Mark Knopfler

Back on the Dance Floor

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Back on the Dance Floor Lyrics

Hand me down my high roller Stetson
Hand me down my smokeless .41
We're gonna look so sharp when we walk in
They're gonna be jazzed we come

We're going for the major comeback
For the motherlode, the mighty score
We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack
And now we're back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
(Back on the dance floor)

Going all the way is the only way to go
The only game in town
Shake your moneymaker closer to the floor
Shake 'em on down, shake 'em on down

Hand me down my two-tone wingtips
Hand me down my skull head walking cane
Y'all gotta wear them shantung gambler suits
They're gonna be jazzed we came

'Cause we're going for the major comeback
For the motherlode, the mighty score
We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack
Now we're back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)

Going all the way is the only way to go
The only game in town
Shake your moneymaker closer to the floor
Shake 'em on down, shake 'em on down

We're going for the major comeback
For the motherlode, the mighty score
We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack
And now we're back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Now we're back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)

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mellow_harsher On May 09, 2019

So Far From the Clyde

Hand me down my high roller Stetson
Hand me down my smokeless .41
We're gonna look so sharp when we walk in
They're gonna be jazzed we come

Going all the way is the only way to go
The only game in town
Shake your moneymaker closer to the floor
Shake 'em on down, shake 'em on down

Hand me down my two-tone wingtips
Hand me down my skull head walking cane
Y'all gotta wear them shantung gambler suits
They're gonna be jazzed we came

'Cause we're going for the major comeback
For the motherlode, the mighty score
We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack
Now we're back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)

Going all the way is the only way to go
The only game in town
Shake your moneymaker closer to the floor
Shake 'em on down, shake 'em on down

We're going for the major comeback
For the motherlode, the mighty score
We'll be the toast of every knocked out boogie shack
And now we're back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Now we're back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)
Back on the dance floor
(Back on the dance floor)

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2019-05-09 21:18:55

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by cfenger

3y ago

Assume from the high roller stetson (began as a gambler's hat style in the late 1800's), the smokeless 41 ( a Colt '41 first manufactured in 1877; smokeless propellants came on the scene in the early 1900's), the dressy two tone wingtips (popularized in the late 1860's from cricket shoes), and the skull head walking cane (simply an added bit of stylistic finery), that this is simply a song about a gambler and his pals (women included with moneymakers to shake) heading out for some action after a time away from it (back on the dance floor, metaphorically). What I want to know is, what is a knocked-out boogie shack? That connects, non-metaphorically to dance floors, of course, but not to gambling per se. Major comeback? Has the gambler been in prison?

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