[00:00.00] 作词 : Mark Knopfler
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Mark Knopfler
[00:06.45]Brew the coffee in a bucket
[00:09.75]Double straight man and banjo
[00:13.26]If you don't got the snake oil
[00:15.69]Buster, you don't got a show
[00:18.63]Who puts the do re me in our pockets
[00:22.68]Keeps the party goin' on?
[00:26.04]It's the man who sells the potions
[00:29.19]I'm just the one who plays the songs
[00:32.40]Now they generally buys
[00:34.98]The bigger size
[00:36.63]They usually rub it in
[00:39.96]I drank it once, it tasted
[00:42.96]Like grease and paraffin
[00:46.59]It's mostly alcohol, okay
[00:50.52]You can't deny it's strong
[00:53.37]We was goin' through the motions
[00:56.79]'Til the doctor came along
[01:01.68]There stands the bottle
[01:02.94]Ladies and gentlemen
[01:09.00]All these bottles
[01:11.97]Don't have to tell you, friends
[01:15.60]These days miracles
[01:17.76]Don't come fallin' from the sky
[01:21.12]Raise your glasses to the doctor
[01:24.12]To a stand up guy
[01:35.94]When the monkey shine is flyin'
[01:38.55]And he's promisin' the cure
[01:43.08]He says the French for your lovesick blues
[01:49.86]La maladie d'amour
[01:50.25]He gets the chumps all laughin'
[01:52.23]But he gets a few to buy
[01:56.31]Here's a beefsteak when you're hungry
[01:59.85]And whiskey when you're dry
[02:02.76]Now the band'll blow their moolah
[02:05.49]Like sailors gone ashore
[02:10.05]Now we're goin' to West Helena
[02:13.77]To gamble, drink and whore
[02:17.01]Let's you and me all make whoopee
[02:20.82]Here's mud in your eye
[02:23.70]Here's to all the gals he ever want
[02:27.33]And Heaven when you die
[02:32.19]And there stands the bottle
[02:33.45]Ladies and gentlemen
[02:39.72]All these bottles
[02:42.72]Don't have to tell you, friends
[02:46.47]These days miracles
[02:48.57]Don't come fallin' from the sky
[02:51.99]Raise your glasses to the doctor
[02:56.16]To a stand up guy
[03:06.90]There's a big cheese with a cigar
[03:10.20]Been sizin' up the show
[03:13.95]He wants to get the doctor
[03:15.81]Pitchin' on the radio
[03:20.52]I will make a switch to guitar
[03:23.67]But the rules all still apply
[03:27.45]They want to trust somebody
[03:30.03]Yeah, they want a stand up guy
[03:35.52]There stands the bottle
[03:39.27]Here's to absent friends
[03:42.99]All these bottles
[03:46.05]Dead soldiers in the end
[03:50.91]These days miracles
[03:52.41]Don't come fallin' on from the sky
[03:55.80]Raise your glasses to the doctor
[03:57.90]To a stand up guy
[03:58.26]To the doctor
[03:58.89]A stand up guy

作词 : Mark Knopfler
作曲 : Mark Knopfler
Brew the coffee in a bucket
Double straight man and banjo
If you don't got the snake oil
Buster, you don't got a show
Who puts the do re me in our pockets
Keeps the party goin' on?
It's the man who sells the potions
I'm just the one who plays the songs
Now they generally buys
The bigger size
They usually rub it in
I drank it once, it tasted
Like grease and paraffin
It's mostly alcohol, okay
You can't deny it's strong
We was goin' through the motions
'Til the doctor came along
There stands the bottle
Ladies and gentlemen
All these bottles
Don't have to tell you, friends
These days miracles
Don't come fallin' from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy
When the monkey shine is flyin'
And he's promisin' the cure
He says the French for your lovesick blues
La maladie d'amour
He gets the chumps all laughin'
But he gets a few to buy
Here's a beefsteak when you're hungry
And whiskey when you're dry
Now the band'll blow their moolah
Like sailors gone ashore
Now we're goin' to West Helena
To gamble, drink and whore
Let's you and me all make whoopee
Here's mud in your eye
Here's to all the gals he ever want
And Heaven when you die
And there stands the bottle
Ladies and gentlemen
All these bottles
Don't have to tell you, friends
These days miracles
Don't come fallin' from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy
There's a big cheese with a cigar
Been sizin' up the show
He wants to get the doctor
Pitchin' on the radio
I will make a switch to guitar
But the rules all still apply
They want to trust somebody
Yeah, they want a stand up guy
There stands the bottle
Here's to absent friends
All these bottles
Dead soldiers in the end
These days miracles
Don't come fallin' on from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy
To the doctor
A stand up guy