Stand Up Guy Lyrics - Shangri-la - Mark Knopfler

brew the coffee in a bucket 

double straight man and banjo 

if you don't got the snake oil 

buster, you don't got a show 

who puts the doh-re-me 

in our pockets 

keeps the party going on? 

it's the man 

who sells the potions 

i'm 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 paraffin 

it's mostly alcohol, okay 

you can't deny it's strong 

we was going through the motions 

'til the doctor came along 

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there stands the bottle 

ladies and gentlemen 

all these bottles 

don't have to tell you, friends 

these days miracles 

don't come falling from the sky 

raise your glasses to the doctor 

to a stand up guy 

when the monkeyshine is flying 

and he's promising the cure 

he says the french 

for your lovesick blues 

la maladie d'amour 

he gets the chumps all laughing 

but he gets a few to buy 

here's to beefsteak 

when you're hungry 

and whiskey when you're dry 

now the band'll blow their moolah 

like sailors gone ashore 

now we're going to west helena 

to gamble, drink and whore 

let's you and me 

all make whoopee 

here's mud in your eye 

here's to all the gals you ever want 

and heaven when you die 

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there stands the bottle 

ladies and gentlemen 

all these bottles 

don't have to tell you, friends 

these days miracles 

don't come falling from the sky 

raise your glasses to the doctor 

to a stand up guy 

there's 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 

here's to absent friends 

all these bottles 

dead soldiers in the end 

these days miracles 

don't come falling from the sky 

raise your glasses to the doctor 

to a stand up guy 

to the doctor 

a stand up guy