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Mark Knopfler Lyrics for Song: Sucker Row
 Lyrics for Album: Shangri-La
 
 
 
 4161>Somebody's gotta crack a whip around here
 
 who's minding the store?
 
 shake it up sell some beer
 
 what's your money maker for?
 
 pay day we're packin' 'em in
 
 six-gun annie and buffalo jill
 
 but who's to say they'll be back again
 
 for a refill?
 
 honey, you know the drill
 
 ain't no left turn down sleepy time street
 
 you gotta be fast but you gotta stay loose
 
 thinking on your feet
 
 slick as grass through a goose
 
 we gotta rationalise
 
 the payroll is giving me chills
 
 you and me's getting organised
 
 it's kill or be killed honey, you know the drill.
 
 
 
 Well they can all look down on sucker row
 
 but they all forget
 
 the tallest trees from acorns grow
 
 though they ain't yet
 
 i never look down on a sucker stake
 
 they all pay the bills
 
 i never gave a sucker an even break
 
 and i never will.
 
 
 
 A beautiful vision keeps coming to me
 
 i see a miracle mile
 
 flying in for free
 
 service with a smile
 
 high rollers fancy hotels
 
 big time singers topping the bill
 
 you gotta have a feel for the stuff that sells
 
 call it a skill honey, you know the drill
 
 somebody's gotta crack a whip around here
 
 who's minding the store?
 
 shake it up sell some beer
 
 money walking through the door
 
 annie's arriving at a dangerous age
 
 don't you go getting ill
 
 get another woman up in the cage
 
 who ain't over the hill
 
 honey, you know the drill.
 
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