Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing Lyrics






You get a shiver in the dark
It's 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 alright when you hear that music ring

Well, now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Oh, but the horns, they're blowing that sound
Way on down south, way on down south London town

You check out guitar, George
He knows all the chords
Mind it's strictly rhythm
He doesn't wanna make it cry or sing
Left-handed old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans, with the Sultans of Swing

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
They don't give a damn about any trumpet-playing band
It ain't what they call "Rock 'n' Roll"
And the Sultans, yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole, Creole

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,
"We are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of Swing."





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  1. c.... X....

    one of the best solo guitar with the comfortably numb ♥

  2. d.... N....

    The lead guitar is just so good, but why is no one talking about how good the bass line is

  3. P.... S....

    Quem não gosta não sabe o que é música.

  4. K.... R....

    We on down south .....London Town!

  5. K.... R....

    Best songs created by them

  6. S.... ....

    Who is here because of Jojo?

  7. S.... D....

    Good riding music 🎶

  8. C.... A....

    Down south London town

  9. K.... N....

    That solo tho

  10. K.... N....

    When ur black and u love this ish but ur mandem cant understand how deep it runs

  11. L.... S....

    I thank my dad for my love of music like this

  12. M.... L....

    Nasci na época errada, só pode..isso que é msc

  13. O.... A....

    Quién diciembre 19 ???

  14. O.... A....

    Excelente rola

  15. J.... H....

    Back when the drugs were clean and the sex was dirty

  16. T.... S....

    these lyrics somehow made me want to listen to dethklok at the end.

  17. M.... S....

    If you listen closely , very closely, at 0:00 you can actually hear the song begin.






    you're all welcome, thanks

  18. J.... M....

    This is the epitome of "Dad music"

    J.... M....

    *good music*

  19. B.... O....

    And thus, my aural love affair with Mark Knopfler begins, so many of my friends disliked it, guessing I was the cool one after all!

  20. �.... �....

    Такая муз мнне нраеится всю жизнь .

  21. A.... G....

    Coloca na velocidade 2x kkk muito bom

  22. H.... S....

    Nasci na época errado. Amo essa música

  23. J.... J....

    Brilliant sounds thanks for tha music 👍

  24. J.... L....

    Os sultões do suíngue

  25. J.... P....

    Rest in peace Dire. At your died in a cool way.

  26. B.... D....

    He really takes off at 4:57 and by 5:17 im in tears. What happened to music?? ( by the way, I hate it when radio stations cut off this beautiful solo at the end as they sometimes do)

  27. E.... M....

    Estou completamente apaixonado, por ti...

  28. M.... ....

    so sick

  29. N.... S....

    Eu tenho 18 anos e amooooo esses tipos de miau🖤

  30. L.... K....

    Reminds me of my cousins salon back in the mid 90's

  31. B.... d....

    Perfeita essa música!

  32. A.... 1....

    Dezembro 2019 ❤️💪😎

  33. h.... t....

    I know you are here only for the guitar at 5:17

  34. M.... L....

    Clássico relíquia viver é recorda

  35. D.... G....

    Not short of fantastic.

  36. D.... G....

    Mark knopher is one of the most incredible guitarist alive.

  37. D.... C....

    Thanks, dad.

  38. T.... M....

    reminds me of the good days before the world ended

    T.... M....

    Wow, yes. I think the world actually ended in 2001, and we are just experiencing a nightmare now.

    T.... M....

    shut the fuck up boomer

  39. T.... B....

    amazing tune and album

  40. W.... G....

    Timeless and eternal

  41. M.... A....

    🇧🇷🎶😎🎧 ontem hoje amanhã e sempre 🎶 dezembro de 2019!!!!!!

    M.... A....

    Tmj rock e Vida

  42. A.... S....

    kkkk eae filhão só no compiuter? então escuta essa aqui q é da época do pai 😎

  43. P.... 0....

    Dezembro 2019 curtindo essa obra prima do Rock!!!!!!!

    P.... 0....

    É noiss

    P.... 0....

    Eu tb ouço desde criança essa música meu pai tinha o disco

    P.... 0....

    16/12/2019

    P.... 0....

    E eu aqui com 16 anos curtindo essa obra de arte

    P.... 0....

    Agora si emtendo

  44. T.... ....

    Bon Oeuf

  45. T.... D....

    Evergreen!

  46. k.... h....

    By far one of my favs💕💕💕

  47. C.... O....

    Saia dessa paranoia de dizer que tenho outra

  48. M.... S....

    To aqui por causa do Pânico na rádio kkk

  49. M.... a....

    5:18 😍😍

  50. W.... D....

    Come prima, più di prima! Primo Verso

  51. R.... S....

    I want to see musicians today try this on a guitar lol

    R.... S....

    @smoke buddha47 i think mainstream music today as a whole doesn't have any soul in it, but there is still good stuff that isn't too known but it will have its spot soon

    R.... S....

    @smoke buddha47 ok boomer

    R.... S....

    @Sara Moutiq lmao I'm 22 and boomers don't even know how to work the internet 😂 good try millennial😉

    R.... S....

    They can copy but they cant replicate in this time

  52. J.... F....

    Pour mon cousin Pascal que j 'aimerai toujours !!! Tu me manques !

  53. l.... N....

    Remind me being a holiday in Tenerife x

  54. V.... R....

    one of the best songs ever. now we have ariana grande and bieber. Different times, different mentalities. -.-

  55. R.... N....

    Cardi B makes better music

  56. M.... L....

    See y'all in two months or so

  57. M.... L....

    Mmm...tru brother

    M.... L....

    Just turn it up need to compensate the volume by the distance

  58. M.... ....

    Os malokaaaa

  59. J.... R....

    One of the best song i have heard plus the instruments awesome... Awesome... God bless

  60. H.... ....

    Every dive bar and tavern that still has cedar paneling on the walls with clear tape on the vinyl seats that sells a bangin $5 Tuesday Burger Basket and warm beer.

  61. l.... .....

    GOOD SONG

  62. O.... r....

    Long live boomer music.

  63. C.... Y....

    Me dicen el duende alegre

  64. R.... A....

    Magnificent! If you don't love this you don't know great music. Thank you for so many years of enjoyment. DIRE STRAIGHTS YOU ROCK

  65. J.... ....

    I'm 28 and this is one of the best songs I've ever listened too.. Not sure why people insist on putting their age in the comments.

  66. M.... T....

    15 year old listener here

  67. J.... S....

    I want a charging cord hooked up to an iPod and buried with me when I die so I can listen to music like this and rest peacefully 😌💯

    J.... S....

    Uh, funny

  68. B.... G....

    OMG my childhood memories brought me here listening to this gem on the radio back in the 70s . GREAT TIMES !

  69. s.... ....

    ist und bleibt einfach richtig gut !!

    s.... ....

    Du kommst aus Deutschland?

  70. F.... A....

    KKona now thats some damn fine music if i ever heard one

  71. D.... D....

    Ok guys, skin up....

  72. B.... B....

    just a masterpiece, nothing more

  73. A.... C....

    Eternity ELO...thank you!!!!

  74. P.... B....

    Caracas vei sempre curtir essa musica na adolescencia e somente hoje com 41 anos descobri que ela foi gravada no mes e ano que eu nasci fevereiro de 1978 , ta explicado porque eu gosto hehehe

  75. D.... ....

    Am I the only person in the world that thinks this is better than Stairway? I'm always happy when this song comes on the radio every time. Stairway less so.

  76. S.... S....

    21k people have bad taste in music,this is 🔥🔥🔥

  77. S.... S....

    I’m here because I inherited my parents’ gen X music taste.

    S.... S....

    Me too lol

    S.... S....

    We are the sultans

    S.... S....

    That’s dumb

    S.... S....

    Evxaristw para poli Sotiris! Thanks man!

  78. R.... B....

    My friends insist on playing this every time they visit and we smoke he sticky icky. I'm gonna surprise them with a turntable and a vinyl copy of this album come next time. So stoked.

    R.... B....

    Sweeeet

  79. T.... M....

    I am 32 years old and a I am listening in 2019

    T.... M....

    @No Dreams bas tako,ne razumem zasto,ja zaista volim ovu muziku,pored oca sam je slusala i odrasla,ja volim svoj narod ali sam razocarana.Ali ne obazirem se,pozdrav👍

    T.... M....

    @Jordan Link 👍😊

    T.... M....

    @Tamara Markovic nema potrebe, uzivaj 😎

    T.... M....

    @Mina hvala draga,takodje,pozdrav😉👍

    T.... M....

    @Tamara Markovic 😘 Pozdrav

  80. A.... J....

    What a fucking good song!!!!

  81. N.... ....

    Summer night on a Greek island in the early 00s me, my father, my mother and my sister in the car and suddenly my father puts the Dire Straits CD in the CD Player. Golden times...

  82. �.... ....

    veryy goooddd

  83. y.... n....

    les grands vrmt dire

  84. D.... M....

    A shame that Mark hardly makes it to most people top5 guitarists. I thought I felt every possible feeling in existence until i heard mark pleasing his strat (and yes i heard and loved comfortably numb, etc.) This is just from another universe

  85. J.... S....

    I love seeing young people enjoying older music. I respect young people here on YouTube stating their age. Keep it up! Music today is dead.

  86. S.... W....

    Another amazing song.. great guitar sounds. Phenomenal...

  87. J.... G....

    Nobody can ever top that guitar solo.

  88. A.... M....

    Eita músicão!! 🎵🎵Esse solo de guitarra é demaisss!!!🎸👏

  89. S.... S....

    Anyone no the name off the guitar singing this song 🎸🎶🎶

  90. R.... B....

    Still Listening In 2019 And 2049 And 2099

    R.... B....

    bruh u gonna be alive in 2099?

  91. R.... R....

    México🇲🇽 8/12/19

  92. E.... R....

    Muito boa essa música gosto muito 🇧🇷

  93. H.... B....

    Was 16 when this came out now 57 soon Aquarius

  94. s.... ....

    Nasanaattorin tune