Dire Straits (67,94 %)
Brothers in Arms (87,63 %)
In collection
Released: 1985-05-13
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
1
Year (1985):
2
Decade (1980's):
19
Overall:
111
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1.
So Far Away
 05:12
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2.
Money for Nothing
08:27
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3.
Walk of Life
04:13
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4.
Your Latest Trick
06:34
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5.
Why Worry
08:31
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6.
Ride Across the River
06:58
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7.
The Man's Too Strong
 04:40
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8.
One World
 03:41
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9.
Brothers in Arms
 07:00
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Album length:
55:16
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Lyrics |
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1.
So Far Away
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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 far away from me You're so far away from me I'm tired of being in love and being all alone When you're so far away from me I'm tired of making out on the telephone And you're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away from me I get so tired of having to explain When you're so far away from me See you've been in the sun and I've been in the rain And you're so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can't see So far away from me You're so far away from me |
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2.
Money for Nothing
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I want my, I want my, I want my MTV Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the M.T.V. That ain't working, that's the way you do it Money for nothing and your chicks for free Now that ain't working, that's the way you do it Let me tell you, them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We got to install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators We got to move these colour TV's The little faggot with the earring and the make-up Yeah buddy, that's his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he's a millionaire We got to install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators We got to move these colour TV's We got to install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators We got to move these colour TV's Look at that, look at that I should've learned to play the guitar I should've learned to play them drums Look at that mama, she got it sticking in the camera Man we could have some And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises? Banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee That ain't working, that's the way you do it Get your money for nothing get your chicks for free We got to install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators We got to move these colour TV's Listen here Now that ain't working, that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't working, that's the way you do it Money for nothing and your chicks for free Money for nothing, chicks for free Get your money for nothing, chicks for free Get your money for nothing, chicks for free It's money for nothing, chicks for free It's money for nothing, chicks for free Money for nothing, chicks for free Get your money for nothing, chicks for free Money for nothing, chicks for free Get your money for nothing, chicks for free Look at that, look at that I want my, I want my, I want my MTV |
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3.
Walk of Life
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Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels trying to make it pay He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet loving woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down my walking shoes Here comes Johnny with the power and glory Backbeat the talkin' blues He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day He do the song about the sweet loving woman He do the song about the knife He do the walk, he do the walk of life Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning the night time into day And after all the violence and double talk There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife You do the walk, you do the walk of life |
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4.
Your Latest Trick
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All the late night bargains have been struck Between the satin beans and their bells Prehistoric garbage trucks Got the city to themselves Echoes and the roars dinosaurs They're all doing the monster mash And most of the taxis and the whores Are only taking calls for cash I don't know how it happened It all took please so quick But all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick My door was standing open Security was laid back and lax But it was only my heart got broken You must have had a pass key made out of wax You played robbery with insolence And I played the blues in twelve bars on Lover's Lane And you never did have the intelligence to use The twelve keys hanging off my chain I don't know how it happened It all took please so quick But all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick Now it's past last call far alcohol Past recall has been here and gone The landlord finally paid us all The satin jazzmen have put away their horns And we're standing outside of these wonderlands Looking so bereaved and so bereft Like a bowery bum when he finally understands The bottle's empty and there's nothing left I don't know how it happened It all took please so quick But all I can do is hand it to you And your latest trick |
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5.
Why Worry
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Baby, I see this world has made you sad Some people can be bad The things they do the things they say But baby, I'll wipe away those bitter tears I'll chase away those restless fears And turn your blue skies into gray Why worry There should be laughter after pain There should be sunshine after rain These things have always been the same So why worry now Why worry now Baby, when I get down I turn to you And you make sense of what I do And all the isn't hard is the same But baby, just when this world seems mean and cold Our love comes shinning red and gold And all the rest is by the way Why worry There should be laughter after pain There should be sunshine after rain These things have always been the same So why worry now Why worry now |
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6.
Ride Across the River
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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 across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side I'm a soldier of fortune, I'm a dog of war And we don't give a damn who the killing is for It's the same old story with a different name Death or glory, it's the killing game Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side Nothing gonna stop them as the day follows the night Right becomes wrong, the left becomes the right And they sing as they march with their flags unfurled Today in the mountains, tomorrow the world Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side |
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7.
The Man's Too Strong
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I am just an aging drummer boy And in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune to many a torture session Now they say I am a war criminal And I'm fading away Father, please hear my confession I have legalized robbery And called it relief I have run with the money I have hid like a thief Rewritten histories with armies and my crooks Invented memories I did burn all the books And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man's too big The man's too strong Well, I've tried to be meek I have tried to be mild But I spat like a woman And I sulked like a child Hid behind walls that have made me alone Striven for peace Which I never have known And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man's too big The man's too strong Well, the sun rose on the courtyard And we all did hear him say "You always was a Judas, But I got you anyway. You may have got your silver But I swear upon my life Your sister gave me diamonds And I gave 'em to your wife." Oh father, please help me For I have done wrong The man's too big The man's too strong |
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One World
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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 for your actions Or I don't much like the reasoning you use Somehow your motives are impure Or somehow I can't find the cure Can't find no antidote for blues They say it's mostly vanity That writes the plays we act They tell me that's what everybody knows There's no such thing as sanity And that's the sanest fact That's the way the story goes Can't get no remedy on my TV There's nothing but the same old news They can't find a way to be One world in harmony Can't get no antidote for blues |
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9.
Brothers in Arms
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These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Someday you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn to be Brothers in arms Through these fields of destruction Baptisms of fire I've witnessed your suffering As the battle raged higher And though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell and The moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line in your palm We are fools to make war On our brothers in arms |