I got shot off my horse
So what? 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
Me underground
Not yet anyway
But either on the strip
Or on the edge of town
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to play
Yeah, you ought to stay
Right where you are
In sawdust land
It's probably the
Safest place to be
With your
Greasy little pork pies
And your shoestring hands
It makes
No difference to me
All those directions
Which we never took
To go our different ways
Who went and wrote
The oldest story in the book?
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to play
Curl up inside
A boxcar dream
And disappear
With a couple
Low roller friends
You were never one
For trouble
So get out of here
I knew the game
Was dangerous back then
But nobody's breezing
Through these swinging doors
Just ups and walks away
Everybody has to leave
Some blood here on the floor
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to play
The lyrics EVERYBODY PAYS of MARK KNOPFLER is also present in the album Shangri-la (2004)
Mark Freuder Knopfler (nacque il 12 agosto 1949) è un cantautore, chitarrista, compositore e produttore discografico britannico. Noto per la sua tecnica di chitarra raffinata e le melodie memorabili, ha raggiunto fama internazionale come leader del gruppo Dire Straits, con cui ha venduto oltre 120 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo. Knopfler è considerato uno dei chitarristi più influenti della storia del rock, apprezzato per la sua capacità di creare atmosfere evocative e intricate attraverso l'uso di tecniche fingerpicking e arpeggi. Dopo lo scioglimento dei Dire Straits nel 1995, Knopfler ha intrapreso una carriera da solista di grande successo, pubblicando album come "Sailing to Philadelphia" (1999) e "Get Lucky" (2007). Ha anche composto colonne sonore per film come "Local Hero" (1983), "The Princess Bride" (1987) e "Cal". Tra i brani più famosi di Knopfler figurano "Sultans of Swing", "Money for Nothing", "Romeo and Juliet" e "Brothers in Arms".
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