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Love Over Gold Lyrics by Dire Straits

The Studio Albums 1978 - 1991

1982

[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
You walk out on the high wire
You're a dancer on thin ice
You pay no heed to the danger
And less to advice
Your footsteps are forbidden
But with knowledge of your sin
You throw your love to all the strangers
And caution to the wind
[Verse 2]
And you go dancing through doorways
Just to see what you will find
Leaving nothing to interfere
With the crazy balance of your mind
And when you finally reappear
At the place where you came in
You've thrown your love to all the strangers
And caution to the wind
[Verse 3]
It takes love over gold and mind over matter
To do what you do that you must
When the things that you hold can fall and be shattered
Or run through your fingers like dust
[Instrumental Outro]
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Dire Straits

Dire Straits

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"Love Over Gold" appears on "The Studio Albums 1978 - 1991" in 1982.

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