Dire Straits official FB page shares lyrics chosen by Mark Knopfler

[JF]

interesting : "Every week we’ll be sharing a lyric excerpt chosen by Mark Knopfler from his Dire Straits songwriting."

I thought Mark was looking forward only... 

https://www.facebook.com/DireStraits/posts/pfbid02csnaBvg4PxqWrQcij7nTriVKpbWWJ2A7Di6H6ujX1FU8pzpBFiB5eMcjvX2NnzoDl

[Robson]

I don't understand. Mark chooses the lyrics?

[Kris-b]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0XBD5LudXVamgQDtQ6oHMZNUjz5oTgxJTNvG86H6Zq3KSX2JwaHfksd91beVq5t3El&id=100044545264717

Also on the MK  account

[quizzaciously]

Great idea... For a songwriter in general. Even if you're the hardest die-hard fan of them all, you can't remember all the lyrics, and there are a lot of surprising lines sometimes.

[rmarques821]

Not a chance Mark is actually choosing these lyrics. It's just a PR/Marketing thing to gather more reaction from the public.
He probably doesn't even remember he wrote Lions! 

[Robson]

I think so too, but for sure Lions remembers

[peterromer]

Not a chance Mark is actually choosing these lyrics. It's just a PR/Marketing thing to gather more reaction from the public.
He probably doesn't even remember he wrote Lions! 

[hunter]

Lions, I always loved that song. Brilliant lyrics.

[dustyvalentino]

Not a chance Mark is actually choosing these lyrics. It's just a PR/Marketing thing to gather more reaction from the public.
He probably doesn't even remember he wrote Lions! 

That’s a good lyric and I’m sure MK is still proud of it

[dmg]

They never look back.  I'll bet Guy regrets saying that! 

[Brunno Nunes]

This song has always awakened in me a great fascination, melody, lyrics, the way Mark sings, rhythm, killer backing vocals... it takes me to a place I've never been physically, Trafalgar Square, the square in central London with the Lions of stone, in a late afternoon. Mark Knopfler has an incredible gift for telling a story and creating images in our minds, Lions is a great example, without a doubt my favorite song from the first album, without demeaning the others, all of them tasty.

[Robson]

Do I remember correctly that this song was not planned for the album?

[rmarques821]

Do I remember correctly that this song was not planned for the album?

What I heard is that David Knopfler actually composed the melody. The Am7, C, G, F7 progression was all his idea. And Mark wrote the lyrics.
I'm not sure about this, though.

[hunter]

This song has always awakened in me a great fascination, melody, lyrics, the way Mark sings, rhythm, killer backing vocals... it takes me to a place I've never been physically, Trafalgar Square, the square in central London with the Lions of stone, in a late afternoon. Mark Knopfler has an incredible gift for telling a story and creating images in our minds, Lions is a great example, without a doubt my favorite song from the first album, without demeaning the others, all of them tasty.

A perfect song to end an album with. Follow Me Home, too. Both songs have always been special to me.

[Robson]

Oh yeah Follow Me Home. It is hard to find a better ending. Single Handed Sailor - the sound of the sea waves and Follow Me Home - beautiful.