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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
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Cover art for Communique lyrics by Dire Straits

well, there's this guy who doesn't tralk to his wife and everybody starts thinking he's having an affair. by the end of it, though, he's somehow cleared. eventually he writes out his feelings in a letter, a communique.

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Cover art for Communique lyrics by Dire Straits

Umm, I think it's a bit less specific than that. Knopfler used to be a journalist; what if he's just reflecting on the press's pursuit of reluctant celebrities?

Cover art for Communique lyrics by Dire Straits

I tend to go for the idea that it's just a story of a journalist's constant challenge of obtaining interviews from reluctant subjects.

Cover art for Communique lyrics by Dire Straits

I like to think that guy in the song is Mark (journalist) and the comments on his self-deprecating personality were made by his family and friends.

It's so fun to listen to all the stories from his songs. Always humble