Mark Knopfler - Foot Of Pride lyrics

[Verse 1] Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man So can a woman who pa**es herself off as a male They sang “Danny Boy” at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer Preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground You know what they say about being' nice to the right people on the way up Sooner or later you gonna meet them coming' down [Chorus] Well, there ain't no goin' back When your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back [Verse 2] Hear ya got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger And your fall-by-the sword love affair with Errol Flynn In these times of compa**ion when conformity's in fashion Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in [Chorus] [Verse 3] There's a retired businessman named Red Cast down from heaven and he's out of his head He feeds off of everyone that he can touch He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash He's not somebody that you play around with much Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is She'll do wondrous works with your fate Feed you coconut bread Spice buns in your bed If you don't mind sleeping' with your head face down in a grave [Chorus] [Verse 4] Well, they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through the doors How to enter into the gates of paradise No, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours Yeah, from the stage they'll be trying' to get water out rocks A who*e will pa** the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in Sing “Amazing Grace” all the way to the Swiss banks [Chorus] [Verse 5] They got some beautiful people out there, man They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue They got mystery written all over their forehead They k** babies in the crib and say only the good die young They don't believe in mercy Judgement on them is something that you'll never see They can exalt you up or bring you down main route Turn you into anything that they want you to be [Chorus] [Verse 6] Yes, I guess I loved him too I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped Struck down by the strength of the will Ain't nothin' left here partner, just the dust of a plague That has left this whole town afraid From now on, this'll be where you're from Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade [Chorus]