Dire Straits
"Sultans Of Swing"
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You get a shiver in the dark .
It's raining in the park, but meantime .
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South of the river you stop and you hold everything
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A band is blowin' dixie double four time
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You feel alright when you hear that music ring .
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And now you step inside, but you don't see too many faces .
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Comin' in out of the rain, you hear the jazz go down
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Competition in other places
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Oh, but the horns, they blowin that sound(Bb Bb C)
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Way on down south, way on down south London town
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You check out guitar, George .
He knows all the chords .
Mind he's strictly rhythm .
He doesn't wanna make it cry or sing
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Yes, and an old guitar is all he can afford
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When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
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And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene .
He's got a daytime job, he's doin' alright
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He can play the "Honk Tonk" like anything
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Savin' it up for friday night
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With the "Sultans"
With the "Sultans of Swing"
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And a crowd of young boys, they're fooling around in the corner .
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
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They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
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It ain't what they call rock and roll
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And the "Sultans"
Yeah, the 'Sultans' played Creole, Creole
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And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone .
And says, "At last", just as the time bell rings
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"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"
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And he makes it fast with one more thing
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We are the "Sultans", we are the "Sultans of Swing"
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