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Love Over Gold Lyrics
[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
[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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“Love Over Gold” is a 1982 song by Dire Straits. It’s the fourth song on Dire Strait’s fourth studio album which shares the same name. The song is about how you must set your love for someone higher than the materialistic needs, like a car, jewelry, furniture etc. Materialistic things is not what’s important, love is the most important thing in life.
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Recorded At
The Power Station, New York City, New York
Release Date
September 20, 1982
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