Sultans of Swing

Song Sultans of Swing
Artist Mark Knopfler
Album Metroland

Lyrics

[00:12.650] You get a shiver in the dark
[00:14.390] It's raining in the park but meantime
[00:19.690] South of the river you stop and you hold everything
[00:26.730] A band is blowing Dixie double four time
[00:32.630] You feel alright when you hear that music ring
[00:41.490] You step inside but you don't see too many faces
[00:48.950] Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
[00:56.010] Too much competition too many other places
[01:02.190] But not too many horns can make that sound
[01:08.650] Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town
[01:26.470] You check out guitar George he knows all the chords
[01:33.650] Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
[01:40.820] And an old guitar is all he can afford
[01:46.940] When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
[01:56.620] And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
[02:02.820] He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
[02:09.750] He can play Honky Tonk just like anything
[02:16.130] Saving it up for Friday night
[02:22.900] With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing
[02:40.990] And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
[02:48.180] Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies
[02:49.890] And their platform soles
[02:54.860] They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
[03:01.280] It ain't what they call rock and roll
[03:08.150] And the Sultans
[03:12.230] Yeah the Sultans they played Creole
[03:18.760] Creole
[04:13.220] And the man he steps right up to the microphone
[04:19.950] And says at last just as the time bell rings
[04:27.030] Goodnight now it's time to go home
[04:32.930] And he makes it fast with one more thing
[04:39.730] We are the Sultans
[04:42.910] We are the Sultans of Swing