Mark Knopfler

Through these fields of destructionBaptisms of fireI've witnessed your sufferingAs the battles raged higherAnd though they hurt me so badIn the fear and alarmYou did not desert meMy brothers in arms.

Brothers in Arms, 1985

Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldiesBe-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I SayHere comes Johnny singing I Gotta WomanDown in the tunnels, trying to make it pay.He got the action, he got the motionOh yeah the boy can play.Dedication, devotionTurning all the night time into the day.

Walk of Life, 1985

I'm tired of being in love and being all aloneWhen you're so far away from me.I'm tired of making out on the telephoneBecause you're so far away from me.

So Far Away, 1985

Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do itYou play the guitar on the MTV.That ain't workin', that's the way you do it.Money for nothin' and chicks for free.Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do itLemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb.Maybe get a blister on your little finger;Maybe get a blister on your thumb.

Money for Nothing, written with Sting, 1985

Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.

Industrial Disease, 1982

The caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his postThey're refusing to be pacified, it's him they blame the most.The watchdog's got rabies, the foreman's got the fleas.And everyone's concerned about Industrial Disease.There's panic on the switchboard, tongues are tied in knots.Some come out in sympathy, some come out in spots.Some blame the management, some blame the employees.And everybody knows it's the Industrial Disease.

Industrial Disease, 1982

Getting crazy on the Waltzers, but it's the life that I choose.Sing about the sixblade, sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo.And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam,And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am.

Tunnel of Love, written with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1980

She gets rock n roll, a rock n roll stationAnd a rock n roll dream.She's making movies on location.She don't know what it means.But the music make her wanna be the story.And the story was whatever was the song, what it was.Rollergirl don't worry.D.J. plays the movies all night long.

Skateaway, 1980

A love struck Romeo, sings a street-suss serenade;Laying everybody low, with a love song that he made.Finds a convenient street light, steps out of the shadeHe says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"

Romeo and Juliet, 1980

Lady writer on the TVShe had all the brains and the beauty.The picture does not fitYou talked to me when you felt like it.Just the way that her hair fell down around her faceThen I recall my fall from graceAnother time, another place.

Lady Writer, 1979

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the sceneHe'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.

Sultans of Swing, 1978

You say I'm the greatest, bound for glory.Well the word is out and I learned.I got the latest side of the story:You're pulling out before you get burned.

Setting Me Up, 1978