Lions Lyrics - Mark Knopfler

Red sun go down way over dirty town 

Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoals 

A girl is there high heeling across the square 

Wind blows around in her hair and the flags upon the poles 

Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light 

She looks around to find a face she can like 

Church bell clinging on trying to get a crowd for evensong 

Nobody cares to depend upon the chime it plays 

They're all in the station praying for trains 

Congregation late again 

It's getting darker all the time these flagpole days 

Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright 

He's a crazy lion howling for a fight 

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Strap hanging gunshot sound 

Doors slamming on the overground 

Starlings are tough but the lions are made of stone 

Her evening paper is horror torn 

But there's hope later for capricorns 

Her lucky stars give her just enough to get her home 

Then she's reading about a swing to the right 

But she's thinking about a stranger in the night 

I'm thinking about the lions tonight 

What happened to the lions 

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