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

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

Frankie And Johnny Mark Knopfler

we'd be true to each other Just as true as stars above I was her man, she caught me doing her wrong My luck in poker was fading When a new gal caught my eye I gambled, I tried to change my luck With

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

Weapon Of Prayer Mark Knopfler

We must stay standing there on the battle lines and pray We must never lay our weapons down We don't have to be a soldier in a uniform To be of service over there While the boys so bravely stand with

Are We In Trouble Now Mark Knopfler

Are We In Trouble Now (Mark Knopfler) It wasn't just the music It wasn't just the wine Some other kind of magic Was sending shivers up my spine Then I was falling And I fell for you, and how

Feel Like Going Home Mark Knopfler

Feel Like Going Home (Charlie Rich) Lord I feel like going home I tried and I failed and I'm tired and weary Everything I ever done was wrong And I feel like going home Lord I tried to see

Piper To The End Mark Knopfler

the day has almost gone Up above a choir of seabirds Turns to face the setting sun Now the evening dawn is calling And all the hills are burning red And before the night comes falling Clouds are lined with

Cool Drink Of Water Blues Mark Knopfler

It's done taken your fairo, blowed its smoke on you It's done taken your fairo, blowed its smoke on you, Lord, Lordy, Lord Lord, I asked the conductor, - could I ride the blinds?

He's The Man Mark Knopfler

What he got The others have not He's the man I said what he got The others have not He's the man Has to be done To be number one When the [Incomprehensible] down He'll turn it around 'Cause first there's

Mississippi Blues Mark Knopfler

back to my use-to-be Although that she have done me wrong Goin?

Silvertown Blues Mark Knopfler

Silvertown Blues (Mark Knopfler) On Silvertown way the cranes stand high Quiet and gray against the still of the sky They won't quit and lay down though the action has died They watch the new

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

Don't Crash The Ambulance Mark Knopfler

don’t often open up this floor since i handed in my gun what all these keys are for now my tour of duty’s done you got to know the switches now you got your turn watch and learn, junior watch and

New Orleans Wins The War Mark Knopfler

him a platform there in Jackson Square And the people came to hear him from everywhere They started to party and they partied some more 'Cause New Orleans had won the war (We knew we'd do it, we done

No Money At All Mark Knopfler

the T.V. screen, in the market place Some people got no money at all There are times when we forget There are times we all remember but yet Some people got no money at all This song is almost done

Hard Shoulder Mark Knopfler

down On the slip road Got a slip load And it's a hard Shoulder to cry on Hacksaws and hammers Brushes and mop And i've got the ladders Up on the top If something needs doing I always say You want it done

Yakety Axe Mark Knopfler

Hopin' they'll come out in some kinda of manner that'll make the yakety sound So if you're in the mood and your feet start tappin' And you feel laid back and your hands start clappin' Then I'll have done

Single Handed Sailor Mark Knopfler

Single Handed Sailor (Mark Knopfler) Two in the morning dry-dock town The river rolls away in the night Little gypsy moth she's all tied down She quiver in the wind and the light Yeah and a

Secondary Waltz Mark Knopfler

bleeding Nobody's tattered and torn McIntyre's 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

Roll With The Punches Mark Knopfler

Roll With The Punches (Randy Newman) They say that people are livin' in the street No food in their belly, no shoes on their feet Six black children livin' in a burned-up room One bare light bulb

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

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 with

Privateering Mark Knopfler

my privateer See how trim she lies To every man a lucky hand And every man a prize I live to ride the ocean The mighty world around To take a little plunder And to hear the cannon sound To lay with

So Far From The Clyde Mark Knopfler

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 The hang man steps in to do what hes paid for With

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

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

People curse the government And shovel 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

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

Long Cool Girl Mark Knopfler

All I do is think of you As I go around the world All I do is think of you Long, cool girl Long, cool girl I like to say her name Long, cool girl With a showgirl frame You took a look at me I took a look

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

Sands Of Nevada Mark Knopfler

Sands Of Nevada (Mark Knopfler) These tables are haunted By the ghost of Las Vegas Their chips were once mountains But they came here to play They could take me if they wanted But I have nothing

Creole Angel Mark Knopfler

(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 her silence with

Devil Baby Mark Knopfler

He'll get the tip on in From the midway mud You gotta have the sawdust in the blood Gotta have the sawdust in the blood See the pig-faced man and the monkey girl Come see the big fat lady 'Gator slim with

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

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

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

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

Song For Sonny Liston Mark Knopfler

was the second to the last one born his mamma ran away and his daddy beat him bad and he grew up wild good love he never had he had a left like henry’s hammer a right like betty bamalam rode with

The Trawlerman's Song Mark Knopfler

and stores laying up awhile before i’m back on board they’re patching her up to go fishing again they’re welding her rudder scrubbing her keel scars on her belly need time to heal in the dock with

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

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

Old Pigweed Mark Knopfler

You got your toecaps reinforced with steel Hard-wearing sole and heel Make those tired feet feel like new Take your pick, black or brown Great for the country or the man in town You're gonna need a quality

Hot Or What Mark Knopfler

She came on the river With a gift for me I'm in way deep That's how it has to be It's hot in the desert But I'm cool in the zone People call me lucky But I say you make your own I'm on a roll Yeah I'm

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

You Can't Beat The House Mark Knopfler

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 Get lucky with

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

Sultans Of Swing Mark Knopfler

Sultans Of Swing (Mark Knopfler) 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

Sultans of Swing (live) Mark Knopfler

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 honky tonk just like anything Saving it up for Friday night With