Mark Knopfler - The Way It Always Starts lyrics

"Local Hero" Music by Mark Knopfler

THE WAY IT ALWAYS STARTS

(Mark Knopfler)

It gets so dark before the dawn

That's when it gets to me,

Before the city symphony of taxi horns

That's the way it always starts,

Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart

Last night I thought I heard my name

Where it was too dark to see, but it had to be

The voice was just the same

That's the way it always starts,

Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart

So tell me why should I have to be this way

Why can't it be all right?

Why cant I sleep all night?

Why should I have to be this way?

Why must there be this price to pay?

Now all the streets are dark and bare

Oh if you can leave this town

And stick around, you can live anywhere

That's the way it always starts,

Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart