Behind With The Rent Mark Knopfler

"This didn't used to be me, old boy This isn't what I'd want Pullin' old night fighters In a restaurant There's smoke and flames behind me Where the self-respect all went And I'm behind, behind

Vic And Ray Mark Knopfler

Vic And Ray (Mark Knopfler) A dirty motor with London plates Sitting in the gutter outside your silent gates Vic and Ray, vic and Ray Vic and Ray, Vic and Ray Come to daddy baby, what is it

Get Lucky Mark Knopfler

I\'m better with my muscles Than I am with my mouth I worked the fairgrounds in the summer And go pick fruit down south And when I\'m feel them chilly winds Where the weather goes I follow Pack

Eastbound Train Mark Knopfler

Eastbound Train (Mark Knopfler) It was New Cross Station, I was going on home Saw you get your ticket, standing on your own Here come the train about 02:44 I couldn't get a smoker, you took another

Miss You Blues Mark Knopfler

Miss you blues baby Miss you blues Miss you blues baby Miss you blues You never used to look behind you that isn't what you'd do Didn't leave a thing behind you but the miss you blues Who's gonna take

Silver Eagle Mark Knopfler

It was so late and she'd be sleeping He came through her home town With the moonlight on the crossroads And the green light shining down And the bell at the railroad crossing And the horn from far away

Darling Pretty Mark Knopfler

Darling Pretty (Mark Knopfler) It's time to come away, my darling pretty It's time to come away on the changing tide Time to come away, darling pretty And I need you darling by my side Heal

Piper To The End Mark Knopfler

When I leave this world behind me To another I will go If there are no pipes in heaven I'll be going down below If friends in time be severed Someday we will meet again I'll return to leave you never Be

Planet Of New Orleans Mark Knopfler

Planet Of New Orleans (Mark Knopfler) 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

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[MARK] You light up a mean blaze [ROGER grabs one of his own posters.] [ROGER] With posters -- [MARK grabs old manuscripts.]

After The Beanstalk Mark Knopfler

A hen can lay a golden egg but she still can't sing Well the hen's alright but the harp is everything When he's gunning for glory a boy just won't be told Gunning for glory a boy just won't be told

Yon Two Crows Mark Knopfler

Pennies from heaven Don’t make me laugh Here all you’ll get Is the pattering rain Or yon two crows up over the hill Looking for winterkill Always at your boots The mud behind the byre With its

Wanderlust Mark Knopfler

Wanderlust (Mark Knopfler) Big black cloud On a yellow plain Sure enough it Looks like rain Packin' up all our Faith and trust Me and the wanderlust Open window Empty bed and chair Who's

Hill Farmer's Blues (Live From Music Bank London/2011) Mark Knopfler

Going into Tow Law for what I need Chain for the ripsaw killer for the weed Dog's at the back door leaving me Don't do Jack Don't wait up for me Going into Tow Law to fuel my fire Shells for the twelve

Private Investigations Mark Knopfler

Private Investigations (Mark Knopfler) 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 investigation - it's not

Bad News From Home Mark Knopfler

Bad News From Home (Randy Newman) High on a cliff in Mexico Staring down at the rocks and the sea below I can hear the church bells ring I can hear the choir I remember the night she left

Prairie Wedding Mark Knopfler

Prairie Wedding (Mark Knopfler) We only knew each other by letter I went to meet her off the train When the smoke had cleared and the dust was still She was standing there and speaking my name

Coyote Mark Knopfler

COYOTE DON'T LET A LITTLE ROAD DUST PUT YOU OFF YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK WELL YOU KNOW THAT STUFF THERE'S A TEAR IN MY UPHOLSTERY AND A HOLE IN MY SHOE BUT DON'T YOU JUST WISH THAT YOU COULD MAKE HALF OF THE

Imelda Mark Knopfler

she's going shopping shopping for shoes she wants them in magenta and caribbean blue platinium and buttercup liliac and black they fill a bucket up and laugh behind her back imelda baby imelda baby

Six Blade Knife Mark Knopfler

Six Blade Knife (Mark Knopfler) 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

The Car Was The One Mark Knopfler

In summer sixty three I was staying alive Hanging at the races, hoping to drive When they were done with the weekend and loading the cars I couldn't get a pass so I went to the bar I'm up in the corner

The Last Laugh Mark Knopfler

The Last Laugh (Mark Knopfler) Don't you love the sound Of the last laugh my friend Don't you love the sound Of the last laugh at the end Down in the guttar with the mad old soldiers Down in

Secondary Waltz Mark Knopfler

dim, loud in the gym Well, we've only got a little We've only got a little And it's you, you, you're a disgrace McIntyre tore us apart We dance with ourselves, when the find their space Waltzing

Done With Bonaparte Mark Knopfler

Done With Bonaparte (Mark Knopfler) We've paid in hell since Moscow burned As cossacks tear us piece by piece Our dead are strewn a hundred leagues Though death would be a sweet release And our

Roll With The Punches Mark Knopfler

Junkie's lyin' in his own vomit on the floor You gotta roll with the punches, little black boy That's what you got to do You got to roll with the punches Tap it baby There's all these boring people

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Rent Mark How do you document real life When real life is getting more Like fiction each day Headlines - bread-lines Blow my mind And now this deadline "Eviction - or pay" Rent Roger

The Fish And The Bird Mark Knopfler

When I gave my heart to a tinker boyHe said a fish could love a swallowAnd I will go with my traveling manWherever he goes, I will followHe will mend your pots and pansYour kitchen knives hell take and

So Far From The Clyde Mark Knopfler

They had a last supper the day of the beaching She's a dead ship sailing skeleton crew The galley is empty the stove pots are cooling Whats left of the stew The time is approaching the captain moves over

Heart Of Oak Mark Knopfler

And how he used to thrill the crowd The ready eye with bat and ball The village fighter, heavy browed The Englishman who had it all A mighty shoulder to the wheel To join in battle with the best The iron

The Fizzy And The Still Mark Knopfler

Sunday mornin, here we areThe boys come homeNot quite the movie starHes been in HollywoodThe boys come homeThe boys done goodHe says she asked too high a priceNeglecting to declareWhat sits between them

What It Is Mark Knopfler

What It Is (Mark Knopfler) The drinking dens are spilling out There's staggering in the square There's lads and lasses falling about And a crackling in the air Down around the dungeon doors

Waht It Is Mark Knopfler

hot food down The lights are out in city hall The castle and the keep The moon shines down upon it all The legless and asleep And it's cold on the tollgate With the wagons creeping through Cold

Privateering Mark Knopfler

The people on your man o\' war Are treated worse than scum I\'m no flogging captain And by God I\'ve sailed with some Come with me to Barbary We\'ll ply there up and down Not quite exactly In the

Weapon Of Prayer Mark Knopfler

Louvin) In that land across the sea there's a job for you and me Though our presence there may not be found We must stay standing there on the battle lines and pray We must never lay our weapons

Ride Across The River Mark Knopfler

Ride Across The River (Mark Knopfler) 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

Devil Baby Mark Knopfler

The freaks'll stay together They're a tight old crew You look at them And they look at you I love the ballyhoo girl But she don't care It's hard to find love anywhere Hard to find love anywhere The professor

Creole Angel Mark Knopfler

Creole Angel (Sonny Landreth) Bottle rocket combo got a corner on the crowd Under her old balcony above a bar called The Black Cat Prowl Setts off memories how she laughed every time I'd break

Expresso Love Mark Knopfler

Expresso Love (Mark Knopfler) 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

Song For Sonny Liston Mark Knopfler

he had a left like henry’s hammer a right like betty bamalam rode with the muggers in the dark and dread and all them sluggers went down like lead well he hung with the hoods he wouldn’t stroke

Follow The Flag Mark Knopfler

Follow The Flag (Randy Newman) You can stand alone Or with somebody else Or stand with all of us, together If you can believe In something bigger than yourself You can follow the flag forever

Before Gas And TV Mark Knopfler

Before gas and TV Before people had cars We'd sit around the fires Pass around our guitars Remembering songs When my daddy was home He'd play along On the spoons and a comb We'd go with the flow When the

Radio City Serenade Mark Knopfler

You've got to have no credit cards To know how good it feels The howling of the bridges The sidewalks bound with steel Sitting on the sidewalk With a party to arrange May you never change I stay

The Trawlerman's Song Mark Knopfler

dock with the trawlermen i know all the people there’s nobody new soon we’ll be leaving with the same old crew on the green water the tumbling sea they ain’t running like the good old days

You Can't Beat The House Mark Knopfler

"You can't fool a fooler I can tell When a John got jazzed By a Jezebel You can't beat the house You can't beat the house Tell the man, somebody You can't beat the house When these horn dogs

Love Over Gold Mark Knopfler

Love Over Gold (Mark Knopfler) You walk out on the high wire You're a dancer on thin ice You pay no heed to the danger And less to advice Your footsteps are forbidden But with knowledge of your

Quality Shoe Mark Knopfler

When Jack Frost came for Christmas With a brass monkey date The rail-king and the scarecrow Hopped a florlda freight And they blew on their paper cups And stared through the steam Then they drank half

Romeo And Juliet Mark Knopfler

Romeo And Juliet (Mark Knopfler) 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

The Ragpicker's Dream Mark Knopfler

WHEN JACK FROST CAME FOR CHRISTMAS WITH A BRASS MONKEY DATE THE RAIL-KING AND THE SCARECROW HOPPED A FLORLDA FREIGHT AND THEY BLEW ON THEIR PAPER CUPS AND STARED THROUGH THE STEAM THEN THEY DRANK HALF

Nightfalls Mark Knopfler

Nightfalls (Willy DeVille) When the morning breaks The sun comes up I'm still awake from the night before The hours pass I wait 'til when The stars come out And the moon is lit This magic

My Parties Mark Knopfler

My Parties (Mark Knopfler) 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?