Dire Straits – Lions

Red sun go down way over dirty town
Starlings are sweeping around crazy shoals
A girl is there high heeling across the square
Wind blows around in her hair and the flags upon the poles
Waiting in the crowd to cross at the light
She looks around to find a face she can like.

Church bell clinging on trying to get a crowd for Evensong
Nobody cares to depend upon the chime it plays
They’re all in the station praying for trains
Congregation late again
It’s getting darker all the time these flagpole days
Drunk old soldier he gives her a fright
He’s crazy lion howling for a fight.

Strap hanging gunshot sound
Doors slamming on the overground
Starlings are tough but the lions are made of stone
Her evening paper is horror torn
But there’s hope later for Capricorns
Her lucky stars give her just enough to get home
Then she’s reading about a swing to the right
But she’s thinking about a stranger in the night
I’m thinking about the lions tonight
What happened to the lions.

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Lavovi

Crveno sunce zalazi nad prljavim gradom
Čvorci krstare ludim plićacima
Tamo je neka devojka, preko trga na štiklama hoda
Vetar nosi njenu kosu i zastave na jarbolima
Na semaforu, u gužvi, ona čeka da pređe
Oko sebe gleda tražeći neko lice koje bi joj se dopalo

Crkveno zvono uporno pokušava da prizove masu na večernju molitvu
Niko se ne obazire na njegovu zvonjavu
Svi su oni na stanici, mole se za vozove
Okupljanje ponovo kasni
Ovih dana jarbola, stalno se smrkava
Uplaši je neki pijani stari vojnik
On je ludi lav što za borbom urliče

Bretela visi, pucanj se čuje
Lupaju vrata nad zemljom
Čvorci su žilavi ali lavovi su od kamena
Njene večernje novine su užasno iskidane
Ali ima još nade za jarce
Njene srećne zvezde donose joj taman dovoljno da kući stigne
Onda ona čita o prelasku u desnicu
Ali razmišlja o nekom strancu u noći
Ja večeras mislim na lavove
Šta se desilo lavovima.

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