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Skateaway

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Skateaway was released on October 17, 1980 by Warner Records as a part of the album Making Movies

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Mark Knopfler

Electric Guitar

John Illsley

Bass Guitar

Pick Withers

Drums

Roy Bittan

Piano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Mark Knopfler

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mark Knopfler

Producer

Jeff Hendrickson

Jeff Hendrickson

Assistant Engineer

JON MATHIAS

Assistant Engineer

Shelly Yakus

Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Jimmy Iovine

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I seen a girl on a one way corridor

Stealing down a wrong way street

For all the world like an urban toreador

She had wheels on, on her feet

Well, the cars do the usual dances

Same old cruise and the curbside crawl

But the roller girl, she's taking chances

They just love to see her take them all

[Verse 2]

No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd

In her ears, the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud

[Verse 3]

Hallelujah, here she comes, Queen Rollerball

And enchanté, what can I say? Don't care at all

You know, she used to have to wait around

She used to be the lonely one

But now that she can skate around town

She's the only, only one

[Verse 4]

No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd

In her ears, those phones are tight, and the music's playing loud

[Verse 5]

She gets rock 'n' roll, and a rock 'n' roll station

And a rock 'n' roll dream

She's making movies on location

She don't know what it means

And the music make her wanna be the story

And the story was whatever was the song, what it was

Roller girl, don't worry

DJ, play the movies

All night long, all night long

[Verse 6]

She tortures taxi drivers, just for fun

She likes to read their lips

She says, "Toro, toro, taxi, see ya tomorrow, my son"

I swear, she let a big truck graze her hip

Aw, she got her own world in the city, yeah

You can't intrude on her, no, no, no

She got her own world in the city

The city's been so rude to her

[Verse 7]

No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd

In her ears, those phones so tight, and the music's playing loud

[Verse 8]

She gets rock 'n' roll, and a rock 'n' roll station

And a rock 'n' roll dream

She's making movies on location

She don't know what it means

But the music make her wanna be the story

And the story was whatever was the song, what it was

Roller girl, don't worry

DJ, play the movies

All night long, all night long

[Verse 9]

Slippin' and a-slidin'

Yeah, life's a rollerball

Slippin' and a-slidin'

Skateaway, that's all

Skateaway

Sha-la, sha-lay, hey, hey

Skateaway

Now, sha-la, sha-lay, hey, hey

She's singing, "Sha-la, sha-lay, hey, hey"

Skateaway

[Verse 10]

Oh, sha-la, sha-lay, hey, hey

Written by: Mark Knopfler

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