Communiqué
Dire Straits
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Once Upon a Time in the West
05 : 26
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News
04 : 13
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Where Do You Think You’re Going?
03 : 50
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Communiqué
05 : 50
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Lady Writer
03 : 45
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Angel of Mercy
04 : 35
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Portobello Belle
04 : 30
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Single-Handed Sailor
04 : 41
9
Follow Me Home
05 : 51
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Track Lyrics
Once Upon a Time in the West Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Some people get a cheap laugh
Breaking up the speed limit
Scaring the pedestrians for a minute
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
Leaving just enough for room to pass
Sunday driver never took a test
Oh yes, once upon a time in the west
[Verse 2]
Yes and it's no use saying
That you don't know nothing
It's still going to get you if you don't do something
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous course
Oh, you could even catch a bullet
From the peace-keeping force
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Oh yes, once upon a time in the west
[Instrumental break 2:08-3:06]
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
Mother Mary your children are slaughtered
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughters
Who's protecting the innocenti
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
Tell me how we're going to do what's best
You guessed: once upon a time in the west
[Outro]
Oh yes, once upon a time in the west
Oh yes, once upon a time in the west
Oh yes, once upon a time in the west
Oh yes, once upon a time in the west
News Lyrics
[Chorus]
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It take the shine off his shoes
He says it's a shame
"You know, it may be a game
Ah, but I won't play to lose"
[Verse 1]
He's burning the grass
He take up a glass
He swallow it neat
He crosses the floor
He open the door
He take a sniff of the street
[Bridge]
And she tell him that he's crazy
She's a-saying
"Hey baby, I'm your wife"
Yeah, she tell him that he's crazy
For gambling a-with his life
[Verse 2]
But he climbs on his horse
You know he feel no remorse
He just a-kicks it alive
His motor is fine
He take it over the line
Until he's ready to dive
[Guitar solo]
[Bridge]
And she tell him that he's crazy
Yes, she's saying
"Listen baby, I'm your wife"
Yeah, she tell him that he's crazy
For gambling a-with his life
[Chorus]
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It take the shine off his shoes
He says it's a shame
"You know, it may be a game
Ah, but I won't play to lose"
[Outro]
He sticks to his guns
He take the road as it comes
It take the shine off his shoes
He's too fast to stop
He take it over the top
He make a line in the news
Where Do You Think You’re Going? Lyrics
[Chorus]
Where do you think you're going?
Don't you know it's dark outside?
Where do you think you're going?
Don't you care about my pride?
Where do you think you're going?
I think a-you don't know
You got no way of knowing
'Cause you've got no place you can go
[Verse]
I understand your changes
How long before you reach the door
I know where you think you're going
I know what you came here for
And now I'm sick of joking
You know I like you to be free
A-where do you think you're going?
I think you'd better go with me, girl
You say there is no reason
But you still find cause to doubt me
When you ain't with me, girl
You're going to be without me, yeah
[Chorus]
Where do you think you're going?
Don't you know it's dark outside?
Where do you think you're going?
I wish I didn't care about my pride
And now I'm sick of joking
You know I like you to be free, girl
Where do you think you're going?
I think you'd better go with me, girl
[Outro]
Come on!
Hey!
[Instrumental outro 2:47-3:50]
[Guitar solo]
Communiqué Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They want to 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
[Pre-Chorus]
But in the communiqué, you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he means
Maybe on a Monday, he got something to say
[Chorus]
Communication
Communiqué
Communiqué
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
But in the communiqué, you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he means
Maybe on a Monday, he got something to say
[Chorus]
Communication
Communiqué
Communiqué
[Verse 3]
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 a hall
And you don't have to worry with the previous release
Right now, he's saying nothing at all
[Pre-Chorus]
But in the communiqué, you know he's gonna come clean
Think what he say, say what he means
Maybe on a Monday, he got something to say
[Chorus]
Communication
Communiqué
Communiqué
[Guitar solo]
[Outro]
Communication
Communique
Communication
Communique
Lady Writer Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Reminded me of you
Expectation 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
[Chorus]
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
[Verse 2]
Lady writer on the TV
She had all the brains and the beauty
The picture does not fit
You'd talk to me when you felt like it
[Chorus]
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
[Bridge]
Yes and your rich old man
You know he'd a call her a dead ringer
You got the same command
Plus your mother was a Jazz singer
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Oh, yeah
Another time, another place
[Verse 3]
Lady writer on the TV (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 (Lady writer on the TV)
Talking about the Virgin Mary (Lady writer)
Yeah, you know I'm talking about you and me (Lady writer on the TV)
And the lady writer on the TV
Take it to the lady writer on the TV (Lady writer on the TV)
Talking about the Virgin Mary (lady writer)
Yeah, you know I'm talking about you and me (Lady writer on the TV)
And the lady writer on the TV
[Outro]
(Lady writer on the TV
Lady writer
Lady writer on the TV
Lady writer on the TV
Lady writer
Lady writer on the TV
Lady writer on the TV
Lady writer)
Angel of Mercy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well there's a Peter Pan moon, shepherd's delight
I got the dragon at noon, yes and I won the fight
Now I want my reward in heaven tonight, just like you promised
Angel of Mercy, you'll come to no harm
Angel of Mercy, there's no need for alarm
The knight in his armour wants a night in your arms
You know he's honest
[Chorus]
Angel of Mercy, angel delight
Give me my reward in Heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of Mercy give me Heaven tonight
[Verse 2]
Well now it's too late for talking we can talk later on
Let the saxophone play us till the chorus of dawn
And all I need is a little oblivion, you don't need protection
Well now here come the moonlight down on your bed
Angel of mercy let your heart rule your head
I don't want your money, I want you instead
Don't need rejection yeah
[Chorus]
Angel of Mercy, angel delight
Give me my reward in Heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of Mercy give me Heaven tonight
[Verse 3]
Well if you cross your heart
And spit and swear upon the grave of your mother
You got to get into it, you gotta tell me that I'm more than a lover
[Chorus]
Angel of Mercy, angel delight
Give me my reward in Heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of Mercy give me Heaven tonight
Yeah, angel of Mercy, angel delight
Give me my reward in Heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of Mercy give me Heaven tonight
Angel of Mercy, angel delight
Give me my reward in Heaven tonight
And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
Angel of Mercy give me Heaven tonight
[Outro]
Hey, angel of mercy
Help me baby
Angel of mercy
Portobello Belle Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Bella donna's on the high street
Her breasts upon the off beat
And the stalls are just the side shows
Victoriana's old clothes
And yes, her jeans are tight now
She got to travel light now
She got to turn up all her roots now
She got to turn up for the boots now
[Chorus]
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no English rose
Ah, but the blind singer
He's seen enough and he knows
Yes, and he do a song about a long-gone Irish girl
Ah, but I got one for you, Portobello Belle
[Verse 2]
She sees a man upon his back there
Escaping from a sack there
And bella donna lingers
Her gloves ain't got no fingers
Yeah, the blind man sing in Irish
He get his money in a tin dish
Just a corner serenader
Upon a time he could have made her, made her
[Chorus]
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no English rose
Ah, but the blind singer
He's seen enough and he knows
Yes, and he do a song about a long-gone Irish girl
Ah, but I got one for you, Portobello Belle
[Verse 3]
Yes, and the barrow boys are hawking
And the parakeet's squawking
Upon a truck there is a rhino
She get the crying of a wino
And then she hear the reggae rumble
Bella donna's in the jungle
But she is no garden flower
There is no distress in the tower
[Outro]
Bella donna walks
Bella donna taking a stroll
She don't care about your window box or your buttonhole
Yes, and she sing a song about a long-gone Irish girl
Ah, but I got one for you, Portobello Belle
[Instrumental outro]
Single-Handed Sailor Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Two in the morning, dry-dock town
The rivers rolls away in the night
Little Gipsy Moth she's all tied down
She quiver in the wind and the light
Yeah, and a sailing ship just held down in chains
From the lazy days of sail
She's just lying there in silent pain
He lean on the tourist rail
A mother and her baby and the college of war
In the concrete graves
You never want to fight against the river law
Nobody rules the waves
[Chorus]
Yeah and on a night when the lazy wind is a-wailing
Around the Cutty Sark
Single handed sailor goes sailing
Sailing away in the dark
[Verse 2]
He's upon the bridge on the self same night
The mariner of dry dock land
Two in the morning, but there is one green light
And a man on the barge of sand
She's going to slip away below him
Away from the things he's done
But he just shouts "Hey man, what do you call this thing?"
He could have said "Pride of London"
[Chorus]
On a night when the lazy wind is a-wailing
Around the Cutty Sark
Yeah the single handed sailor goes sailing
Sailing away in the dark
[Instrumental outro 2:48-4:43]
Follow Me Home Lyrics
[Instrumental intro 0:00-1:48]
[Verse 1]
Oh well the sun go down
Celebration in the town tonight
All day long
They been slaughtering upon the stone
Share out the meat
Yeah, you really like to eat
[Chorus]
Come on woman
Come follow me home
[Verse 2]
Well, the priest he cries
Virgins ascending to the skies tonight
All day long
I have passed my time alone
And when the church bell rung
I stayed out on the tower
In a dying sun
[Chorus]
Now come on woman
Come follow me home
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
Well I don't need no priest
But I love all of the people
Yes I share the feast
So drink up my wine
Yes and the song in my bones
I know the way
I can see by the moonlight
Clear as the day
[Chorus]
Come on woman
Come follow me home
[Instrumental outro 4:21-5:50]