Stand Up Guy

Stand Up Guy -Mark Knopfler
Brew the coffee in a bucket
Double straight man and banjo
If you dont got the snake oil
Buster you dont got a show
Who puts the doh- re-me
In our pockets
Keeps the party going on
Its the man
Who sells the potions
Im just one who plays the songs
Now they generally buys
The bigger size
They usually rub it in
I drank it once it tasted
Like grease and paraffing
Its mostly alcohol okay
You cant deny its strong
We was going through the motions
Till the doctor came along
There stands the bottle
Ladies and gentlemen
All these bottles
Dont have to tell you friends
These days miracles
Dont come falling from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy
When the monkeyshine is flying
And hes promising the cure
He says the French
For your lovesick blues
La maladie damour
He gets the chumps all laughing
But he gets a few to buy
Heres to beefsteak
When youre hungry
And whiskey when youre dry
Now the bandll blow their moolah
Like sailors gone ashore
Now were going to west helena
To gamble drink and whore
Lets you and me
All make whoopee
Heres mud in your eye
Heres to all the gals you ever want
And heaven when you die
There stands the bottle
Ladies and gentlemen
All these bottles
Dont have to tell you friends
These days miracles
Dont come falling from the sky
Raise yourglasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy
Theres a big cheese with a cigar
Been sizing up the show
He wants to get the doctor
Pitching on the radio
I will make a switch to guitar
But the rules all still apply
They want to trust somebody
Yeah they want a stand up guy
There stands the bottle
Heres to absent friends
All these bottles
Dead soldiers in the end
These days miracles
Dont come falling from the sky
Raise your glasses to the doctor
To a stand up guy
To the doctor
A stand up guy