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

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

Baloney Again Mark Knopfler

Baloney Again (Mark Knopfler) We don't eat in no white restaurant We're eating in the car Baloney again, baloney again We don't sleep in no white hotel bed We're sleepin' in the car, baloney

No Can Do Mark Knopfler

No Can Do (Mark Knopfler) Skint in a material world I did a warehouse stint for southsea girl It was Hong Kong clothes for cash Everybody got treated worse than trash Punch the card in the company

Millionaire Blues Mark Knopfler

Millionaire Blues (Mark Knopfler) I woke up this morning, my Jacuzzi wouldn't work Then the butler quit on me, man, can you believe it? Jerk!

5:15 Am Mark Knopfler

snow laying all around a collier cycles home from his night shift underground past the silent pub primary school, workingmens club on the road from the pithead the churchyard packed with mining

I'm The Fool Mark Knopfler

I never thought I'd be the one To be the raging bull There'd always be a smoking gun Who'd up and lose his cool I never thought I'd have to say I'm sorry, my love, because I'm the fool I never Fool

This Is Us Mark Knopfler

This is us down at the Mardi Gras This is us In your Daddy’s Car You and the missing link Yeah, I’d had a little too much to drink,now Too long in the sun Having too much fun You and me and our memories

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

Mighty Man Mark Knopfler

A room on the top floor And the chest all but knackered Two fingers not working And the back's shot to hell It's a lifetime of digging trenches In the cold and wet weather And for laying half the roadway

Haul Away Mark Knopfler

Was a windless night when you left the ship You never were a steady bold one I gave my hand Ah but you did slip I’m a living man and your a cold one Haul away Haul away from My love’s as fair

Skateaway Mark Knopfler

Skateaway (Mark Knopfler) I seen a girl on a one way corridor Stealing down a wrong way street For all the world like an urban toreador She had wheels on on her feet Well the cars do the usual

Quality Shoe Mark Knopfler

And a coffee refill as The rail-king lay rocking He was leaving the ground Then he was flying like santa claus Over the town where He came to the window Of a house by a stream It was a family christmas

The Ragpicker's Dream Mark Knopfler

AND A COFFEE REFILL AS THE RAIL-KING LAY ROCKING HE WAS LEAVING THE GROUND THEN HE WAS FLYING LIKE SANTA CLAUS OVER THE TOWN WHERE HE CAME TO THE WINDOW OF A HOUSE BY A STREAM IT WAS A FAMILY CHRISTMAS

Just One Time Mark Knopfler

Just One Time (Don Gibson) If I could see you just one time Oh how it'd ease my troubled mind If I could hold you just one time And then pretend that you're still mine Oh, how I miss you so

Postcards From Paraguay Mark Knopfler

one thing was leading to the next i bit off more than i could chew i had the power to sign the cheques it wasn’t difficult to do i couldn’t stay and face the music so many reasons why i won’t be

Two Young Lovers Mark Knopfler

Two Young Lovers (Mark Knopfler) It was the last day of summer It was the first of a new romance He walked into her on the corner She said, I don't dance He said, Baby let me teach you She

A Night In Summer Long Ago Mark Knopfler

A Night In Summer Long Ago (Mark Knopfler) My lady may I have this dance Forgive a knight who knows no shame My lady may I have this dance And lady may I know your name You danced upon a soldier's

Precious Angel Mark Knopfler

Precious Angel (Bob Dylan) Precious angel, under the sun How was I to know you'd be the one To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone How weak was the foundation I was standing upon?

Spanish Jack Mark Knopfler

Spanish Jack (Willy DeVille & Mark Knopfler) Spanish Jack had a Cadillac That he always parked around the corner He wore his hat tipped to the side Like a pimp on Easter morning I was on the

Speedway At Nazareth Mark Knopfler

Speedway At Nazareth (Mark Knopfler) After two thousand came two thousand and one To be the new champions we were there for to run From springtime in Arizona 'til the fall in Monterey And the

Speedway To Nazareth Mark Knopfler

After two thousand came two thousand and one To be the new champions we were there for to run From springtime in Arizona 'til the fall in Monterey And the raceways were the battlefields and we fought

Marbletown Mark Knopfler

Everything was in there That you'd want to see Corned beef and onions And true love Turnips and tinned tomatoes Parsnips and a few potatoes A couple extra blessings From above Now this here mingle-mangle

Everybody Pays Mark Knopfler

i’m up again and playing in one of these big saloons on main you can come up here take a look around these sinners’ dens you’re only ever going to find one or two real games nobody’s driving

Song For Sonny Liston Mark Knopfler

song for sonny liston so many mouths to feed on the farm sonny 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

Heavy Fuel Mark Knopfler

Heavy Fuel (Mark Knopfler) 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 'cos if

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

Cannibals Mark Knopfler

Cannibals (Mark Knopfler) Well he's daddy's little boy he plays with his toys He holds on to his daddy's hand His daddy says Sonny you're a big strong boy You're gonna be a big strong man And

Brothers In Arms Mark Knopfler

he plays with his toys He holds on to his daddy's hand His daddy says Sonny you're a big strong boy You're gonna be a big strong man And they go play catch they go play ball They go take a walk along the

Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts Mark Knopfler

Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts (Mark Knopfler) Me and my mate we think you're great Some we like and some we hate I know him I've seen him on the adverts Got any badges posters stickers or

New Orleans Wins The War Mark Knopfler

New Orleans Wins The War (Randy Newman) Don't remember much about my baby days But I been told We used to live on Willow near the Garden Distric Next to the Sugar Bowl Momma used to wheel me

Big River (ft. Mark Knopfler) Jimmy Nail

Walking on cobble stone, little bits of skin and bone Jumping on the tram car for a ride I can remember then, I was just a boy of ten Hanging out along the old quayside Not all the capstans and the

One World Mark Knopfler

One World (Mark Knopfler) Can't find no sleeves for my records Can't get no laces for my shoes Can't get no fancy notes On my blue guitar Can't get no antidote for blues Can't find the reasons

Don't Crash The Ambulance Mark Knopfler

learn now you will get your trouble spots here’s one from down voodoo way bragged he had me by the you-know-whats very funny, you don’t say the big enchilada stealing elections had to go down

Solid Rock Mark Knopfler

Solid Rock (Mark Knopfler) Well take a look at that I made a castle in the sand Saying this is where it's at you know Couldn't understand now If I realised that the chances were slim How come

Be Mine Mark Knopfler

Be Mine (Kimmie Rhodes) When the green, green spring Is waiting for the sun to shine It knows the sun will shine In time... in time How long until the dawn? Is there any sign?

Wonderful Tonight Mark Knopfler

Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) It's late in the evening She's wondering what clothes to wear She puts on her make up And brushes her long blonde hair And then she asks me Do I look alright

Today Is Okay Mark Knopfler

Well we like to have some friends around Do the twist to Ray Charles and James Brown After lunch I'll maybe take a nap I like a nap before a scrap Honey pass me more of them peas Mm I do like these 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

Skydiver Mark Knopfler

I've been banned from every racecourse in the country There's something about the unsure thing Like scoring with a beauty of the county It always makes the old bell ring I like to go for broke and I'll

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

River Towns Mark Knopfler

I came in three days early To meet my boat It ain't the life of Riley But it's keeping me afloat It's quiet over Christmas If you got no place to go I got my home from river rats The only home I know I

Nobody's Got The Gun Mark Knopfler

Nobody's got to be the number one. Nobody's got to be the number one. Nobody's got to be the number one, nobody's got to be, nobody's got the gun.

One More Matinee Mark Knopfler

One More Matinee (Mark Knopfler) Here's one of the two of us In 1954 don't laugh I keep all of the pictures Are you going to take a photograph Here's something nice for you A dear old thing

The Bug Mark Knopfler

The Bug (Mark Knopfler) Well it's a strange old game - you learn it slow One step forward and it's back to go You're standing on the throttle You're standing on the brakes In the groove 'til

Kingdom Come Mark Knopfler

Kingdom Come (Mark Knopfler) I tell you what!

One Way Gal Mark Knopfler

One Way Gal One thing I like about that gal of mine One thing I like about that gal of mine One thing I like about that gal of mine She treats me right and loves me all the time Sometimes I'm

Blood And Water Mark Knopfler

Blood and water bound to overflow Blood and water bound to overflow Well there's no more high water But the Old Man's just waiting I know He was sent up on the levee Now they've gone up country

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

Telegraph Road Mark Knopfler

Telegraph Road (Mark Knopfler) A long time ago came a man on a track Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back And he put down his load where he thought it was the best He made a home in the