Mark Knopfler - Stand Up Guy (Remastered 2021)

Brew the coffee in the bucket Double straight man and banjo If you don't got the snake oil Buster, you don't got a show Who puts the do-re-mi in our pocket Keeps the party going on It's the man who sells the potions I'm just the one who plays the songs Now, they generally buy the bigger size They usually rub it in I drank it once, it tasted Like grease and paraffin Well, it's mostly alcohol, okay You can't deny it's strong We was going through the motions 'Til the doctor came along There stands the bottle Ladies and gentlemen All these bottles Don't have to tell you, friends These days, miracles Don't come falling from the sky Raise your glasses to the doctor To a stand-up guy When the monkeyshine is flying And he's promising the cure He says the French for your lovesick blues "La maladie d'amour" He gets the chumps all laughing But he gets a few to buy Here's to beefsteak when you're hungry And whisky when you're dry Now, the band'll blow their moolah Like sailors gone ashore Now we're going to West Helena To gamble, drink, and whore Let's see you and me all make whoopee Here's to mud in your eye Here's to all the girls you ever want And heaven when you die There stands the bottle Ladies and gentlemen All these bottles Don't have to tell you, friends These days, miracles Don't come falling from the sky Raise your glasses to the doctor To a stand-up guy Well, there's the big cheese with a cigar Been sizing up the show He wants to get the doctor Pitching on the radio I will make a switch to guitar But the rules all still apply They want to trust somebody Yeah, they want a stand-up guy There stands the bottle Here's to absent friends All these bottles Dead soldiers in the end These days, miracles Don't come falling from the sky Raise your glasses to the doctor To a stand-up guy To the doctor, the stand-up guy