Back In The Day

作词 : Mark Knopfle

作曲 : Mark Knopfle

You had to know what you were doing

Up on the band

Nobody lining up

To come give you a hand

No way could you fake it

At 18th and Vine

And we could really put the sauce on it

We'd do it all the time

We was hot as smokin' pistols

Chopping everybody down

Swinging like dogs, man

Kings of the town

There'd be a cutting contest

You had to do your research

I'd pull out a lick or two

From Saturday night church

Yeah, you'd maybe get to try

A couple things you learned

But you had to do your homework

'Cause a gig was earned

When swing turned into bebop

It was all going on

Blowing all night

On past the dawn

I might play all day

I might play all night

Whatever made you stronger, baby

That was alright

Yeah, you'd maybe get to try

A couple things you'd learned

But you had to know your business

'Cause everybody burned

Well a beer was a nickel

A whiskey was a dime

They'd come to Kansas City

See the girls on Vine

Might get a hot shot

Wanna bring along his horn

We liked to clean 'em up

And head 'em back where they belong

So long

But it's just the old malarkey

That'll wear you down

Some people are the pits, man

There's always some around

Some will take advantage

If they can

It's the old baloney sandwich

You dig me, man?

I'm talking about a time

When every man could play

But that's the way it was

Back in the day