Lyric discussion by Rodan2000 

well, the song Wild West End was from their first album, Dire Straits, this song is from Communique. and yes, they use the term Sunday Driver and Driver's test, but i think they're using those as metaphores for the original Wild West. i take this from the fact that the song title is Once Upon a Time in the West. the song about the Wild West End, is called the Wld West End, i'm thinking the song with Wild West (not followed by End, and even named after a popular Western movie) would actually be about the Wild West.

"Once upon a time in the west" - philosophically speaking, the world is divided into east and west. He's not talking about the wild west (why would he be?), he's talking about America, Europe, etc... The West (as opposed to The East - Asia, etc..).

For instance, "Oh, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force". Likewise;

"Tell me how we're gonna do what's best You guess, once upon a time in the west"

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