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Lullaby To An Anxious Child Lullaby To An Anxious Child Hush child Let your mommy sleep in to the night until we rise Hush child Let me soothe the shining tears that gather in your eyes Hush child I won't leave I'll stay with you to cross this Bridge of Sighs Hush child I can't help the look of accusation in your eyes In your eyes The world is broken now All in sorrow Wise men hang their heads Hush child Let your mommy sleep in to the night until we rise Hush child All the strength I'll need to fight, I'll find inside your eyes In your eyes... Sting |
Mad About You Mad About You A stone's throw from Jerusalem I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight And though a million stars were shining My heart was lost on a distant planet That whirls around the April moon Whirling in an arc of sadness I'm lost without you, I'm lost without you Though all my kingdoms turn to sand and fall into the sea I'm mad about you, I'm mad about you And from the dark secluded valleys I heard the ancient songs of sadness But every step I thought of you Every footstep only you Every star a grain of sand The leavings of a dried up ocean Tell me, how much longer, How much longer? They say a city in the desert lies The vanity of an ancient king But the city lies in broken pieces Where the wind howls and the vultures sing These are the works of man This is the sum of our ambition It would make a prison of my life If you became another's wife With every prison blown to dust My enemies walk free I'm mad about you, I'm mad about you And I have never in my life Felt more alone than I do now Although I claim dominions over all I see It means nothing to me There are no victories In all our histories Without love A stone's throw from Jerusalem I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight And though a million stars were shining My heart was lost on a distant planet That whirls around the April moon Whirling in an arc of sadness I'm lost without you, I'm lost without you And though you hold the keys to ruin of everything I see With every prison blown to dust my enemies walk free Though all my kingdoms turn to sand and fall into the sea I'm mad about you, I'm mad about you... Sting |
Man In A Suitcase Man In A Suitcase I'd invite you back to my place It's only mine because it holds my suitcase It looks like home to me alright But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Another key for my collection For security I race for my connection Bird in a flying cage you'll never get to know me well The world's my oyster, a hotel room's a prison cell Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face I'd invite you back to my place It's only mine because it holds my suitcase It looks like home to me alright But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face... Sting |
Mariposa Libre Mariposa Libre Yo la veo caminar Por las nubes va Donde andara? Mariposa libre que sue?a Que quiere ser Y no piensa en nada m?s Solo en vivir Si estoy triste viene a mi Mil sonrisas trae Las d? porque si Y me dice est?, bien, todo bien Estoy aqui y soy de ti Soy de ti... Sting |
Message In A Bottle Message In A Bottle Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh Another lonely day, with no one here but me, oh More loneliness than any man could bear Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah A year has passed since I wrote my note But I should have known this right from the start Only hope can keep me together Love can mend your life but Love can break your heart I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore Seems I'm not alone at being alone Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah Sending out at an S.O.S. Sending out at an S.O.S. Sending out at an S.O.S. Sending out at an S.O.S. Sending out at an S.O.S. Sending out at an S.O.S Sting |
Miss Gradenko Miss Gradenko Don't tell the director I said so But are you safe Miss Gradenko? We were at a policy meeting They were planning new ways of cheating I didn't want to rock your boat But you sent this dangerous note You've been letting your feelings show Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Nobody but us Nobody but us Is anybody alive in here? Nobody but us Your uniform doesn't seem to fit You're much too alive in it You've been letting your feelings show Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Nobody but us in here Nobody but us Nobody but us in here Nobody but us... Sting |
Mo Ghile Mear Mo Ghile Mear Seal da rabhas im' mhaighdean shéimh, 'S anois im' bhaintreach chaite thréith, Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan De bharr na gcnoc is i n-imigcéin. 'Sé mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear, 'Sé mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear, Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear. Bímse buan ar buaidhirt gach ló, Ag caoi go cruaidh 's ag tuar na ndeór Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beó 'S ná ríomhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrón. Ní labhrann cuach go suairc ar nóin Is níl guth gadhair i gcoillte cnó, Ná maidin shamhraidh i gcleanntaibh ceoigh Ó d'imthigh uaim an buachaill beó. Marcach uasal uaibhreach óg, Gas gan gruaim is suairce snódh, Glac is luaimneach, luath i ngleo Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag tuargain treon. Seinntear stair ar chlairsigh cheoil 's líontair táinte cárt ar bord Le hinntinn ard gan chaim, gan cheó Chun saoghal is sláinte d' fhagháil dom leómhan. Ghile mear 'sa seal faoi chumha, 's Eire go léir faoi chlócaibh dubha; Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin Ó luaidh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear... Sting |
Moon Over Bourbon Street Moon Over Bourbon Street There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonight I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight I've no choice but to follow that call The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all I pray everyday to be strong For I know what I do must be wrong Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over Bourbon Street It was many years ago that I became what I am I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb Now I can never show my face at noon And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over Bourbon Street She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans She's innocent and young, from a family of means I have stood many times outside her window at night To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight How could I be this way when I pray to God above? I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there's a moon over Bourbon Street... Sting |
Moonlight Moonlight In the moonlight When the shadows play When the thought of what could happen Takes your breath away Sighs and whispers Quiet laughter in the air Unspoken invitations everywhere In the moonlight All the words you say Make it relatively easy To be swept away In the half-light Can we trust the way we feel Can we be sure that anything is real? Stars keep secrets as they wander indiscreetly While the echoes of a song go drifting by We must be careful not to lose our way completely Or the magic that we seek here We can't be sure will be here In the morning With the moon away And if in each other's arms Is where we're meant to stay In the love light When our eyes have grown accustomed to the daylight We'll see what waits for us to share For all the things we've dreamed of in the moonlight Will be there... Sting |
Mother Mother Well, the telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone? Telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is screaming Won't she leave me alone? The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Well every girl that I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Well, I hear my mother calling But I don't need her as a friend Oh, Oh mother Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me Oh mother dear please listen Don't devour me Oh women please have mercy Let this poor boy be Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me... Sting |
Murder By Numbers Murder By Numbers Once that you've decided on a killing First you make a stone of your heart And if you find that your hands are still willing Then you can turn a murder into art There really isn't any need for bloodshed You just do it with a little more finesse If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee Then it avoids an awful lot of mess It's murder by numbers, one, two, three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers, one, two, three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Now if you have a taste for this experience And you're flushed with your very first success Then you must try a twosome or a threesome And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less Because murder is like anything you take to It's a habit-forming need for more and more You can bump off every member of your family And anybody else you find a bore Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers, one, two, three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious In history's great dark hall of fame All our greatest killers were industrious At least the ones that we all know by name But you can reach the top of your profession If you become the leader of the land For murder is the sport of the elected And you don't need to lift a finger of your hand Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers, one, two, three It's as easy to learn as your A, B, C, D, E Sting |
My One And Only Love My One And Only Love The very thought of you makes My heart sing Like an April breeze On the wings of spring And you appear in all your splendour My one and only love The shadows fall And spread their mystic charms In the hush of night While you're in my arms I feel your lips so warm and tender My one and only love The touch of your hand is like heaven A heaven that I've never known The blush on your cheek Whenever I speak Tells me that you are my own You fill my eager heart with Such desire Every kiss you give Sets my soul on fire I give myself in sweet surrender My one and only love The blush on your cheek Whenever I speak Tells me that you are my own You fill my eager heart with Such desire Every kiss you give Sets my soul on fire I give myself in sweet surrender My one and only love My one and only love... Sting |
Ne Me Quitte Pas Ne Me Quitte Pas Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier Qui s'enfuit deja Oublier le temps des malentendus Et le temps perdu, a savoir comment Oublier ces heures qui tuaient parfois A coup de "pourquoi" le coeur du bonheur Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Moi, je t'offrirai des perles de pluie Venues de pays ou il ne pleut pas Je creuserai la terre jusqu'apres ma mort Pour couvrir ton corps d'or et de lumiere Je ferai un domaine ou l'amour sera roi Ou l'amour sera loi, ou tu seras ma reine Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Ne me quitte pas, je t'inventerai Des mots insenses que tu comprendras Je te parlerai de ces amants-la Qui ont vu deux fois leurs coeurs s'embraser Je te raconterai l'histoire de ce roi Mort de n'avoir pas pu te rencontrer Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, On a vu souvent rejaillir le feu De l'ancien volcan qu'on croyait trop vieux Il est, parait-il, des terres brulees Donnant plus de ble qu'un meilleur avril Et quand vient le soir, pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir ne s'epousent-ils pas? Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Ne me quitte pas, je ne vais plus pleurer Je ne vais plus parler, je me cacherais la A te regarder danser et sourire Et a t'ecouter chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir l'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main, l'ombre de ton chien Mais ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas, Ne me quitte pas, ne me quitte pas... Sting |
Need Your Love So Bad Need Your Love So Bad I need someone's hand, to lead me through the night I need someone's arms, to hold and squeeze me tight Now when the night begins, I'm at an end Because I need your love so bad. I need some lips, to feel next to mine I need someone to stand up, and tell me when I'm lyin And when the lights are low, and it's time to go That's when I need your love so bad. So why don't you give it up, and bring it home to me Or write it on a piece of paper baby, so it can be read to me Tell me that you love me, and stop driving me mad Oh because I, I need your love so bad. I need your soft voice, to talk to me at night I don't want you to worry baby, I know we can make everything alright Listen to my plea, baby, bring it to me Because I need your love so bad... Sting |
Next To You Next To You I can't stand it for another day When you live so many miles away Nothing here is gonna make me stay You took me over, let me find a way I sold my house I sold my motor, too All I want is to be next to you. I'd rob a bank Maybe steal a plane You took me over Think I'm goin' insane What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you I've had a thousand girls or maybe more But I've never felt like this before But I just don't know what's come over me You took me over, take a look at me What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you All I want is to be next to you All I want is to be next to you All I want is to be next to you Saw my doctor he said give it time Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind When all it is is just a love affair You took me over baby, take me there What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you All I want is to be next to you All I want is to be next to you All I want is to be next to you All I want is to be next to you... Sting |
Nice Work If You Can Get It Nice Work If You Can Get It The man who only lives for making money Lives a life that isn't necessarily sunny Likewise the man who works for fame There's no guarantee that time won't erase his name The fact is, the only work that really brings enjoyment Is the kind that is girl and boy meant Fall in love you won't regret it That's the best work of all if you can get it Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky Nice work if you can get it And you can get it if you try Strolling with the one girl Sighing sigh after sigh Nice work if you can get it And you can get it if you try Just imagine someone Waiting at the cottage door Where two hearts become one Who could ask for anything more? Loving one who loves you And then taking that vow Nice work if you can get it And if you get it Oh won't you tell me how? Sting |
No Time This Time No Time This Time No time for complexities [the niceties] of conversation No time for smiles, no time for knowing No [Less] time for intricacies of explanation No [Less] time for sharing [caring] even less for showing If I could, I'd slow the whole world down I'd bring it to it's knees I'd stop it spinning round But as it is, I'm climbing up an endless wall No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time for a quick kiss [cigarette] at the railway station No time for a suitcase, sandwich and a morning paper Only time for time table calls and transportation No time to think no time to dare If I could, I'd slow the whole world down I'd bring it to it's knees I'd stop it spinning round But as it is, I'm climbing up an endless wall No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time If I could, I'd slow the whole world down I'd bring it to it's knees I'd stop it spinning round But as it is, I'm climbing up an endless wall No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time at all No time at all... Sting |
Nothing 'Bout Me Nothing 'Bout Me Lay my head on the surgeon's table Take my fingerprints if you are able Pick my brains, pick my pockets Steal my eyeballs and come back for the sockets Run every kind of test from A to Z And you'll still know nothin' 'bout me Run my name through your computer Mention me in passing to your college tutor Check my records, check my facts Check if I paid my income tax Pore over everything in my C.V. But you'll still know nothin' 'bout me You'll still know nothin' 'bout me You don't need to read no books on my history I'm a simple man, it's no big mystery In the cold weather, a hand needs a glove At times like this, a lonely man like me needs love Search my house with a fine tooth comb Turn over everything 'cause I won't be home Set up your microscope, and tell me what you see You'll still know nothin' 'bout me You'll still know nothin' 'bout me You'll still know nothin' 'bout me etc. You'll still know zip a-bout me... Sting |
Nothing Achieving Nothing Achieving My daddy's boots don't fit me 'Cause I'm bigger than him He says I make him sick now I'm bigger than him You see there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving You've locked the doors on your good living And you told me to wait You've got me backed into a corner You're making me hate I say there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving They say there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving Throwing stones that are reeling From a reasonable light You muscle in when I have a party Ready to fight I say there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving Nothing, nothing, nothing... Sting |
Omegaman Omegaman The night came down, jungle sounds were in my ears City screams are all I've heard in twenty years The razor's edge of night it cuts into my sleep I sit upon the edge now shall I make that leap? I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman The sky's alive with turned on television sets I walk the streets and seek another vision yet The echo makes me turn to see that last frontier The edge of time closes down as I disappear I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman Always talking to myself The time that's best is when surroundings fade away The presence of another world comes close to me It's time for me to throw away this paper knife I'm not alone in reaching for a perfect life I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm so tired Of the Omegaman I'm so tired Of the Omegaman I'm so tired Of the Omegaman I'm so tired Of the Omegaman I'm so tired Of the Omegaman... Sting |
Once Upon A Daydream Once Upon A Daydream Once upon a daydream I fell in love with you Once upon a moonbeam I gave that love to you Once upon a lifetime I know it must be true When the months had turned us I'd have to marry you Once upon a daydream Doesn't happen anymore Once upon a moonbeam This is no place for tenderness Once her daddy found out He threw her to the floor He killed her unborn baby And kicked me from the door Once upon a nightmare I bought myself a gun I blew her daddy's brains out Now hell has just begun Once upon a daydream Doesn't happen anymore Once upon a moonbeam This is no place for sentiment Once upon a lifetime A lifetime filled with tears The boy would pay for his crime With all his natural years Once upon a daydream He'd make you his someday Once upon a moonbeam He'd dream his life away Once upon a daydream Doesn't happen anymore Once upon a moonbeam This is no place for miracles Once upon a daydream Once upon a daydream Once upon a daydream Once upon a day... dream... Sting |
Peanuts Peanuts It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The price of fame Oh no, try to liberate me I said oh no, stay and irritate me I said oh no, try to elevate me I said oh no, just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking You sang your song For much too long There's something wrong The [your] brain has gone Oh no, try to liberate me I said oh no, stay and irritate me I said oh no, try to elevate me I said oh no, just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The price of fame Oh no, try to liberate me I said oh no, stay and irritate me I said oh no, try to elevate me I said oh no, just a fallen hero Oh, you're just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Don't wanna find out what you've been taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Don't wanna find out what you've been taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Peanuts, peanuts Peanuts... Sting |
Rock Steady Rock Steady Saw an ad in the newspaper that caught my eye I said to my baby this sounds like the ticket for you and I It said volunteers wanted for a very special trip To commune with Mother Nature on a big wooden ship We took a taxi to the river in case any places were free There was an old guy with a beard And every kind of creature as far as the eye could see This old guy was the boss, he said, "I won't tell you no lie But there's more to this journey Than is apparent to the eye" He said he'd heard God's message on the radio It was going to rain forever and he'd told him to go "I'll protect you all don't worry I'll be father to you all I'll save two of every animal, no matter how small But I'll need some assistants to look after the zoo I can't see nobody better so you'll just have to do" I said, "Just tell me something before it's too late and we're gone I mean just how safe is this boat we'll be on?" "It's Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Rock stead, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady" It rained for forty days and forty long nights I'd never seen rain like it and it looked like our old friend Was being proved right We had no time to worry though there was just too much to do Between the signified monkey and the kangaroo We had to wash all the animals we had to feed them too We were merely human slaves in a big floating zoo She said, "Hey Baby I don't mean to be flip But it seems this old man is on some power trip" I said, "No, no sugar you must be wrong I mean look at the size of this boat we're on We're as safe as houses, as safe as mother's milk He's as cool as November and as smooth as China silk He's God's best friend, he's got a seat on the board And life may be tough but we're sailing with the lord." Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Woke up this morning and something had changed Like a room in my house had just been rearranged She said, "It's stopped raining and I know the guy's kind But if we stay here much longer I'm gonna lose my mind." So we said we had a mission for his favourite dove To see if there was any mercy from this great God above So to find dry land, away the white bird flew We didn't need no country just a rock would do When the dove came back to us, he threw down a twig It was manna from heaven and meant we could blow this gig "But the rock's too small," he said, "can't you see?" I said, "It's just perfect for her, it's perfect for me." Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady Rock steady, rock steady... Sting |
Russians Russians In Europe and America there's a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets Mister Krushchev said, 'We will bury you I don't subscribe to this point of view It'd be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russians love their children too How can I save my little boy From Oppenheimer's deadly toy? There is no monopoly on common sense On either side of the political fence We share the same biology Regardless of ideology Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too There is no historical precedent to put Words in the mouth of the president There's no such thing as a winnable war It's a lie we don't believe anymore Mister Reagan says 'We will protect you I don't subscribe to this point of view Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too We share the same biology Regardless of ideology What might save us, me and you Is if the Russians love their children too... Sting |
Saint Augustine In Hell Saint Augustine In Hell If somebody up there likes me Somebody up there cares Deliver me from evil Save me from these wicked snares Not into temptation, not to cliffs of fall On to revelation, and lesson for us all She walked into the room On the arm of my best friend I knew whatever happened Our friendship would end Chemical reaction, desire at first sight Mystical attraction, turned out all my lights The minute I saw her face The second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die The minute I saw her face The second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die I don't know if it's pain Or pleasure that I seek My flesh was all too willing My spirit guide was weak I was deadly certain His thoughts for me weren't kind A switchblade in his pocket Murder on his mind Blessed St. Theresa the whore of Babylon Madonna and my mother all rolled into one You've got to understand me I'm not a piece of wood Francis of Assisi Could never be this good [The less I need the more I get Make me chaste but not just yet It's a promise or a lie I'll repent before I die] The minute I saw her face The second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die The minute I saw her face The second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die [Spoken] Relax, have a cigar, make yourself at home. Hell is full of high court judges, failed saints. We've got Cardinals, Archbishops, barristers, Certified accountants, music critics, They're all here. You're not alone You're never alone, not here you're not. OK break's over... [The less I need the more I get Make me chaste but not just yet It's a promise or a lie I'll repent before I die] The minute I saw her face The second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die The minute I saw her face The second I caught her eye The minute I touched the flame I knew it would never die... Sting |
Secret Journey Secret Journey Upon a secret journey I met a holy man His blindness was his wisdom I'm such a lonely man And as the world was turning It rolled itself in pain This does not seem to touch you He pointed to the rain You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this And when you've made your secret journey You will find this love you miss And on the days that followed I listened to his words I strained to understand him I chased his thoughts like birds You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this And when you've made your secret journey You will find this love you miss You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this You will see joy in this sadness You will find this love you miss And when you've made your secret journey You will be a holy man And when you've made your secret journey You will be a holy man And when you've made your secret journey You will be a holy man And when you've made your secret journey You will be a holy man... Sting |
Seven Days Seven Days 'Seven days, was all she wrote A kind of ultimatum note, she gave to me She gave to me When I thought the field had cleared It seems another suit appeared to challenge me Woe is me Though I hate to make a choice My options are decreasing mostly rapidly Well, we'll see I don't think she'd bluff this time I really have to make her mine It's plain to see, it's him or me Monday, I could wait till Tuesday If I make up my mind Wedn'sday would be fine Thursday's on my mind Friday'd give me time Saturday could wait But Sunday'd be too late The fact he's over six feet ten Might instil fear in other men But not in me The mighty flea Ask if I am mouse or man The mirror squeaked, away I ran He'll murder me in time for his tea Does it bother me at all? My rival is Neanderthal It makes me think Perhaps I need a drink I.Q. is no problem here We won't be playing Scrabble for Her hand, I fear I need that beer Monday, I could wait till Tuesday If I make up my mind Wedn'sday would be fine Thursday's on my mind Friday'd give me time Saturday could wait But Sunday'd be too late Seven days will quickly go The fact remains, I love her so Seven days So many ways But I can't run away I can't run away Monday, I could wait till Tuesday If I make up my mind Wedn'sday would be fine Thursday's on my mind Friday'd give me time Saturday could wait But Sunday'd be too late Do I have to tell a story Of a thousand rainy days Since we first met? It's a big enough umbrella But it's always me that ends up Getting wet. Yeah, Yeah... Sting |
Shadows In The Rain Shadows In The Rain I woke up in my clothes again this morning I don't know exactly where I am And I should heed my doctor's warning He does the best with me he can He claims I suffer from delusion But I'm so confident I'm sane It can't be an optical illusion So how can you explain Shadows in the rain And if you see us on the corner We're just dancing in the rain I tell my friends there when I see them Outside my window pane Shadows in the rain... Sting |
Shape of My Heart Shape of My Heart He deals the cards as a meditation And those he plays never suspect He doesn`t play for the money he wins He don`t play for respect He deals the cards to find the answer The sacred geometry of chance The hidden law of a probable outcome The numbers lead a dance I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that`s not the shape of my heart He may play the jack of diamonds He may lay the queen of spades He may conceal a king in his hand While the memory of it fades I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that`s not the shape of my heart And if I told you that I loved you You`d maybe think there`s something wrong I`m not a man of too many faces The mask I wear is one Well, those who speak know nothin` And find out to their cost Like those who curse their luck in too many places And those who fear are lost I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that`s not the shape of my heart That`s not the shape, the shape of my heart That`s not the shape, the shape of my heart... Sting |
She's Too Good For Me She's Too Good For Me She don't like to hear me sing She don't want no diamond ring She don't want to drive my car She won't let me go that far She don't like the way I look She don't like the things I cook She don't like the way I play She don't like the things I say But oh, oh, the games we play She's too good for me She's too good for me She don't like the jokes I make She don't like the drugs I take She don't like the friends I got She don't like my friends a lot She don't like the clothes I wear She don't like the way I stare She don't like the tales I tell She don't like the way I smell But oh, oh, the games we play She's too good for me She's too good for me Would she prefer it if I washed myself more often than I do? Would she prefer it if I took her to an opera or two? I could distort myself to be the perfect man She might prefer me as I am. Oh, She don't want to meet my folks She don't want to hear my jokes She don't want to fix my tie She don't want to even try She don't like the books I read She don't like the way I feed She don't want to save my life She don't want to be my wife But oh, oh, the games we play She's too good for me She's too good for me She's too good for me She's too good for me She's too good for me... Sting |
Sisters Of Mercy Sisters Of Mercy Oh the sisters of mercy They are not departed or gone They were waiting for me When I thought that I just can't go on And they brought me their comfort And later they brought me this song Oh I hope you run into them You who've been travelling so long. Yes, you who must leave everything That you cannot control It begins with your family But soon it comes around to your soul Well I've been where you're hanging I think I can see how you're pinned When you're not feeling holy Your loneliness says that you've sinned. Well they lay down beside me I made my confession to them They touched both my eyes And I touched the dew on their hem If your life is a leaf That the seasons tear off and condemn they will bind you with love That is graceful and green as a stem. When I left they were sleeping I hope you run into them soon Don't turn on the lights You can read their address by the moon And you won't make me jealous If I hear that they sweetened your night We weren't lovers like that And besides it would still be all right We weren't lovers like that And besides it would still be all right... Sting |
So Lonely So Lonely Well, someone told me yesterday That when you throw your love away You act as if you just don't care You look as if you're going somewhere But I just can't convince myself I couldn't live with no one else And I can only play that part And sit and nurse my broken heart, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely Now no-one's knocked upon my door For a thousand years, or more All made up and nowhere to go Welcome to this one man show Just take a seat, they're always free No surprise, no mystery In this theatre that I call my soul I always play the starring role, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely So lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely I feel lonely, I'm so lonely, I feel so low I feel lonely, I'm so lonely, I feel so low... Sting |
Stolen Car Stolen Car Late at night in summer heat. expensive car, empty street There's a wire in my jacket. this is my trade Ýt only takes a moment, don't be afraid I can hotwire an ignition like some kind of star I'm just a poor boy in a rich man's car So i whisper to the engine, flick on the lights And we drive into the night Oh the smell of the leather always excited my imagination And i picture myself in this different situation I'm a company director, two kids and a wife I get the feeling that there's more to this one's life There's some kind of complication, he tells her he's alone Spends the night with his lover, there's a trace of her cologne And the words of his mistress, as she whispers them so near Start ringing in my ear Please take me dancing tonight i've been all on my own You promised one day we could it's what you said on the phone I'm just a prisoner of love always hid form the light Take me dancing, please take me dancing tonight I imagine his wife, she don't look nothing like a fool She picks the kids up from some private school She remembers what he told her, he was late and worked alone But there's more than a suspicion in this lingering cologne And the kid's just won't be quiet and she runs a traffic light And she drives into the night Please take me dancing tonight i've been all on my own You promised one day we could it's what you said on the phone I'm just a prisoner of love always hid from the light Take me dancing, please take me dancing tonight So here am i in a stolen car at a traffic light They go form red to green and so i just drive into the night Please take me dancing tonight i've been all on my own You promised one day we could it's what you said on the phone I'm just a prisoner of love always hid from the light Take me dancing, please take me dancing tonight... Sting |
The Soul Cage The Soul Cage The boy child is locked in the fisherman's yard There's a bloodless moon where the oceans die A shoal of night stars hang fire in the nest And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie Where is the fisherman, where is the goat, Where is the keeper in his carrion coat? Eclipse on the moon when the dark bird flies Where is the child with his father's eyes? He's the king of the ninth world The twisted son of the fog bells' toll In each and every lobster cage, a tortured human soul These are the souls of the broken factories The subject slaves of the broken crown The dead accounting of old guilty promises These are the souls of the broken town These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages 'I have a wager,' the brave child spoke The fisherman laughed though disturbed at the joke 'You will drink what I drink But you must equal me, And if the drink leaves me standing, A soul shall go free 'I have here a cask of most magical wine A vintage that blessed every ship in the line It's wrung from the blood of the sailors who died Young white bodies adrift in the tide 'And what's in it for me, my pretty young thing? Why should I whistle when the caged bird sings? If you lose a wager with the king of the sea You'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with meThese are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages A body lies open in the fisherman's yard like The side of a ship where the iceberg rips One less soul in the soul cages One last curse on the fisherman's lips These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages And he dreamed of a ship on the sea It would carry his father and he To a place they could never be found To a place far away from this town A Newcastle ship with no coals They would sail to the island of souls... Sting |
The Wild Wild Sea The Wild Wild Sea I saw it again this evening, Black sail in a pale yellow sky And just as before in a moment, It was gone where the grey gulls fly If it happens again I shall worry That only a strange ship could fly And my sanity scans the horizon In the light of the darkening sky. That night, as I walked in my slumber I waded into the sea strand And I swam with the moon and her lover Until I lost sight of the land I swam till the night became morning Black sail in a reddening sky Found myself on the deck of a rolling ship So far where no grey gulls fly All around me was silence As if mocking my frail human hopes And a question mark hung in the canvas For the wind that had died in the ropes I may have slept for an hour I may have slept for a day For I woke in a bed of white linen And the sky was the colour of clay. At first, just a rustle of canvas And the gentlest breath on my face But a galloping line of white horses Said that soon we were in for a race And the gentle sigh turned to a howling And the grey sky, she angered to black And my anxious eyes searched the horizon With the gathering sea at my back Did I see the shade of a sailor On the bridge, through the wheel-house pane Held fast to the wheel of the rocking ship As I squinted my eyes in the rain? For the ship had turned into the wind Against the storm to brace And underneath the sailor's hat I saw my father's face If a prayer today is spoken Please offer it for me When the bridge to heaven is broken And you're lost on the wild, wild sea And you're lost on the wild, wild sea And you're lost on the wild, wild sea And you're lost on the wild, wild sea... Sting |
The Windmills Of Your Mind The Windmills Of Your Mind Round, Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that's turning Running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple Whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Like a tunnel that you follow To a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern Where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving In a half-forgotten dream Like the ripples from a pebble Someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple Whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Keys that jingle in your pocket Words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that YOU said? Lovers walk along a shore And leave their footprints in the sand Was the sound of distant drumming Just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway Or the fragment of a song Half-remembered names and faces But to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over You were suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning To the colour of her hair? Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Pictures hanging in a hallway Or the fragment of a song Half-remembered names and faces But to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over You were suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning To the colour of her hair? Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind... Sting |
This Cowboy Song This Cowboy Song We rode all night across an endless desert We had no moon to light our way And though a million stars were slowly turning We lacked the consciences to pray Our horses running like a devil chase us Their feet, they hardly touched the ground Yes, I'm familiar with a grey wolf howling But I'm certain I never heard that sound Devil to pay on judgement day Would Jesus strike me down if I should pray? This cowboy song is all I know To bring me back into your arms Your distant sun, your shining light You'll be my dog-star shining tonight I've been the lowest of the low on the planet I've been a sinner all my days When I was living with my hand on the trigger I had no sense to change my ways The preacher asked if I'd embrace the resurrection To suck the poison from my life Just like an existential cowboy villain His words were balanced on my knife Devil to pay, on judgement day Would Jesus strike me down if I should pray? This cowboy song is all I know To bring me back into your arms Your distant sun, your shining light You'll be my dog-star shining tonight Every night Every night All my distances afar This cowboy song, is all I know To bring me back into your arms This cowboy song, this cowboy life I'll be your dog-star shining tonight Dog-star... Sting |
This Was Never Meant To Be This Was Never Meant To Be This was never meant to be All the signs were there to see From the first moment that we met I knew This was never meant to be This was always doomed to fail From the moment we set sail All our instincts told us we were wrong This was never meant to be But soon we were enraptured in love's dance When the dance ended I found I couldn't live without you And now one of my dreams is sad embers Here in the cold of December And now you're in the arms of someone else I always knew that This was always second best Our love would fall at the first test Common sense would tell us we were wrong This was never meant to be This was never meant to last We drank our cup of love too fast From the first moment that we met I knew Now Miss, from our first kiss I tell you this was never meant to be... Sting |
Until Until If I caught the world in a bottle And everything was still beneath the moon Without your love would it shine for me? If I was smart as Aristotle And understood the rings around the moon What would it all matter if you loved me? Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still With a million dreams to fulfill And a matter of moments until the dancing ends Here in your arms, when everything seems to be clear Not a solit'ry thing would I fear Except when this moment Comes near the dancing's end If I caught the world in an hourglass Saddled up the moon So we could ride until the stars grew dim Until... One day, you'll meet a stranger And all the noise is silenced in the room You'll feel that you're close to some mystery In the moonlight, when everything shadows you You'll feel as if you've known her all your life The world's oldest lesson in history Here in your arms, where the world is impossibly still With a million dreams to fulfill And a matter of moments until the dancing ends Here in your arms, everything seems to be clear Not a solit'ry thing do I fear Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end Oh if I caught the world in an hourglass Saddled up the moon and we would ride Until the stars grew dim Until the time that time stands still Until... Sting |
Valparaiso Valparaiso Chase the dog star Over the sea Home where my true love is waiting for me Rope the south wind Canvas the stars Harness the moonlight So she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso Red the port light Starboard the green How will she know of the devils I've seen Cross in the sky, star of the sea Under the moonlight, there she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso And every road I walked would take me down to the sea With every broken promise in my sack And every love would always send the ship of my heart Over the rolling sea If I should die And water's my grave She'll never know if I'm damned or I'm saved See the ghost fly over the sea Under the moonlight, there she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso... Sting |
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