| Dire Straits – On Every Street Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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thedashingdebonair - i think you got it. it's a meloncholy lamment over a lost love. if you've ever lost someone even by death, you obsess over finding the person searching for that face on every street. "ladykiller" is just slang for a stud. "she threw herself under my wheels" more slang for it wasn't his (the stud) fault, she seduced him. the "moon is hanging upside down" - the moon is a sphere, there is no up or down, just another phrase indicating life is upside down, things are not right without his lost love. And that instrumental ending, I like your explanation; it's a defiant, reckless acceptance and moving on. |
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| Mark Knopfler – Border Reiver Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Retrograde: the truck is the "Reiver", an Albion Reiver. Albion named their truck models to imply toughness. The driver is just a working man trying to make a decent living. Don't think is a bad guy, just a hard worker. | |
| Mark Knopfler – Border Reiver Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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excellent catch on the lyric! not sure if the six foot driver "can't" or "can" adjust the seat. sounds like MK is streaching out the "n" sound rather than a "t". In that stanza, the driver is describing the attributes of his Albion & being able to move the seat back is necessary for a 6 foot driver with a "crash box & lever" that "needs the heel & toe". My 1949 Dodge truck with the unsyncronised gear box needed double clutching & not being able to move the seat closer (I'm not 6 foot) was inconvenient at best. walterbyrd: don't believe this trucker has a government job; reference to the Ministry is the regulatory agency for truck drivers. What he is stealing is "time". He's driving fast "whistling down the hillsides & tearing up the climbs", using the heel & toe to shift quickly, to make a decent wage. He may be cheating a bit in his logs about sleep time. He loves his truck; he repeatedly stresses that "It's an Albion". Not so much gloating as praising his Scotstoun lassie, sure as the sun rise, it's an Albion! |
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