Radio Paradise (mobile)

I seen a girl on a one-way corridor
Stealing down a wrong-way street
For all the world like an urban toreador
She had wheels on, on her feet
Well, the cars do the usual dances
Same old cruise and the curbside crawl
But the roller girl, she's taking chances
They just love to see her take them all
No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears the phones are tight, and the music's playing loud
Hallelujah, here she comes, queen rollerball
And enchanté, what can I say, don't care at all
You know, she used to have to wait around
She used to be the lonely one
But now that she can skate around town
She's the only, only one
No fear alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears those phones are tight, and the music's playing loud
She gets rock 'n' roll and a rock 'n' roll station
And a rock 'n' roll dream
She's making movies on location
She don't know what it means
And the music make her wanna be the story
And the story was whatever was the song, what it was
Roller girl, don't worry
D.J. play the movies
All night long, all night long
She tortures taxi drivers just for fun
She likes to read their lips
She says, "toro, toro, taxi, see ya tomorrow, my son"
I swear, she let a big truck graze her hip
Aw, she got her own world in the city, yeah
You can't intrude on her, no, no, no, no
She got her own world in the city
The city's been so rude to her
No fears alone at night, she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears those phones so tight, and the music's playing loud
She gets rock 'n' roll and a rock 'n' roll station
And a rock 'n' roll dream
She's making movies on location
She don't know what it means
But the music make her wanna be the story
And the story was whatever was the song, what it was
Roller girl, don't worry
D.J. play the movies
All night long, all night long
Slippin' and a-slidin'
Yeah, life's a rollerball
Slippin' and a-slidin'
Skateaway, that's all
Skateaway
Sha-la sha-lay, hey, hey
Skateaway
Now, sha-la sha-lay, hey, hey
She's singing sha-la sha-lay, hey, hey
Skateaway
Oh, sha-la sha-lay, hey, hey

Lazarus May 20, 2013 - 19:46	Everybody in my church thinks this song rocks... [ Reply ]
dwhayslett Apr 19, 2013 - 12:18	rdo wrote: 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' Lewis Carroll " You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. " -- Inigo Montoya [ Reply ]
kingart Apr 03, 2013 - 13:38	From what may be Dire Straits' best album. VERY hard to fathom it's 33 years past already. A classic. I wore out two copies of the LP. Not that Communique and Love Over Gold are shabby. [ Reply ]
rdo Feb 15, 2013 - 16:05	Proclivities wrote: You must be employing some alternate definition of that word. 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' Lewis Carroll [ Reply ]
Proclivities Jan 15, 2013 - 08:33	Papernapkin wrote: Not melodic . You must be employing some alternate definition of that word. [ Reply ]
ambrebalte Jan 15, 2013 - 08:29	sandyl wrote: So reminds me of my teens. This was one of my favourite albums then and it still tingles my spine........ "tingles my spine" too [ Reply ]
Derecho Jan 15, 2013 - 08:29	Jackson Browne much? [ Reply ]
Papernapkin Dec 30, 2012 - 10:32	Not melodic. [ Reply ]
msymmes Dec 30, 2012 - 10:31	Probably one of their best songs ever. JHZ wrote: Leaning towards burdell's point here. Up there with their best tunes, since it strikes a nice balance between simplicity and complexity, while Dire Straits at other times overdid the complexity a bit. Great melodies too in this one. burdell wrote: [ Reply ]
JHZ Nov 29, 2012 - 01:35	Leaning towards burdell's point here. Up there with their best tunes, since it strikes a nice balance between simplicity and complexity, while Dire Straits at other times overdid the complexity a bit. Great melodies too in this one. burdell wrote: Disagree. This IS their best tune. Hr-Rosendahl wrote: [ Reply ]
vanmas Sep 27, 2012 - 05:55	Not their best song... Why throw this in the air (or on internet) when they have made better music? [ Reply ]
msymmes Sep 12, 2012 - 18:05	msymmes wrote: The best album from Dire Straits ever !!! Yup, I agree. [ Reply ]
Marzz_13 Sep 11, 2012 - 17:03	She tortures taxi drivers just for fun She like to read their lips She says, Toro Toro taxi see you tomorrow my son I swear she let a big truck Grease her hip Always loved that imagery! [ Reply ]
Stingray Jul 26, 2012 - 07:43	socalhol wrote: This song always makes me think of BOOGIE NIGHTS — Heather Graham's character "Rollergirl". Was the character based on a real life person?? Don't know if she was - the main character was, of course. JOHN HOLMES, his name, if you remember (hehehe...). [ Reply ]
socalhol Jul 10, 2012 - 18:30	This song always makes me think of BOOGIE NIGHTS — Heather Graham's character "Rollergirl". Was the character based on a real life person?? [ Reply ]
coloradojohn Jul 10, 2012 - 18:24	PERFECT just now as I've been thinking since yesterday about Venice Beach and Marina del Rey and Santa Monica, remembering such good times had over the years out there — including the Skateaway gals who used to rule the beach path and streets there back in the day this was the hippest group — feels GREAT! [ Reply ]
thalula May 24, 2012 - 01:31	Always good on long journeys, while playing billiard und brings back lots of memorys... [ Reply ]
burdell May 08, 2012 - 06:53	Disagree. This IS their best tune. Hr-Rosendahl wrote: Love DS Not there best tune, but brings me good memories! From when I was a handsome young man :) [ Reply ]
GuiltyFeat Apr 22, 2012 - 07:57	I've never been a Dire Straits fan and now more than ever their music sounds perfectly fine in the background. [ Reply ]
IPA Mar 21, 2012 - 15:25	citizenkeith wrote: Love the slapback on the kick drum. That is a really cool sentence...I wish I knew what it meant. It will, at least, give me something to say next time I go to the kid's band concert! [ Reply ]