DIRE STRAITS - LADY WRITER (playback) RTVE SPAIN 1979 - Written by MARK KNOPFLER
Vertigo/Warner Bros. (1979) Playback performance by DIRE STRAITS on popular RTVE Spanish TV show "Aplauso" in 1979.
TV performance The Band -
MARK KNOPFLER - vocals, lead, rhythm guitars
DAVID KNOPFLER - rhythm, vocals
JOHN ILLSLEY - Bass, vocals
PICK WITHERS - Drums
Album [Communiqué] Credits
Mark Knopfler: vocals, lead, rhythm guitars
David Knopfler: rhythm, vocals
John Illsley: bass, vocals
Pick Withers: drums
Engineered by Jack Nuber
Produced by Barry Beckett, Jerry Wexler
Mastered by Gregg Hamm
Recorded December 1978, Compass Point Studio, Nassau, Bahamas. Engineered by Jack Nuber.
Mixed January 1979 at Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama.
℗ 1979
5. Lady Writer - Mark Knopler (Lyrics)
Lady Writer on the TV
Talk about the Virgin Mary
Reminded me of you
Expectations left to come up to yeah
Lady writer on the TV
Yeah, she had another quality
The way you used to look
And I know you never read a book
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Lady writer on the TV
She had all the brains and the beauty
The picture does not fit
You talked to me when you felt like it
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Yes and your rich old man
You know he’d call her a dead ringer
You got the same command
Plus you mother was a jazz singer
Just the way that her hair fell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place
Lady writer on the TV
She knew all about a history
You couldn’t hardly write your name
I think I want you just the same as the
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I’m talking about you and me
And the lady writer on the TV
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I’m talking about you and me
And the lady writer on the TV