Sultans of Swing

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1.       You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime
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         south of the river you stop and you hold everything.
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         A band is blowing Dixie double four time, you feel alright when you hear the music ring.
                 
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2.       Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
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         coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down.
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         Competition in other places, er but the horns, they blowing that sound.
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         Way on down south     way on down south London town.
                 
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3.       You check out Guitar George    he knows all the chords
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         mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing.
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         Yes and an old guitar is all he can afford, when he gets up under the lights to play his thing.
                 
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4.       And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
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         he's got a daytime job he's doing alright.
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         He can play the honky tonk like anything saving it up Friday night.
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         With the Sultans     with the Sultans of swing.
          
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5.       And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
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         drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles.
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         They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band, it ain't what they call rock and roll.
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         And the Sultans     yeah the Sultans are playing Creole.              Creole babe.                      Ah
                 
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6.       And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
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         and says at last just as the timebell rings.
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         "Goodnight now it's time to go home." Then he makes it fast with one more thing.
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         "We are the Sultans     we are the Sultans of swing."
       

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