Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits de Dire Straits

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1. Sultans Of Swing5:45
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   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 blowin' Dixie, double-four time. You feel alright when you hear that music play. Now You step inside, but you don't see too many faces. Comin' in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down. Competition in other places... But the horns, they blowin' that sound. Way on down south, Way on down south, London-town Check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords. But it's strictly rhythm; he doesn't want to make it cry or sing. If any 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, 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. The don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band. It ain't what they call rock and roll. And the Sultans, Yes 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, "Goodnight, now it's time to go home." And he makes it fast, with one more thing: "We're the Sultans, "We are the Sultans of Swing."
2. Lady Writer3:39
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   Lady Writer on the tv Talk about the Virgin Mary Reminded me of you Expectations left to come up to yeah Lady writer on the tv 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 tv 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 tv She knew all about a history You couldn't hardly write your name I think I want you just the same as the Lady writer on the tv Talking about the Virgin Mary Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me And the lady writer on the tv Lady writer on the tv Talking about the Virgin Mary Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me And the lady writer on the tv
3. Romeo And Juliet5:51
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   A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade Laying everybody low with a love song that he made Finds a 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 me 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 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 if I was just another one of your deals? Well 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, yeah 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 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 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 Juliet? A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade Laying everybody low with a love song that he made Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade Says something like you and me babe how about it?
4. Tunnel Of Love8:07
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   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'll 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, yeah just like me she was a victim of the night I put my hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll I had a 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, yeah love It's just a danger, and when you're riding at your own risk She said you are the perfect stranger, she said baby just keep it like this It's just a cakewalk twisting baby step right up and say Hey mister give me two give me two now, 'cause 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, oooh love Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig Money for muscle and another girl I dig Another hustle just to, just to make it big And rockaway, rockaway, oh rockaway, rockaway And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we where kids Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we where kids Woh-la Check it out 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 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 this world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love, yeah love love On the tunnel of love, oooh love 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... Rockaway, rockaway From Cullercoats 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 where kids Girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we where kids
5. Private Investigations5:45
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   It's a mystery to me - the game commences For the usual fee - plus expenses Confidential information - is a diary This is my investigation - 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
6. Twisting By The Pool3:30

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   We're goin' on a holiday Now gonna take a villa or a Small Chalet on the costa Del Magnifico.-The cost of Livin' is so low Yeah. Gonna be so neat Yeah Dancing to The Euro-beat Yeah Gonna be so cool. Twisting by the Twisting by the - By the pool. Twisting by the pool Twisting by the pool Twisting by the pool Twisting by the pool Twisting Twisting by the pool. Sitting in a small cafe Now swing Swing Swinging to the Cabaret Wanna see a movle Take in a show Now meeting new people at the disco Yeah. Gonna be so neat Yeah Dancing to the Euro-beat .. . Twisting by the Twisting by the - by the pool. .. . In a week or so get information Reading all bout inflation And you're never gonna be out of reach There's a call box on the beach. Twisting by the pool Twisting by the pool I'm a twisting fool You got me twisting by the pool Yeah Twisting Twisting by the pool. You're gonna look so cute Sunglasses Bathing suit - Be the baby of my dreams like the ladies in the magazine Yeah. Gonna be so neat Yeah Dancing to the Euro-beat .. . Twisting by the Twisting by the - by the pool. .. . Twisting by the pool Twisting by the pool .. . Twisting by the pool Twisting by the pool .. .
7. Love Over Gold (Live)3:27

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8. So Far Away4:02
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   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 You're so far away from me You're so far I just can't see You're so far away from me You're so far away from 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 'Cause you're so far away from me You're so far away from me You're so far I just can't see You're so far away from me You're so far away from me And 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 You're so far away from me You're so far I just can't see You're so far away from me You're so far away from me You're so far away from me Oh, you're so far away from me Yeah, you're so far away from me So far away from me Yeah, you're so far away from me You're so far away from me You're so far away from me You're so far away from me You're so far away from me So far away from me So far away from me Yeah, you're so far away from me Yes, you're so far away from me
9. Money For Nothing4:05
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   (I want my MTV) Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the M.T.V. That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your 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 color T.V.'s. 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 ovens custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.'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? You bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee Oh 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 color T.V.'s. Listen here Now that ain't workin' that's the way to do it You play the guitar on the M.T.V. That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your chicks for free Money for nothin' and the chicks for free (Get your) Money for nothin' and chicks for free Money for nothin' and the chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV) Money for nothin' and the chicks for free
10. Brothers In Arms4:56
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    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 arms Through these fields of destruction Baptisms of fire I've witnessed your suffering As the battle 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
11. Walk Of Life4:07
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    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 Oh 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, yeah he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down my walkin' shoes Here comes Johnny with the power and the glory Backbeat the talkin' blues He got the action, he got the motion Oh 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, yeah 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 Oh 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 a song in all the trouble and the strife You do the walk, you do the walk of life, yeah he do the walk of life
12. Calling Elvis4:37

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    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 can he come to the phone Calling elvis - I'm here all alone
13. Heavy Fuel4:54

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    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 Cause 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 S** and money are my major kicks Get me in a fight I like dirty tricks Cause if you wanna run cool Yes 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 a 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 Cause if you wanna run cool If you wanna run cool Yes if you wanna run cool, you got to run On heavy, heavy fuel
14. On Every Street4:34

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    There's gotta be a record of you some place 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 concrete 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 expode in the heat And it's your face I'm looking for on every street A three-chord symphony crashes 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
15. Your Latest Trick (Live)6:29

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16. Local Hero / Wild Theme (Live)4:19