Dire Straits Lions Lyrics

Red
sun
go down
way over
dirty town
Starlings are sweeping around
crazy shoals
Yes and a girl is there
high heeling across the square
Wind it blows around in her hair
and the flags upon the poles
Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light
She looks around to find a face she can like.

Church
bell
clinging on just a-
trying to get a crowd
Evensong
Nobody cares to depend upon
the chime it plays
all in the station praying for trains
Congregation
late again
It's getting darker all the time these
flagpole days
Drunk old soldier he give her a fright
He's a crazy lion he's a-howling for a fight.

Strap
hanging
gunshot sound
Doors slamming on the
overground
Starlings are tough
but the lions are made of stone
Her evening paper is
horror torn
But there's hope later
for Capricorns
Her lucky stars give her just enough
to get her home
Then she's reading about a swing to the right
But she's a-thinking about a stranger in the night
I'm thinking about the lions
Thinking about the lions
What happened to the lions tonight.
Tonight tonight

Thinking about the lions