| Song | Song For Sonny Liston |
| Artist | Mark Knopfler |
| Album | One Take Radio Sessions |
| 作曲 : Mark Knopfler | |
| 作词 : KNOPFLER, MARK | |
| So many mouths to feed on the farm | |
| And Sonny was the second to the last one born | |
| His Mamma ran away and his daddy beat him bad | |
| And he grew up wild, good love he never had | |
| He had a left like | |
| Henry's hammer | |
| A right like | |
| Betty Bamalam | |
| Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread | |
| And all them sluggers went down like lead | |
| Well he hung with the hoods, he wouldn't stroke the fans | |
| But he had dynamite in both his hands | |
| Boom bam like the slammer door | |
| The bell and the can and the bodies on the floor | |
| BewareThe | |
| Bear's in town | |
| Somebody's money says the | |
| Bear's going down | |
| Yeah, the | |
| Bear never smiles | |
| Sonny's going down for miles and miles | |
| Sonny's going down for miles and miles | |
| YeahThe writers didn't like him the fight game jocks | |
| With his lowlife backers and his hands like rocks | |
| They didn't want to have a bogey man | |
| They didn't like him and he didn't like them | |
| Black Cadillac, | |
| Alligator boots | |
| Money in the pockets of his shark skin suits | |
| Some say the | |
| Bear took a flop | |
| They couldn't believe it when they saw him drop | |
| He had a left like | |
| Henry's hammer | |
| A right like | |
| Betty Bamalam | |
| Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread | |
| And all them sluggers went down like lead | |
| YeahJoe Louis was his hero, he tried to be the same | |
| But a criminal child wears a ball and chain | |
| So the civil rights people didn't want him on the throne | |
| And the hacks and the cops wouldn't leave him alone | |
| BewareThe | |
| Bear's in town | |
| Somebody's money says the | |
| Bear's going down | |
| Yeah, the | |
| Bear never smiles | |
| Sonny's going down for miles and miles | |
| Sonny's going down for miles and miles | |
| YeahAt the foot of his bed with his feet on the floor | |
| There was dope in his veins and a pistol on the drawer | |
| One lone investigation as such | |
| He hated needles but he knew too much | |
| Criss crossed on his back | |
| Scars from his daddy like slavery tracks | |
| The second last child was the second last | |
| KingNever again was it the same in the ring | |
| He had a left like | |
| Henry's hammer | |
| A right like | |
| Betty Bamalam | |
| Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread | |
| And all them sluggers went down like lead | |
| YeahThey never could be sure about the day he was born | |
| A motherless child set to working on the farm | |
| And they never could be sure about the day he died | |
| The Bear was the | |
| King, they cast aside | |
| BewareThe | |
| Bear's in town | |
| Somebody's money says the | |
| Bear's going down | |
| Yeah, the | |
| Bear never smiles | |
| Sonny's going down for miles and miles | |
| Sonny's going down for miles and miles | |
| Yeah |
| zuò qǔ : Mark Knopfler | |
| zuò cí : KNOPFLER, MARK | |
| So many mouths to feed on the farm | |
| And Sonny was the second to the last one born | |
| His Mamma ran away and his daddy beat him bad | |
| And he grew up wild, good love he never had | |
| He had a left like | |
| Henry' s hammer | |
| A right like | |
| Betty Bamalam | |
| Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread | |
| And all them sluggers went down like lead | |
| Well he hung with the hoods, he wouldn' t stroke the fans | |
| But he had dynamite in both his hands | |
| Boom bam like the slammer door | |
| The bell and the can and the bodies on the floor | |
| BewareThe | |
| Bear' s in town | |
| Somebody' s money says the | |
| Bear' s going down | |
| Yeah, the | |
| Bear never smiles | |
| Sonny' s going down for miles and miles | |
| Sonny' s going down for miles and miles | |
| YeahThe writers didn' t like him the fight game jocks | |
| With his lowlife backers and his hands like rocks | |
| They didn' t want to have a bogey man | |
| They didn' t like him and he didn' t like them | |
| Black Cadillac, | |
| Alligator boots | |
| Money in the pockets of his shark skin suits | |
| Some say the | |
| Bear took a flop | |
| They couldn' t believe it when they saw him drop | |
| He had a left like | |
| Henry' s hammer | |
| A right like | |
| Betty Bamalam | |
| Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread | |
| And all them sluggers went down like lead | |
| YeahJoe Louis was his hero, he tried to be the same | |
| But a criminal child wears a ball and chain | |
| So the civil rights people didn' t want him on the throne | |
| And the hacks and the cops wouldn' t leave him alone | |
| BewareThe | |
| Bear' s in town | |
| Somebody' s money says the | |
| Bear' s going down | |
| Yeah, the | |
| Bear never smiles | |
| Sonny' s going down for miles and miles | |
| Sonny' s going down for miles and miles | |
| YeahAt the foot of his bed with his feet on the floor | |
| There was dope in his veins and a pistol on the drawer | |
| One lone investigation as such | |
| He hated needles but he knew too much | |
| Criss crossed on his back | |
| Scars from his daddy like slavery tracks | |
| The second last child was the second last | |
| KingNever again was it the same in the ring | |
| He had a left like | |
| Henry' s hammer | |
| A right like | |
| Betty Bamalam | |
| Rode with the muggers in the dark and dread | |
| And all them sluggers went down like lead | |
| YeahThey never could be sure about the day he was born | |
| A motherless child set to working on the farm | |
| And they never could be sure about the day he died | |
| The Bear was the | |
| King, they cast aside | |
| BewareThe | |
| Bear' s in town | |
| Somebody' s money says the | |
| Bear' s going down | |
| Yeah, the | |
| Bear never smiles | |
| Sonny' s going down for miles and miles | |
| Sonny' s going down for miles and miles | |
| Yeah |