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Walk of Life

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Walk of Life was released on May 17, 1985 by Warner Records as a part of the album Brothers In Arms

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Mark Knopfler

Guitar

John Illsley

Bass Guitar

Omar Hakim

Drums

Alan Clark

Keyboards

Guy Fletcher

Keyboards

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Mark Knopfler

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mark Knopfler

Producer

Bruce Lampcov

Assistant Engineer

David Greenberg

David Greenberg

Assistant Engineer

Neil Dorfsman

Recording Engineer

Steve Jackson

Assistant Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Woo-hoo

Woo-hoo

[Verse 1]

Here comes Johnny singin' oldies, goldies

Be-bop-a-lula, baby, what I say

Here comes Johnny singin', "I Got A Woman"

Down in the tunnels, tryin' to make it pay

[PreChorus]

He got the action, he got the motion

Oh yeah, the boy can play

Dedication, devotion

Turnin' all the night time into the day

[Chorus]

He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman

He do the song about the knife

Then he do the walk

Do the walk of life

Yeah, he do the walk of life

[Bridge]

Woo-hoo

[Verse 2]

Here comes Johnny, gonna tell you a story

Hand me down my walkin' shoes

Here comes Johnny with the power and the glory

Back beat, the talkin' blues

[PreChorus]

He got the action, he got the motion

Oh yeah, the boy can play

Dedication, devotion

Turnin' all the night time into the day

[Chorus]

The song about the sweet lovin' woman

He do the song about the knife

Then he do the walk

Do the walk of life

Yeah, he do the walk of life

[Bridge]

Woo-hoo-hoo

[Verse 3]

Here comes Johnny singin' oldies, goldies

Be-bop-a-lula, baby, what I say

Here comes Johnny singin', "I Got A Woman"

Down in the tunnels, tryin' to make it pay

[PreChorus]

He got the action, he got the motion

Oh yeah, the boy can play

Dedication, devotion

Turnin' all the night time into the day

[Chorus]

And after all the violence and double talk

There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife

You do the walk

Yeah, you do the walk of life

Mmm, you do the walk of life

[Outro]

Woo-hoo

Woo-hoo-hoo

Woo-hoo-hoo

Woo-hoo

Woo-hoo-hoo

Yeah, you do the walk of life

Written by: Mark Knopfler

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