3 posts tagged “dire straits”

This goes out to 2 couples that I admire a lot. I've been thinking a lot about LDRs and as much as I like to see people on my terms, I still like to see them more often than a great distance allows. 
Good for you, my friends, for being able to sustain it.  A wise woman once said that it clarifies what's important to you. 

Here I am again in this mean old town.
And you're so far away from me.
And where are you
When the sun goes down?
You're so far away from me.

So far away from me.

So far I just can't see.
So far away from me
You're so far away from me.

I'm tired of being in love
And being all alone.
When you're so far away from me.
I'm tired of making out on the telephone.
And you're so far away from me.
- Dire Straits, "So Far Away"

Been listening to this album today.  I find it amazing that 6 out of the 7 songs are so fabu and the last one really really sucks and doesn't really fit into the rest of the album.

The sky is crying;
The streets are full of tears.
Rain come down
Wash away my fears,
And all this writing on the wall.
Oh I can read between the lines.

Rain come down
Forgive this dirty town.
Rain come down
Give this dirty town a drink of water,
A drink of wine.

If I've been hard on you,
I never chose to be.
I never wanted no one else.
I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to.
Hand in hand
Like lovers are supposed to.
- Dire Straits, "Hand In Hand"

My door was standing open
Security was laid back and lax
But it was only my heart that got broken
You must have had a pass key made out of wax
You played robbery with insolence
And I played the blues in twelve bars down on Lover's Lane
And you never did have the intelligence to use the twelve keys hanging off of my chain.
- Dire Straits, "Your Latest Trick"