Truly an amazing guy. Went to a couple Dire Straits concerts back in the day and saw Knopler in WA DC on the Privateering tour. As amazing he is on the guitar, he's a gifted songwriter and often the songs are of a historical bent that really resonates with me. For example, Done with Bonaparte about a soldier who has been injured, feels he's been led astray and is really ready to go home to France.


We've paid in hell since Moscow burned
As Cossacks tear us piece by piece
Our dead are strewn a hundred leagues
Though death would be a sweet release
And our grande armée is dressed in rags
A frozen starving beggar band
Like rats we steal each other's scraps
Fall to fighting hand to hand

[Chorus]
Save my soul from evil, Lord
And heal this soldier's heart
I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord
I'm done with Bonaparte

What dreams he made for us to dream
Spanish skies, Egyptian sands
The world was ours, we marched upon
Our little Corporal's command
And I lost an eye at Austerlitz
The sabre slash yet gives me pain
My one true love awaits me still
The flower of the Aquitaine

This version with Emmy Lou



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