Lyrics Song for Sonny Liston.lrc Mark Knopfler
[id: wvnhshty]
[ar: Mark Knopfler]
[al: Shangri-La]
[ti: Song For Sonny Liston]
[length: 05:07]
[00:11.35]So many mouths to feed on the farm
[00:16.41]And Sonny was the second to the last one born
[00:21.61]His Mamma ran away and his daddy beat him bad
[00:27.04]And he grew up wild, good love he never had
[00:29.90]He had a left like Henry’s hammer
[00:32.74]A right like Betty Bamalam
[00:35.62]Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread
[00:38.07]And all them sluggers went down like lead
[00:41.34]
[00:51.61]Well he hung with the hoods, he wouldn’t stroke the fans
[00:56.93]But he had dynamite in both his hands
[01:03.02]Boom bam like the slammer door
[01:08.23]The bell and the can and the bodies on the floor
[01:10.71]Beware
[01:12.44]The Bear’s in town
[01:13.79]Somebody’s money says the Bear’s going down
[01:16.60]Yeah, the Bear never smiles
[01:19.08]Sonny’s going down for miles and miles
[01:22.08]Sonny’s going down for miles and miles
[01:30.15]Yeah
[01:35.04]The writers didn’t like him the fight game jocks
[01:40.49]With his lowlife backers and his hands like rocks
[01:46.64]They didn’t want to have a bogey man
[01:51.81]They didn’t like him and he didn’t like them
[01:54.59]Black Cadillac, Alligator boots
[01:57.25]Money in the pockets of his shark skin suits
[01:59.92]Some say the Bear took a flop
[02:02.62]They couldn’t believe it when they saw him drop
[02:04.84]He had a left like Henry’s hammer
[02:08.08]A right like Betty Bamalam
[02:10.74]Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread
[02:13.48]And all them sluggers went down like lead
[02:21.64]Yeah
[02:26.74]Joe Louis was his hero, he tried to be the same
[02:32.19]But a criminal child wears a ball and chain
[02:37.59]So the civil rights people didn’t want him on the throne
[02:42.95]And the hacks and the cops wouldn’t leave him alone
[02:45.74]Beware
[02:47.21]The Bear’s in town
[02:48.63]Somebody’s money says the Bear’s going down
[02:51.36]Yeah, the Bear never smiles
[02:54.05]Sonny’s going down for miles and miles
[02:56.85]Sonny’s going down for miles and miles
[03:04.90]Yeah
[03:09.86]At the foot of his bed with his feet on the floor
[03:15.40]There was dope in his veins and a pistol on the drawer
[03:21.19]One lone investigation as such
[03:26.96]He hated needles but he knew too much
[03:29.28]Criss crossed on his back
[03:31.77]Scars from his daddy like slavery tracks
[03:34.42]The second last child was the second last King
[03:37.22]Never again was it the same in the ring
[03:39.67]He had a left like Henry’s hammer
[03:42.66]A right like Betty Bamalam
[03:45.24]Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread
[03:47.96]And all them sluggers went down like lead
[03:56.11]Yeah
[04:01.06]They never could be sure about the day he was born
[04:06.68]A motherless child set to working on the farm
[04:12.16]And they never could be sure about the day he died
[04:17.55]The Bear was the King, they cast aside
[04:20.03]Beware
[04:21.64]The Bear’s in town
[04:22.90]Somebody’s money says the Bear’s going down
[04:25.69]Yeah, the Bear never smiles
[04:28.54]Sonny’s going down for miles and miles
[04:31.09]Sonny’s going down for miles and miles
[04:39.33]Yeah
[04:42.08]Year of Release: 2005