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Dire Straits
Making Movies
Les Boys

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Les Boys

Release date: 17th October 1980

From Making Movies

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About This Track

"Les Boys" is a track by Dire Straits, from the album Making Movies, released 17th October 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

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Dire Straits

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Lyrics

Les Boys

[Chorus 1]

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys are glad to be gay

[Verse 1]

They're not afraid now

A disco bar in Germany

Les boys are glad to be

Upon parade now

Les boys got leather straps

Les boys got SS caps

But they got no gun now

Get dressed up get a little risque

Got to do a little S & M these days

It's all in fun now

[Chorus 2]

Les boys come on again

For the high class whores

And the businessmen

Who drive in their Mercedes Benz

To a disco bar in old Munchen

[Verse 2]

They get the jokes that the DJ makes

They get nervous and they make mistakes

They're bad for business

Some tourists take a photograph

Les boys don't get one laugh

He says they're useless

[Chorus 2]

Les boys come on again

For the high class whores

And the businessmen

Who drive in their Mercedes Benz

To a disco bar in old Munchen

[Bridge]

Late at night when they've gone away

Les boys dream of Jean Genet

High heel shoes and a black beret

And the posters on the wall that say

[Chorus 1]

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys are glad to be gay

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys are glad to be gay

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys are glad to be gay

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys are glad to be gay

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys are glad to be gay

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys are glad to be gay

Les boys do cabaret

Les boys do cabaret

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From Making Movies

1980

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Release year

1980

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Credits

Writer: Mark Knopfler
Producer: Jimmy Iovine, Mark Knopfler
Engineer: Shelly Yakus
Bass: John Illsley
Drums: Pick Withers
Guitar: Mark Knopfler
Keyboards: Roy Bittan
Vocals: Mark Knopfler
Assistant Engineer: Jeff Hendrickson, Jon Mathias
Credited: Greg Calbi, Jeff Hendrickson, Jimmy Iovine, John Illsley, Jon Mathias, Mark Knopfler, Pick Withers, Roy Bittan, Shelly Yakus
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi