Telegraph Road Lyrics

[Chorus]
But believe in me, baby, and I'll take you away
From out of this darkness and into the day

From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
Cause I've run every red light on memory lane
I've seen desperation explode into flames
And I don't want to see it again
From all of these signs saying, "sorry, but we're closed"
All the way
Down the telegraph road


[Instrumental outro 9:35-14:18]

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“Telegraph Road” is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, taken from their fourth studio album Love Over Gold. It was released in 1984, as the lead single from their live album Alchemy, and from their compilation album Money for Nothing in 1988.

It is a brilliant song with a thrilling riff from (4:08) to (4:17), and beautiful climaxes.

Telegraph Road, aka Highway 24, is a main road that runs north-south through suburban metro-Detroit. Mark Knopfler wrote the song while touring through Detroit, inspired by the book “Growth of the Soil” by Knut Hamsun. The song tells the chronological story of Telegraph Rd – from the time Henry Ford discovered the Michigan wilderness through the auto boom of the early twentieth century, through war, depression, and the collapse of industry again in the midwest.

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Credits
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Synthesizer
Bass Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Lead guitar
Lead Vocals
Recorded At
The Power Station, New York City, New York
Release Date
September 20, 1982
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