Dire Straits: Walk of Life.
#2 in UK and #7 on BB Hot 100 on
VERTIGO/WARNER Records in 1985.

[Intro]
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(Woo-hoo!-woo-

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hoo!)

     
[Verse 1]

Here comes Joh

nny, singing o

ldies, goldies

,

Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby, what I say.

Here comes Johnny, singing, I gotta woman,

down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay.
             
He got the act

              
ion, he got th

          
e motion, oh y

eah ! The boy 

can play.
             
Dedication, de

        
votion, turnin

g all the nigh

t time into th

e day.

[Chorus]
             
He`d do the so

              
ng about the s

            
weet lovin' wo

man,
             
he`d do the so

              
ng about the k

        
nife,
             
he`d do the wa

             
lk, do the wal

     
k of life. 
             
Yeah, he`d do 

            
the walk of li

fe. 

[Interlude]
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(woo-hoo!)

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[Verse 2]

Here comes Joh

nny, now he'll

 tell you the 

story,

hand me down m

y walkin' shoe

s.

here comes Joh

nny with the p

ower and the g

lory,

back-beats, th

e talkin' blue

s.

He got the act

ion, he got th

e motion, 

oh yeah, the b

oy can play.
             
Dedication, de

        
votion, turnin

g all the nigh

t time into

the day.

[Chorus]
             
He`d do the so

              
ng about the s

            
weet lovin' wo

man,
             
he`d do the so

              
ng about the k

    
nife,
             
he`d do the wa

             
lk, do the wal

     
k of life. 
             
Yeah, he`d do 

            
the walk of li

fe. 

[Interlude]
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(woo-hoo-hoo!)

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[Verse 3]

Here comes Joh

nny, singing o

ldies, goldies

,

Be-Bop-A-Lula,

 Baby, what I 

say.

Here comes Joh

nny, singing, 

I gotta woman,

down in the tu

nnels, trying 

to make it pay

.
             
He got the act

              
ion, he got th

          
e motion, oh y

eah ! The boy 

can play.
             
Dedication, de

        
votion, turnin

g all the nigh

t time into th

e day.

[Chorus]
             
And after all 

              
the violence a

   
nd double talk

,
              
there's just a

             
 song in all t

              
he trouble and

 
 strife,
             
You do the wal

             
k, you do the 

        
walk of life. 
             
Yeah, you do t

           
he walk of lif

e.  

[Outro]
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(woo-hoo! woo-
(Fade)

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hoo-hoo!woo-ho

o-hoo! woo-hoo

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