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Dire Straits - Skateaway (Official Music Video)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Electric Guitar
John Illsley
John Illsley
Bass Guitar
Pick Withers
Pick Withers
Drums
Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jeff Hendrickson
Jeff Hendrickson
Assistant Engineer
JON MATHIAS
JON MATHIAS
Assistant Engineer
Shelly Yakus
Shelly Yakus
Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine
Producer

Lyrics

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 No fear alone at night She's sailing through the crowd In her ears the phones are tight And the music's playing loud 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 No fear alone at night She's sailing through the crowd In her ears those phones are tight And the music's playing loud 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 D.J. play the movies All night long, all night long She tortures taxi drivers just for fun She likes to read their lips Says, "Toro, toro, taxi, see ya tomorrow, my son" I swear, she let a big truck grease her hip Aw, she got her own world in the city, yeah You can't intrude on her, no, no, no, no She got her own world in the city The city's been so rude to her No fears alone at night Sailing through the crowd In her ears those phones so tight And the music's playing loud 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 D.J. play the movies All night long, all night long 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
Writer(s): Mark Knopfler Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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