Boys Lyrics & Meanings: 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 businessmen / 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 take a photograph / Les boys don’t get one laugh / He says they’re useless / / Late at night when they’re 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
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