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Sultans of Swin'
00. Dire Straits
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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 blowing Dixie, double-four time
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You feel alright when you hear the music ring
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Now you step inside
But you don't see too many faces
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Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
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Competition in other places
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Ah, but the horns, they're blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south, London town
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You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords
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Mind he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
They've said an old guitar is all he can afford
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 doing alright
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He can play the honky-tonk like anything
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Saving it up for Friday night
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With the Sultans
With the Sultans of Swing
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Yeah
And a crowd of young boys
They're fooling around in the corner
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Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies
And their platform soles
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, they play Creole
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Creole band
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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
"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"
Then 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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