MARK KNOPFLER – Imperishable Songmaster Sparkles Again On New Piece ‘TWO PAIR OF HANDS’ From His Forthcoming LP
New striking strokes
27 March 2024
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74-year-old guitar hero/songwriter MARK KNOPFLER is one of those
70s genial musicians who will record/release new songs until their
last breath.
The former sultan of swing isn’t a man who is interested in acting like
a celebrity/rock star. All that matters is his musical muse. With Dire Straits
he sold millions of albums between 1978 and 1991.
Over the years Knopfler, just like his dear friend Bob Dylan, started to look back,
to all things roots, blues, folk, and country, gave it their personal twist, and let
us all enjoy along. His new, 10th album, baptized ONE DEEP RIVER will see the
day of light on April 12th.
Press info: “One Deep River offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures. They draw on a lifetime of genre-crossing ingredients and influences in blues, folk, rock and beyond, and as usual, reveal their charms with unhurried grace and depth.”
Following first single Watch Me Gone and follow up Ahead Of The Game we get a third taster from the upcoming longplayer. TWO PAIRS OF HANDS is another feel-good, easy-going tune with Knopfler‘s ever soothing voice shining in the middle, for the evening hours, after another rat race day.
“We got the roller coaster piling along
The power and the glory with the song
Holy moly, where did the time go?
I told you, baby, now you know
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m keeping the balls in the air
When I’m up here on the band
There’ll be a little bit here and there
Still be trying to understand
[Chorus]
But they’ll all be in the air
When I’m up here on the band
What it is, I’m juggling here
I’ve only got two pairs of hands
[Verse 2]
There’s a pin-drop, they follow a thread
And a lonе voice cries out overhеad
When the thunder bursts in the velvet night
There’s joy and wonder and delight
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m keeping the balls in the air
Tryna keep up with the band
There’ll be a little bit here and there
I might get covered by the drifting sand
[Chorus]
But they’ll all be in the air
When I’m up here on the band
What it is, I’m juggling here
I’ve only got two pairs of hands
[Verse 3]
They’re back in the streets and into the bars
The trams and the trains and back in their cars
Holy moly, where did the time go?
I told you, baby, now you know
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m keeping the balls in the air
Tryna keep up with the band
There’ll be a little bit here and there
Might get covered by the drifting sand
[Chorus]
But they’ll all be in the air
When I’m up here on the band
What it is, I’m juggling here
I’ve only got two pairs of hands
All 3 singles
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