Once Upon a Time in the West (Prince’s Trust Rock Gala, London, 1983 Tour) Songtext
von Dire Straits

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
Would you please welcome to the stage?
Dire Straits

There′s some people get a cheap laugh breaking up the speed limit
Scaring the pedestrians for a minute
Crossing up a progress, driving on the grass
Leaving just enough room to pass
Yeah, Sunday driver never took a test
Oh, yeah, once upon a time in the west

Man, it's no use saying that you don′t know nothing
Still gonna get you if you don't do something
Sitting on a fence, that's a dangerous course
You could even get a bullet from your peace-keeping force
Yeah, ′cause even the hero get a bullet in the chest
Oh, yeah, once upon a time in the west


Oh, Mother Mary, your children are slaughtered
Now some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughters
Who′s protecting the innocenti?
Get a heap big trouble in your land of plenty
So, how you gonna do best?
Well, you guess, once upon a time in the west

Oh, yeah, once upon a time in the west
Yeah, once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west
Sing
Once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west
Yeah, once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west

Yeah, once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west
Oh, yeah, once upon a time in the west
Yeah, once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west

Alright