Тексты песен DIRE STRAITS

Well there,s 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 t

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

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 brother

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

We wanna get a statement for Jesus' sake It's like a talking to the wall He's saying to make No comment to make He's saying nothing at all Yeah but in the communique You know he&

Sweet surrender on the quayside You remember we used to run and hide In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one at a time And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline Near misses o

She gets the sun in the daytime Perfume in the dusk And she comes out in the night time Withe the honeysuckle musk Because she smells just like a rose And she takes like a peach She got me walking wh

I wonder where you are tonight You're probably on the rampage somewhere You have been known to take delight In gettin' in somebody's hair And you always had the knack Fade to black I

The sky is crying the streets are full of tears Rain come down wash away my fears And all this writing on the wall Oh I can read between the lines Rain come down forgive this dirty town Rain come dow

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 you wanna run cool If you wan

How long, how long baby How long has it been How long you gonna keep me wondering How long before you see Stallin' me was wrong - how long How long, how long you gonna keep Slappin' my han

Harry made a bareback rider proud and free upon a horse And a fine coalminer for the NCB that was A fallen angel and Jesus on the cross A skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater'

With all the clarity of dream The sky so blue, the grass so green The rank and file and the navy blue The deep and strong, the straight and true The blue line they got the given sign The belts and boo

I hear the Seven Deadly Sins and the Terrible Twins came to call on you the bigger they are babe the harder they fall on you and you you're always the same you persevere on the same old pleasure

Lady Writer on the t.v. Talk about the Virgin Mary Reminded me of you Expectations left to come up to yeah Lady Writer on the t.v. Yeah, she had another quality The way you used to look And I know y

Les boys do cabaret Les boys are glad to be gay They're not afraid now Disco bar in Germany Les boys are glad to be Upon parade now Les boys got leather straps Les boys got ss caps But they got

Red sun go down way over dirty town Starling are sweeping around crazy shoals A girl is there high heeling across the square Wind blows around in her hair and the flags upon the poles Waiting in the

Red sun go down way over dirty town Starling are sweeping around crazy shoals A girl is there high heeling across the square Wind blows around in her hair and the flags upon the poles Waiting in the c

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 a knowledge of your sin You throw your love

Look at them yo-yo\'s That\'s the way you do it Play the banjo on the MTV That ain\'t workin\' that\'s the way to do it Money for nothin\' chicks for free That ain\'t working that\'s the way to d

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? That ain't the best part baby - just wait That's a genuine weath

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 He's burning the grass He

There's gotta be a record of you someplace 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 Somewher

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 room to pass Sunday driver never took a te

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 In a bar they call the

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 gotta travel light now She

It's a mystery to me - the game commences for the usual fee - plus expenses confidential information - it's not a public inquiry I go checking out the reports - digging up the dirt you get

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 our lives if we must Gonna ride acr

A love struck Romeo sings a streetsuss serenade Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made Finds a convenient streetlight steeps out of the shade Says something like you and me babe how about

You say I'm the greatest bound for glory Well the word is out and I learned I got the latest side of the story You're pulling out before you get burned Well your hands are squeezing me dow

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 the sailing ship just held down in chains From th

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 for you You can take away my mind l

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 dances Same old cruise and the k

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 dances Same old cruise and the ke

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 So far away from me So far I just can't see So

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 I'm so surprised when the tide roll

Southbound again I don't know if I'm going or leaving home Boy got to be moving Seems like the boy is bound to roam Southbound again got no money I've got no place to go That woman�

You get a shiver in the dark It's been raining in the park but meantime South of the river you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie double four time You feel all right when you h

A long time ago came a man on a track walking thirty miles with a pack on his back and he put down his load where he thought it was the best he made a home in the west he built a cabin and a winter s

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 you mak

'm just an ageing drummer boy And in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune To many a tortune session Now they say I am war criminal And I'm fading away So father please hear

I can see what you're looking to find In the smile on my face In my peace of mind In my state of grace I send what I can To the man from the ministry He's a part of heaven's plan And h

Getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that I choose Sing about the sixblade sing about sing about the switchback and a fortune tattoo And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars

We're going on a holiday now Gonna take a villa, a small chalet On the Costa del Magnifico Where the cost of living is so low Yeah, we're gonna be so neat Dance to the Eurobeat Yeah, we

Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta a Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it play He got the action, he got the motion Ye

High and dry in the long hot day Lost and lonely in every way Got the flats all around me sky up above I need a little water of love I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain Crying out

There's a shadow hanging over the valley A total eclipse of the moon Closing up the gates of the city The wind it plays a wild tune Don't you put a lock on your window Don't you p

If we can't get along we oughtta be apart And I'm wondering where'd you get that cold, cold heart Set me free - sign my release I'm tired of being the villain of the piece You been givin' me a b

here 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 thin

here d'ya think you're going Don't you know it's dark outside Where d'ya think you're going Don't you care about my pride Where d'ya think you're going I

Baby I see this world has made you sad Some people can be bad The things they do, the thing they say But baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears I'll chase away those restless jears That tur

Stepping out to Angellucci's for my coffee beans Checking out the movies and the magazines Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar I'm getting a pickup for my steel guitar I s

Will you and your friend come around Are you and your friend gonna get on down Will you and your friend come around Or are you and your friend gonna let me down If you talk to one another I'm a hungry

All the late night bargains have been struck Between the satin beans and their bells And prehistoric garbage trucks Have the city to themselves Echoes and the roars dinosaurs They're all doing t