Mark Knopfler - Stand Up Guy Lyrics






Brew the coffee in a bucket
Double straight man and banjo
If you don't got the snake oil
Buster, you don't got a show
Who puts the doh-re-me
In our pockets
Keeps the party going on?
It's the man
Who sells the potions
I'm just one who plays the songs
Now they generally buys
The bigger size
They usually rub it in
I drank it once, it tasted
Like grease and paraffin
It's mostly alcohol, okay
You can't deny it's strong
We was going through the motions
'til the doctor came along

There stands the bottle
Ladies and gentlemen
All these bottles
Don't have to tell you, friends
These days miracles
Don't come falling from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy

When the monkeyshine is flying
And he's promising the cure
He says the french
For your lovesick blues
La maladie d'amour
He gets the chumps all laughing
But he gets a few to buy
Here's to beefsteak
When you're hungry
And whiskey when you're dry
Now the band'll blow their moolah
Like sailors gone ashore
Now we're going to west helena
To gamble, drink and whore
Let's you and me
All make whoopee
Here's mud in your eye
Here's to all the gals you ever want
And heaven when you die

There stands the bottle
Ladies and gentlemen
All these bottles
Don't have to tell you, friends
These days miracles
Don't come falling from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy

There's a big cheese with a cigar
Been sizing up the show
He wants to get the doctor
Pitching on the radio
I will make a switch to guitar
But the rules all still apply
They want to trust somebody
Yeah, they want a stand up guy

There stands the bottle
Here's to absent friends
All these bottles
Dead soldiers in the end
These days miracles
Don't come falling from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy
To the doctor
A stand up guy





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  1. J.... K....

    Some parts of the verse melodically and harmonically match some parts of the verse of River Towns exactly

  2. M.... A....

    The lyrics:
    Brew the coffee in a bucket
    Double straight man and banjo
    If you don't got the snake oil
    Buster, you don't got a show
    Who puts the doh-re-me
    In our pockets
    Keeps the party going on?
    It's the man
    Who sells the potions
    I'm just one who plays the songs
    Now they generally buys
    The bigger size
    They usually rub it in
    I drank it once, it tasted
    Like grease and paraffin
    It's mostly alcohol, okay
    You can't deny it's strong
    We was going through the motions
    'til the doctor came along
    There stands the bottle
    Ladies and gentlemen
    All these bottles
    Don't have to tell you, friends
    These days miracles
    Don't come falling from the sky
    Raise your glasses to the doctor
    To a stand up guy
    When the monkeyshine is flying
    And he's promising the cure
    He says the french
    For your lovesick blues
    La maladie d'amour
    He gets the chumps all laughing
    But he gets a few to buy
    Here's to beefsteak when you're hungry
    And whiskey when you're dry
    Now the band'll blow their moolah
    Like sailors gone ashore
    Now we're going to west Helena
    To gamble, drink and whore
    Let's you and me all make whoopee
    Here's mud in your eye
    Here's to all the gals you ever want
    And heaven when you die
    There stands the bottle
    Ladies and gentlemen
    All these bottles
    Don't have to tell you, friends
    These days miracles
    Don't come falling from the sky
    Raise your glasses to the doctor
    To a stand up guy
    There's a big cheese with a cigar
    Been sizing up the show
    He wants to get the doctor
    Pitching on the radio
    I will make a switch to guitar
    But the rules all still apply
    They want to trust somebody
    Yeah, they want a stand up guy
    There stands the bottle
    Here's to absent friends
    All these bottles
    Dead soldiers in the end
    These days miracles don't come falling from the sky
    Raise your glasses to the doctor
    To a stand up guy
    To the doctor a stand up guy

  3. T.... L....

    un chef d'oeuvre d'écriture