Tunnel of Love by Dire Straits
Tunnel of Love by Dire Straits

Tunnel of Love

Dire Straits * Track #1 On Making Movies

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Tunnel of Love by Dire Straits

Release Date
Fri Oct 17 1980
Performed by
Dire Straits
Produced by
Jimmy Iovine & Mark Knopfler
Writed by
Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers & Mark Knopfler & Rodgers & Hammerstein
About

At just over 8 minutes, “Tunnel of Love” seems like an odd choice for a single. Until you hear it that is. It’s quintessential Dire Straits, with Knopfler’s incredible, Bruce Springsteen-rivalling gift for melody and insistence.

A music video was filmed, with the images on the screen matching Mark’...

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Tunnel of Love Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro: "The Carousel Waltz"]

[Verse 1]
Getting crazy on the waltzers
But it's the life that I choose
Hey, sing about the sixblade, sing about the switchback
And a torture tattoo
And I've 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'd always tell you where I am
In a screaming ring of faces
I've 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 a hand upon the lever
Said: "Let it rock and let it roll"
I had the one arm bandit fever
There was an arrow through my heart and my soul

[Chorus 1]
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

[Verse 2]
It's just the danger, danger when you're riding at your own risk
She said: "You are the perfect stranger"
She said: "Baby, let's keep it like this"
It's just a cake walk, twisting baby, yeah, step right up and say:
"Hey Mister, give me two, give me two now, 'cos any two can play"

[Chorus 1]
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, love, love

[Bridge]
Well, it's been money for muscle on another whirligig
Money for muscle and another girl I dig
Another hustle just to, just to make it big
And rockaway, rockaway
Oh, rockaway, rockaway

[Chorus 2]
And girl, it looks so pretty to me
Like it always did
Oh, like the Spanish City to me
When-a we were kids
Hey girl, it looks so pretty to me
Just like it always did
Oh, like the Spanish City to me
When-a we were kids

Check it out!

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus 1]
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, love, love
On the tunnel of love
Oh, love, love

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus 2]
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

[Instrumental Outro]

Tunnel of Love Q&A

Who wrote Tunnel of Love's ?

Tunnel of Love was written by Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers & Mark Knopfler & Rodgers & Hammerstein.

Who produced Tunnel of Love's ?

Tunnel of Love was produced by Jimmy Iovine & Mark Knopfler.

When did Dire Straits release Tunnel of Love?

Dire Straits released Tunnel of Love on Fri Oct 17 1980.

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