Mark Knopfler – Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes (Guitar)

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And drinks and smokes

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And no lights on the stairs

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We were young, so young

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And always broke

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Not that we ever cared

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Not that we ever cared

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Well, the holes in the walls

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Were such a lot

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Welcome to London town

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But when you’re new to it all

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And you think you’re hot

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You’re not planning on hanging around

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People would go on their different ways

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I left to start a band

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A note came through the letter box

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In your childlike hand

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Oh, laughs and jokes

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And drinks and smokes

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And no lights on the stairs

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We were young, so young

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And always broke

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Not that we ever cared

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Not that we ever cared

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One day I rode to where you were

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The doorbell jangled a note

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They buzzed me in

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I climbed the stairs

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In my boots and leather coat

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There’s an old brass

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Standing there at the top

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Without her witch’s broom

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It almost seemed like a knocking shop

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When the girls came out of their rooms

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And they all stood around

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And stared at me

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Two brunettes and a blonde

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Then the old brass shrugged and said

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We don’t know where she’s gone

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Later on I picked up the ball

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And I took off down the line

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I suppose by then I’d realised

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You’d run into hard times

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Oh, laughs and jokes

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And drinks and smokes

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And no lights on the stairs

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We were young, so young

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And always broke

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Not that we ever cared

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Not that we ever cared