back to tupelo

• mark knopfler'in yeni albümü shangri-la'dan insanın içine dokunan, biraz da where do you think you re goingi andıran nefis parça
• (bkz: tupelo)
• around the time of 'clambake'
  movie number twenty-five
  you and the lying dutchman
  are still in overdrive
  you're as strong as when you started
  mississippi in your soul
  you can still be marlon brando
  and the king of rock and roll
  
  it isn't just the records
  no, you must have hollywood
  the songs alone are not enough
  that much is understood
  you'll soon be back in memphis
  maybe then you'll know what to do
  the storylines they're giving you
  are just not ringing true
  
  oh, it's a ways to go
  back to tupelo
  
  when you're young and beautiful
  your dreams are all ideals
  later on it's not the same
  lord, everything is real
  sixteen hundred miles of highway
  roll back to the truth
  and a song to give your mother
  in your first recording booth
  
  around the time of 'clambake'
  that old dream's still rolling on
  sometimes there'll be the feeling
  things are going wrong
  the morning star is fading
  lord, the mississippi's cold
  you can still be marlon brando
  and the king of rock and roll
  
  but it's a ways to go
  back to tupelo
  
  şeklinde sözleri var.
• elvis'in menajeri colonel tom parker hakkındadır. 2013 privateering turunda çalınmaktadır. colonel tom parker hakkında yazılan bir başka parça da gator blood. mark bu parçayı da canlı çalıp tüm zamanların en büyük şerefsizlerinden olan adama nefretini taze tutuyor sanıyorum.
• shangri-la'da yer alan ve mark knopfler'ın elvis presley'nin oyunculuk hayatına değindiği güzel şarkısı.