Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (part 1) + lyrics

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

Lyrics:

A long time ago came a man on a track
walking thirty miles with a pack on his back
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
made a home in the wilderness
he built a cabin and a winter store
and he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
and the other travellers came riding down the track
and they never went further, no, they never went back
then came the churches then came the schools
then came the lawyers then came the rules
then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road

Then came the mines - then came the ore
then there was the hard times then there was a war
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
like a rolling river. . .

And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
people driving home from the factories
there's six lanes of traffic
three lanes moving slow. . .

I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
we're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed
and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
you can hear them singing out their telegraph code
all the way down the telegraph road

You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights
when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
but believe in me baby and I'll take you away
from out of this darkness and into the day
from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
'cos I've run every red light on memory lane
I've seen desperation explode into flames
and I don't want to see it again. . .

From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed
all the way down the telegraph road

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Dire
• Straits
• Telegraph
• Road

[InfinityParamount]

THUMBS UP IF YOU WERE ON THIS VIDEO FOR 10 MINUTES AND 26 SECOND...the extra minute being thinking about how great this song was.

[skatten123]

One of the best lyrics and guitar player ever

[TheDasiloudi]

Telegraph road + Red Dead Redemption



[oasisalwaysforever]

I listened when I was a young girl, when there was the mines and te orr ....

[dogsbalearics]

i cant even finite. its mad

[dogsbalearics]

you know what. i am like 42 now, i used to listen to dire straights when i was 10 or so trying to sleep at night in my room and this came to mind. i know ervery word and look at that and my

[boganlessons]

there are not enough words to describe how perfect this song is. Mark Nofler you genius!!! :D (hope i spelt it right)

[63gerdab]

Top of the world!

[rumpraisin]

@k7tek And what happened next?