MARK KNOPFLER
LOCAL HERO

release : 1983

1)The Rocks And The Water
2)Wild Theme
3)Freeway Flyer
4)Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite)
5)The Way It Always Starts
6)The Rocks And The Thunder
7)The Ceilidh And The Northern Lights
8)The Mist Covered Mountains -Traditional
9)The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite/Billy's Tune
10)Whistle Theme
11)Smooching
12)Stargazer
13)The Rocks And The Thunder
14)Going Home: Theme Of The Local Hero

The Rocks And The Water
instrumental

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Wild Theme
instrumental

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Freeway Flyer
instrumental

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Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite)
instrumental

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The Way It Always Starts

It gets so dark before the dawn
That's when it gets to me
Before the city symphony of taxi horns

That's the way it always starts,
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart.

Last night I thought I heard my name
Well it was too dark to see, but it had to be,
The voice was just the same

That's the way it always starts,
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart.

So tell me why should it have to be this way
Why can't it be all right,
Why can't I sleep at night?
Why should it have to be this way?
Why must there be this price to pay?

Now all the streets are dark and bare,
Oh, if you can live in this town,
And stick around, you can live anywhere

That's the way it always starts,
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart.

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