(6) Broken Bones (5:30)

[shangri la 1]

Broken Bones(Mark Knopfler)

LYRICS
   She likes a man with a broken nose
Lucky for me, I suppose
Shots coming in like the monthly bills
Soon they’ll be saying I’m over the hill

Well the bell goes clang and you’re on your own
You take your medicine and go home
You take it like a man, on the chin
And you don’t make a fuss when the towel comes in

Now let me go home, got to lay in ice
And I don’t want to hear no more advice
Just give me my clothes
Get me out of this place
How many more stitches in my face?

Those broken bones, you pick ‘em up and carry ‘em
Broken bones, you carry ‘em home
Broken bones, you pick ‘em up and carry ‘em
Broken bones, you carry ‘em home

He had the punch lines, I was the joke
Every shot felt like something broke
It was all much more than a man should stand
And I finally went down to a big right hand

Now let me go home, got to lay in ice
And I don’t want to hear no more advice
Just give me my clothes
Get me out of this place
How many more stitches in my face?

Those broken bones, you pick ‘em up and carry ‘em
Broken bones, you carry ‘em home
Broken bones, you pick ‘em up and carry ‘em
Broken bones, you carry ‘em home

Broken bones, you pick ‘em up and carry ‘em
Broken bones, you carry ‘em home
Broken bones, you pick ‘em up and carry ‘em
Broken bones, you carry ‘em home

[LoveExpresso]

So this is the JJ Cale-alike song with just Mark on a little amp as he said in an interview? I wonder if the lyrics have to do with the death of JJ or if he means it is just JJ Cale-style recorded..

LE

[MisterYES]

It's Early Bird singed by Clapton 

[jbaent]

Something says to me that this is going to be one of the skippers to me... pretty repetitive, after 2 minutes of song I´m already bored... a good idea as it's a J.J.Cale tribute, but... "Someday" is a way better tribute than this one.

[border_reiver]

Something says to me that this is going to be one of the skippers to me... pretty repetitive, after 2 minutes of song I´m already bored... a good idea as it's a J.J.Cale tribute, but... "Someday" is a way better tribute than this one.

I like it

It's the repetitive style that was JJ. But it's only JJ who can pull if off to perfection, as any other top musician with his or her own trademark.

Had JJ done Broken Bones, well then people would have raved about it

[LoveExpresso]

Exactly.

Ianto does some nice build-up work on this one, I love it. So far my absolute top favourite. Hence my weed question yesterday.
The way he sings that carry "EM is exactly JJ style, singing the line one word longer. I love that.

LE

[yontwocrows]

LE, i love your weed question. It describes perfectly an element on the album. I don't take it, but love the album nevertheless. Broken Bones is repetitive, but it's cool. I will not skip it...

[LoveExpresso]

Oh I don't take it neither  and maybe therefore I don't know anything about it but the cliché I mean and it sometimes SOUNDS like it.

LE

[vgonis]

This could have been a huge number with its funky guitars and disco rhythm. Maybe a version with a huge break with loud drums and a distinctive guitar solo! Of course the lyrics might sound inappropriate like this. Agree with LE, my favorite this far! Certainly has a JJ feel, more than anything he has done this far! Thank God his voice sounds like JJ and not Bob as he grows older! Would prefer a fade out.

[jabbathehut]

trying to understand why some people rate this song.Sounds  boring and repetitive to me but there must be something there,just like song for Sonny.

[LoveExpresso]

It has to do with feeling. 

Not boring at all, cool build up by Ianto, top 3 from my view of the album.

LE

[richardmu]

Song for sonny is a good track I thought, not on album as the feel wasn't right but live and acoustic it was a great track.

The rhythm guitar is slightly annoying ? This song has potential to be epic, but not this version. There's no guitar solo worth mentioning :-O, such potential to really nail one aswell and let it rip. The last 2 minutes drag on and on and on and on... "you can pickem up and carry em" .. and on and on and on.

[LoveExpresso]

The rhythm guitar is the best thing about this song! Really, what's wrong with the people...

LE

[Banjo99uk]

It's a great song and really "cool". I loved Gator blood and a lot of people said that was boring and repetitive as well.

[dmg]

You just want him to "let rip" at the end but by now we all know what to expect!  So much potential, still pretty good.  Maybe on tour...