Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre novembro e dezembro de 1978 e lançada em 5 de junho de 1979, no disco Communiqué, o segundo da banda. Saiu também em compacto, em julho de 1979, com Where do you think you're going? Como Lado B. Foi produzida por Jerry Wexler e Barry Beckett. A idéia da canção foi que Mark estava assistindo TV uma noite e tinha uma lady writer passando em algum programa e isso o inspirou a compor. Chegou ao número 45 do Billboard Hot100, número 51 no Reino Unido, número 18 na Holanda, número 26 na Espanha, número 39 na Nova Zelandia, número 51 no Canadá e número 95 na Austrália.
A letra:
Lady
writer on the TV
Talk about the Virgin Mary
Reminded me of
you
Expectation left to come up to yeah
Lady writer on the TV
Yeah, she had
another quality
The way you used to look
And I know you never
read a book
Just the way that her hair fell down
around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time,
another place
Lady writer on the TV
She had all
her brains and the beauty
The picture does not fit
You talked
to me when you felt like it
Just the way that her hair fell down
around her face
And I recall my fall from grace
Another time,
another place
Yes and your rich old man
You know
he'd call her a dead ringer
You got the same command
Plus your
mother was a jazz singer
Just the way that her hair fell down
around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
(Oh yeah)
Another time, another place
Lady writer on the TV
She knew all
about a history
You couldn't hardly write your name
I think I
want you just the same as the
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about
the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And
lady writer on the TV
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about
the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And
lady writer on the TV
(Lady writer on the TV)
(Lady
writer)
(Lady writer on the TV)
(Lady writer on the TV)
(Lady
writer)
(Lady writer on the TV)
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