Sultans of Swing – answers

You get a shiver in the dark¹
It’s² been raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything³
A band is blowing dixie double four time
You feel all⁴ right when you hear that music ring…..

And now you step inside⁵ but you don’t⁶ see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Too much competition in other places
But not too many horns can make that sound
Way (on) down south, way (on) down south London⁷ town

You check out Guitar George – he knows all the chords
Mind he’s⁸ strictly rhythm he doesn’t⁹ want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford¹⁰
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry¹¹ doesn’t mind¹² if he doesn’t¹³ make the scene
He’s¹⁴ got a daytime job, he’s¹⁵ doing alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Saving it up for Friday¹⁶ night
With the sultans, with the Sultans Of Swing

And a crowd of young boys they’re¹⁷ fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their¹⁸ best brown baggies and their¹⁸ platform soles
They don’t¹⁹ give a damn about any trumpet-playing band
It ain’t* what they call rock and roll
And the sultans, yeah the sultans are playing creole (…creole!!)

*isn’t

And then the man steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the ‘time’ bell rings
"goodnight, now it’s²⁰ time to go home"
And he makes it fast with one more thing
We are the Sultans Of Swing …..

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