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Vic and Ray Lyrics

A dirty motor with London plates
Sitting in the gutter outside your silent gates
Vic and Ray, Vic and Ray
Vic and Ray, Vic and Ray

Come to daddy baby, what is it worth
Come to daddy, the scum of the crying earth
Vic and Ray, Vic and Ray
Vic and Ray, Vic and Ray

Laughing at each other's pain
They run the heater in the morning rain
This'll pay the rent around the world
Wanna buy a picture of a girl

Christmas morning, there they are
Two rent boys wishing on a shining star
Vic and Ray, Vic and Ray
Vic and Ray, Vic and Ray

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crimsonicity On Apr 15, 2007

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Cover art for Vic and Ray lyrics by Mark Knopfler

by cbrown152

13y ago

According to a Knopfler interview, Vic and Ray are "papparazzi types." Hence "wishing on a shining star" and "want to buy a picture of a girl."

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by sambuddha1 12y ago

Makes sense! That little pointer just made me look at the song anew. Mark Knopfler is a wizard with the language. Takes most songwriters paragraphs to express what he does with a couple of lines.

"Come to Daddy baby" - That moment outside a hotel/house waiting for a celebrity moment to happen, so that they can capture and sell it. The poignance of the phrase "Wishing on a Shining Star" just blew my mind...

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