November 30, 2013

"I keep a weather eye on the horizon, back to the wall /I like to know who’s coming through the door, that’s all"


I keep a weather eye on the horizon, back to the wall
I like to know who's coming through the door at us all

It's the old Army training, kickin' in
I'm not complaining
It's the world we live in

Ronny and Malarkey, they're a devious firm
They'll take you to the cleaners, let you burn
The help is breaking dishes in the kitchen,
Thanks a lot
We hired the worst dishwasher
This place ever got

Hidden below the radar, they want to spoil our fun:..
In the meantime, I'm cleaning my gun

Remember it got so cold ice froze up the tank
We lit a fire beneath her just so she would crank

Keep a weather eye on the horizon
Tap the storm glass now and then
We got a case of Old Damnation
For when you get here my friend

We can have ourselves a party before they come:::
In the meantime, I'm cleaning my gun

We had women and a mirror ball, we had a DJ
We used to eat pretty much all came this way
Ever since the goons came in took apart the place
I keep a tire iron in the corner just in case

Gave you a magic bullet on a little chain
Keep you safe from the chilly winds
And the howl of the rain

We're gonna might need bullets, should we have stuck
Any which way, we're gonna need a little luck

You can still get gas in heaven and drink in kingdom come:
In the meantime, I'm cleaning my gun.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 30, 2013 3:50 AM
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Speachless.

Posted by: Irv Nielsen at November 30, 2013 6:01 AM

I'd make a pact with Satan to play like Knopfler.

Posted by: ed at November 30, 2013 6:28 AM

After Geneva - Dire Straits indeed!

Posted by: Frank P at November 30, 2013 6:41 AM

Btw Mark Steyn finishes his piece on the Geneva stitch-up with a musical coda, too. Masterly!

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/365132/surrender-geneva-mark-steyn

Posted by: Frank P at November 30, 2013 6:45 AM

I do love that old man.

Posted by: pbird at November 30, 2013 9:58 AM

Jimminie Christmas…..I'm with you Ed.

Posted by: Jack at December 1, 2013 9:02 AM

The correct lyric is, "I like to know who's coming through the door, that's all."

Posted by: Jeff Payne at December 9, 2013 1:57 PM

I could be wrong.

Posted by: Jeff Payne at December 9, 2013 2:07 PM

Nope. You're right. The variation is given at several lyric sites, but at Mark Knopfler's home site it is "I like to know who’s coming through the door, that’s all"

Thanks. Corrected.

Posted by: vanderleun at December 9, 2013 2:17 PM