Missing… Presumed Having A Good Time
Missing… Presumed Having A Good Time
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Vertigo/Warner Bros. (1989)
Mark Knopfler: guitar, vocals
Paul Franklin: guitar
Brendan Croker: guitar, vocals
Steve Philips: guitar, vocals
Guy Fletcher: keyboards, vocals
Engineered by Bill Schnee
Photography by Brian Aris
Produced by Guy Fletcher, Mark Knopfler
Railroad Worksong
Sound bite
Lyrics
Working on a railroad for a dollar a day
Working on a railroad for a dollar a day
Working on a railroad good buddy for a dollar a day
Gotta get my money gotta get my pay
Take this hammer take it to the captain
Take this hammer take it to the captain
Take this hammer good buddy take it to the captain
Tell him I’m gone tell him I’m gone
If he asks you was I running
If he asks you was I running
If he asks you good buddy was I running
Tell him I was flying tell him I was flying
If he asks you was I laughing
If he asks you was I laughing
If he asks you good buddy was I laughing
Tell him I was crying tell him I was crying
This old hammer rings like silver
This old hammer rings like silver
This old hammer good buddy rings like silver
Shine like gold good buddy and it shine like gold
Working on a railroad for a dollar a day
Working on a railroad for a dollar a day
Working on a railroad good buddy for a dollar a day
Gotta get my money gotta get my pay
Gotta get my money gotta get my pay
Gotta get my money gotta get my pay
Bewildered
Sound bite
Lyrics
Bewildered
Lost in a dream of you
Where is the love that I once knew
Why did we part?
Bewildered
I’m helpless without you dear
Wishing your heart could hear
What’s in my heart
Why must I have theses sleepless nights
And endless days
But love, you took my soul
Without a thought
I’m in the dark
Bewildered
I need your guiding hand
I will never understand
Why did you leave me bewildered
Why must I have theses sleepless nights
And endless days
But love, you took my soul
Without a thought
I’m in the dark
Bewildered
I need your guiding hand
I will never understand
How could you leave me bewildered
Your Own Sweet Way
Sound bite
Lyrics
There is nothing I can do
Nothing I can say
You’ll do what you want to
You’ll go your own sweet way
You’ll go your own sweet
Your own sweet way
You’ll go your own sweet
Your own sweet way
Now I can talk to you serious
I can talk to you nice
But when it comes to love
You won’t take good advice
You’ll go your own sweet
Your own sweet way
You’ll go your own sweet
Your own sweet way
It doesn’t matter what I say
What I do or what I think
You can lead a horse to water
You can’t make him drink
You’ll go your own sweet
Your own sweet way
You’ll go your own sweet
Your own sweet way
Run Me Down
Sound bite
Lyrics
You gotta run me down you gotta run me down
If you want to contact me you gotta run me down
I got work to do I’m the busiest man in town
If you want to contact me you gotta run me down
When I gets my dough I’m kinda hard to find
If you want me to pay your bills you gotta run me down
Now the rooster he crowed an them old hens looked around
Said if you want to make love you gotta run me down
When I had my money you used to follow me around
Now I have got broke you gotta run me down
One Way Gal
Sound bite
Lyrics
One thing I like about this gal of mine
One thing I like about this gal of mine
One thing I like about this gal of mine
She treats me right and loves me all the time
Sometimes I’m broke and blue as I can be
Sometimes I’m broke and blue as I can be
Sometimes I’m broke and blue as I can be
But still my baby she looks after me
She walked in the rain till her feet got soaking wet
She walked in the rain till her feet got soaking wet
She walked in the rain till her feet got soaking wet
And this she said to every man she met
Mister change a dollar – gimme a lousy dime
Mister change a dollar – gimme a lousy dime
Mister change a dollar – gimme a lousy dime
So I can feed that hungry man of mine
That gal of mine she’s one way all the time
That gal of mine she’s one way all the time
That gal of mine she’s one way all the time
She takes the blues away and satisfies my mind
Blues Stay Away
Sound bite
Lyrics
Blues stay away from me
Blues why don’t you let me be
Don’t know why
You keep on haunting me
Love was never meant for me
True love was never meant for me
Seems somehow
We never can agree
Life is full of misery
Dreams are like a memory
Bringing back
Your love that used to be
Tears so many I can’t see
Years don’t mean a thing to me
Time goes by
And I still can’t be free
Will You Miss Me
Sound bite
Lyrics
Will you miss me, will you miss me
Will you miss me, will you miss me
Will you miss me, miss me when I’m gone
Did you ever dream lucky, wake up cold in hand
Do you look at the stars in the heavens above
Do you sleep on the pillow where my head used to lay
While the moonbeams flicker ‘cross your window pane
I’m on my way from here, don’t know where I’m going
I’m rolling, rolling down that road
I’m rolling, rolling down that road
Just dreaming about the days of long ago
When darkness falls across the land
There’s a shadow cast in the heart of a man
Though the flame of desire burns bright as a star
I hear a cry on the wind like a voice from afar
I’m a stranger here don’t know where I’m going
I’m rolling, rolling down that road
I’m rolling, rolling down that road
Just dreaming about the days of long ago
Will you miss me, will you miss me
Will you miss me, will you miss me
Will you miss me, miss me when I’m gone
Please Baby
Sound bite
Lyrics
Please baby – please please baby
Won’t you come back to your daddy one more time
Please baby – please please baby
When I get my money I will give you my last dime
When you left me babe, you left me feeling so blue
You know that I didn’t love no-one but you
Please baby – please please baby
Won’t you come back to your daddy one more time
I’m so blue baby, I’m, I’m so blue baby
I can’t sleep at night
I can’t hardly talk from crying
You know baby, you, you know baby
You always forever on my mind
Since you’ve been gone I can’t sleep at night
Why don’t you take my meals I can’t eat a bite
Please baby, please please baby
Won’t you come back to your daddy one more time
When you left me babe you left me feeling so blue
You know that I didn’t love no-one but you
Please baby – please please baby
Won’t you come back to your daddy one more time
Weapon of Prayer
Sound bite
Lyrics
In that land across the sea there’s a job for you and me
Though our presence there may not be found
We must stay standing there on the battle lines and pray
We must never lay our weapons down
We don’t have to be a soldier in a uniform
To be of service over there
While the boys so bravely stand with the weapons made by hand
Let us trust and use the weapon of prayer
Many thousands miles away someone shed there blood today
With a heart so true and brave they’re gone
To a war that’s yours and mine let us join the battle line
With a weapon that will save our home
We don’t have to be a soldier in a uniform
To be of service over there
While the boys so bravely stand with the weapons made by hand
Let us trust and use the weapon of prayer
And when the planes and tanks and guns have done all that they can do
And the mighty bombs have rained and failed
Still the helpful hand above, on the weapon made of love
And against him none on earth prevail
That’s Where I Belong
Sound bite
Lyrics
Show me a place where I don’t have to worry
And that’s where I belong
Show me a place where I don’t have to hurry
And that’s where I belong
Give me the time, so I can change my mind
Where it don’t matter if I’m wrong
Show me a place where I don’t have to worry
And that’s where I belong
Feel Like Going Home
Sound bite
Lyrics
Lord I feel like going home
I tried and I failed and I’m tired and weary
Everything I ever done was wrong
And I feel like going home
Lord I tried to see it through
But it was too much for me
And now I’m coming home to you
And I feel like going home
Cloudy skies are rolling in
And not a friend around to help me
From all the places I have been
And I feel like going home
Lord I feel like going home
I tried and I failed and I’m tired and weary
Everything I ever done was wrong
And I feel like going home
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