"dog eat dog, rat eat rat" is a quote from Kroc taken from his autobiography ("Grinding It Out"), which Knopfler seems to have read, as he takes a significant portion of the lyrics from there. The "put a hose in their mouth" is another Kroc quote, among several others.
"dog eat dog, rat eat rat" is a quote from Kroc taken from his autobiography ("Grinding It Out"), which Knopfler seems to have read, as he takes a significant portion of the lyrics from there. The "put a hose in their mouth" is another Kroc quote, among several others.