Mark Knopfler Skydiver Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've been banned from every racecourse in the country
There's something about the unsure thing
Like scoring with a beauty of the county
It always makes the old bell ring
I like to go for broke and I'll be randy
It's got to be the unsure thing
In the Bentley Continental with the brandy
It always makes the old bell ring

[Chorus]
And when it's gone, all gone
I'll stand on a hilltop and sing
I go where I want, I do what I want
And I don't give a damn about a thing

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[Verse 2]
Today I lost a packet at Wincanton
Dive Bomber in the 2.15
All on the nose and no-one counting
Nothing wishy-washy in between
Back when I made the pivotal decision
To take a winding road that I could see
It was just like being given an incredible permission
The rules don't apply to me

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
I'm not being brave, it's my money, not my life
When I need to take a break from the brushes and the knife
And I always took a fancy to the ones
Heading straight into the teeth of the guns

Skydiver