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Offlineshangri la 1

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(12) .38 Special (2:46)
« on: March 02, 2015, 05:03:04 AM »

.38 Special (Mark Knopfler)


LYRICS
   The fate of a roving gambler
Is waiting down the bloodthirsty highway
The highway is my home, I’m a rambler
And I have to pay the devil every day

Now if I should owe a friend a million dollars
He knows my guarantee is sound
If we should get hijacked by robbers
There’d be no big money laying all around

I may be gone to the devil
But I ain’t rollin’ over for you
If you’ve got a pistol in your pocket
I’ve got my .38 Special too

Are you dancing for the payers of the piper?
Are you jumping through your party hoops for them?
You won’t see any nine to fivers
At the tables of my poker playing friends

So take your politician or your banker
Take your friendly health insurance man
I never met a cold hearted gambler
Could carry off a hustle like they can

I may be gone to the devil
But I ain’t rollin’ over for you
If you’ve got a pistol in your pocket
I’ve got my .38 Special too
« Last Edit: March 11, 2015, 10:28:21 PM by shangri la 1 »
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2015, 08:17:02 PM »
MK has played this one before!  ;D

On the Lonnie Donegan tribute concert. Joe Brown 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert (http://www.oneverybootleg.nl/240908.htm)

Darlin' Corey! (dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow)
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2015, 08:18:01 PM »
Sub-standard Hillbillies number.
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2015, 12:03:48 AM »
I don't like it either. But the lyrics are great.  :(
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2015, 09:22:50 AM »
 

I think MK's "tracking back" to Lonnie with .38 Special.
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2015, 03:30:13 PM »
Nowt wrong with this fine tune.....
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2015, 11:12:44 PM »
Quote from: border_reiver on March 13, 2015, 09:22:50 AM


I think MK's "tracking back" to Lonnie with .38 Special.

I think you 100% got it. Even some words are similar. And the banjo, too :)
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2015, 08:55:26 AM »
Great Banjo riff... Lurve it!!
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2015, 07:46:18 PM »
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2015, 07:34:44 PM »
Does anyone else hear the voice of mighty Bob in the head when listening to the song? I wish he'd do a cover.
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2015, 08:27:38 PM »
No I'm afraid not, just the mighty Knopfler to me!!! :wave
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2015, 08:31:13 PM »
'mkay, got to be my headache  ;D
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2015, 08:54:49 PM »
Quote from: Justme on March 28, 2015, 08:31:13 PM
'mkay, got to be my headache  ;D

I guess we hear different things in these fantastic songs, that is the beauty of Knopfler's writing and performing!!
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2015, 09:48:17 PM »
Quote from: Knopflerfan on March 28, 2015, 08:54:49 PM
Quote from: Justme on March 28, 2015, 08:31:13 PM
'mkay, got to be my headache  ;D

I guess we hear different things in these fantastic songs, that is the beauty of Knopfler's writing and performing!!

So true, therefore I am sometimes grateful that MK reveals every detail behind his songs.
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Re: (12) .38 Special (2:46)
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2015, 03:20:22 PM »
Ok, now I understand that one as an intro to the next song (My Heart Has Never Changed): http://amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=4094.0
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