1810 – Dire Straits – Wild west end (1978)

Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre fevereiro e março de 1978 no Basing Street Studios, em Londres e lançada em 9 de junho de 1978 no disco de estréia da banda, chamado apenas de Dire Straits. Foi produzida por Muff Winwood. Mark Knopfler usou, além das suas duas guitarras vermelhas Fender Stratocasters, de 1961 e 1962. Além disso, usou sua national Style O 4 fret guitar, de 1938. Mark Knopfler cantou, tocou guitarra solo e rítmica. David Knopfler tocou guitarra base e fez backing vocals. John Illsley tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Pick Withers tocou bateria.

A letra:

Stepping out to Angellucci's for my coffee beans
Checking out the movies and the magazines
Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar
I'm getting a pickup for my steel guitar

I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue
Excuse me for talking I wanna marry you
This is the seventh heaven street to me
Don't seem so proud
You're just another angel in the crowd

And I'm walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend

And my conductress on the number nineteen
She was a honey
Pink toenails and hands all dirty with money
Greasy greasy greasy greasy hair, easy smile
She made me feel nineteen for a while

And I went down to Chinatown
In the backroom it's a man's world
All the money go down
Duck inside the doorway gotta duck to eat
Just in no way

You and me we can't beat

And I'm walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end

Walking with your wild best friend

And a gogo dancing girl yes I saw her
The DJ he say here's Mandy for you
I feel alright to seen her
To do that stuff
She's dancing high I move on by
The close ups can get rough

When you're walking in the wild west end

Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend ...

Walking... walking...

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