Dire Straits — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 38 songs across 6 albums by Dire Straits. They use 1,493 unique words out of 4,318 (lexical richness MATTR 0.75), with an average of 114 content words per song. Emotional tone: 76% of songs positive, 3% neutral, 21% negative.
Most used words by Dire Straits
- away (56)
- love (50)
- know (44)
- come (39)
- baby (38)
- far (37)
- want (35)
- one (32)
- sometimes (32)
- time (32)
- upon (32)
- give (32)
- say (30)
- money (29)
- free (27)
- boys (27)
- made (25)
- way (25)
- yes (25)
- take (24)
Signature phrases
- “far away far” (19)
- “upon time west” (17)
- “time west upon” (14)
- “west upon time” (14)
- “away far away” (12)
- “lady writer tv” (12)
- “nothin chicks free” (10)
- “money nothin chicks” (10)
- “les boys cabaret” (9)
- “calling elvis alone” (8)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (5)
- green (5)
- black (4)
- silver (3)
- red (3)
- gold (3)
- rose (3)
- navy (1)
Albums analyzed
- Dire Straits (1978)
- Communiqué (1979)
- Making Movies (1980)
- Love Over Gold (1982)
- Brothers in Arms (1985)
- On Every Street (1991)