Dire Straits – Tunnel Of Love

Getting crazy on the waltzers but it’s the life that I choose, yeah
Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo
And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam
And I don’t know where I’ll be tonight but I’ll always tell you where I am

In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light
She had a ticket for the races, yeah, just like me she was a victim of the night
I put my hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll
I had a one-armed bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul

And the big wheel keep on turning, neon burning up above
And I’m just high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love, yeah love

It’s just a danger, and when you’re riding at your own risk
She said you are the perfect stranger, she said baby just keep it like this
It’s just a cakewalk twisting baby step right up and say
Hey mister give me two, give me two now, ’cause any two can play

And the big wheel keep on turning, neon burning up above
And I’m just high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love, oh oooh love

Well it’s been money for muscle on a, another whirligig
Money for muscle and another girl I dig
Another hustle just to, just to make it big
And Rockaway, Rockaway, oooh Rockaway, Rockaway

And girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did
Oh Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids
Hey girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did
Oh Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids

Check it out

She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this
She put her hand in my pocket, I got a keepsake and a kiss
And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away
I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay

And the big wheel keep on turning, neon burning up above
And I’m just high on this world
Come on and take a low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love, yeah love love
On the tunnel of love, oooh love love

And now I’m searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades
In any shooting gallery where promises are made
To Rockaway, Rockaway, Rockaway, Rockaway
From Cullercoats and Whitley Bay out to Rockaway

And girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did
Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids
Girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did
Like the Spanish City to me when we were kids



Prevod pesme

Tunel ljubavi

Ludujem na valcerima ali to je život koji sam odabrao, da
Pevam o šest oštrica, o toboganu smrti i mučeničkoj tetovaži
I vozam se vozom duhova čiji vagoni škripe i treskaju
I ne znam gde ću večeras biti ali uvek ću ti javiti gde sam

U jednom vrištećem krugu lica video sam je kako na svetlu stoji
Imala je kartu za trke, da, baš kao i ja, i ona je bila žrtva noći
Stavio sam ruku na ručicu, rekao nek se drma nek se trese
Imao sam pokerašku groznicu i strelu kroz srce i dušu probodenu

A veliki točak nastavlja da se vrti, obasjan neonskim svetlima
I ja sam prosto u oblacima u tom svetu
Hajde devojko, spusti se sa mnom na vožnju
kroz tunel ljubavi, da ljubavi

To je prosto opasno, i kad se voziš na sopstveni rizik
Ona je rekla – ti si savršeni stranac, rekla je – dušo, samo ovako nastavi
To je samo prosti tvist, dušo, iskorači i reci
Hej, gospodine, dajte mi dve, sad mi dajte dve, jer to je igra za parove

A veliki točak nastavlja da se vrti, obasjan neonskim svetlima
I ja sam prosto u oblacima u tom svetu
Hajde devojko, spusti se sa mnom na vožnju
kroz tunel ljubavi, oh oooh ljubavi

Pa, to je bio težak rad na još jednoj vrtešci
Nagrada za trud i još jedna devojka koja mi se dopada
Opet strka samo da bih briljirao
I Rockaway, Rockaway, oooh Rockaway, Rockaway

I devojko, meni je to tako lepo, kao što je uvek bilo
Oh kao zabavni park iz našeg detinjstva
Hej devojko, meni je to tako lepo, kao što je uvek i bilo
Oh, kao zabavni park iz našeg detinjstva

Uveri se sama

Skinula je srebrni medaljon, rekla je – da me pamtiš po ovome
Stavila je ruku u moj džep, dobio sam uspomenu i poljubac
I u hučanju prašine i dizela, stajao sam i gledao je kako odlazi
Lako sam je mogao stići ali mora da me je nešto nagnalo da ostanem

A veliki točak nastavlja da se vrti, obasjan neonskim svetlima
I ja sam prosto u oblacima u tom svetu
Hajde devojko, spusti se sa mnom na vožnju
kroz tunel ljubavi, da ljubavi
kroz tunel ljubavi, oooh ljubavi, ljubavi

A sada pretražujem ove ringišpile i šatore sa igricama
Tražim na sve strane, od stiplčeza do palisada
U svim strelištima gde se daju obećanja
Do Rokaveja, Rokaveja, Rokaveja, Rokaveja,
Od Cullercoats-a i Whitley Bay-a do Rockaway-a

A devojko, meni je to tako lepo, kao što je uvek i bilo
Kao zabavni park iz našeg detinjstva
Devojko, meni je to tako lepo, kao što je uvek i bilo
Kao zabavni park iz našeg detinjstva

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