Sultans Of Swing

Song Sultans Of Swing
Artist Dire Straits
Album Greatest Hits

Lyrics

[00:12.50] You get a shiver in the dark
[00:14.50] It's raining in the park but meantime
[00:19.50] South of the river you stop and you hold everything
[00:26.50] A band is blowing Dixie double four time
[00:32.50] You feel alright when you hear that music ring
[00:41.50] You step inside but you don't see too many faces
[00:48.50] Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
[00:55.50] Too much competition too many other places
[01:02.50] But not too many horns can make that sound
[01:08.50] Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town
[01:27.50] You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
[01:33.50] Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
[01:40.50] And an old guitar is all he can afford
[01:47.50] When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
[01:56.50] And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
[02:03.50] He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
[02:10.50] He can play honky tonk just like anything
[02:16.50] Saving it up for Friday night
[02:23.50] With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing
[02:41.50] And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
[02:48.50] Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
[02:55.50] They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
[03:02.50] It ain't what they call rock and roll
[03:08.50] And the Sultans played Creole
[04:13.50] And the man he steps right up to the microphone
[04:19.50] And says at last just as the time bell rings
[04:26.50] 'Thank you goodnight now it's time to go home'
[04:32.50] And he makes it fast with one more thing
[04:39.50] 'We are the Sultans of Swing'