Lyrics to
Communique

This version of Communique was released by Dire Straits in 1979.

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They wanna get a statement for Jesus’ sake
It’s like a talking to the wall
He’s incommunicado no comment to make
He’s saying nothing at all

But in the communique you know he’s gonna come clean
Think what he say
Say what he means
Maybe on Monday he got something to say

Communication
Communique
Communique

Maybe he could talk about the tricks of the trade
Maybe he could talk about himself
Maybe he could talk about the money that he made
Maybe he’d be saying something else

But in the communique you know he’s gonna come clean
Think what he say,
Say what he means
Maybe on Monday he got something to say

Communication
Communique
Communique

And now the rumors are flying
Speculation rising
Say that he’s been trying someone else’s wife
Somebody at the airport
Somebody on the phone
Says he’s at the station and he’s coming on the noon
Then we get the story a serious breeze
And a photograph taken in the hall
You don’t have to worry with the previous release
Right now, he’s saying nothing at all
But in the communique you know he’s gonna come clean
Think what he say
Say what he means
Maybe on Monday he got something to say

Communication
Communique
Communique

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About Lyrics and Communique by Dire Straits

The lyrics for Communique are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Dire Straits. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Communique have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Communique - Dire Straits and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Communique by Dire Straits in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Communique" means the words set to the music of Communique, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dire Straits. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Communique and the lyrics to Communique are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dire Straits who came here looking just for the lyrics to Communique, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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