Artist: Sting Album: Fields Of Gold: The Best Of Sting 1984-1994 {1994}

If he loved you
Like I love you
I would walk away in shame
I'd move town, I'd change my name

When he watches you
When he comes to buy your soul
On your hand his golden rings
Like he owns a bird that sings
When we dance angels will run and hide their wings

The priest has said my soul salvation
Is in the balance of the angels
I'm underneath the wheels of passion
I keep my faith in my fashion
When we dance angels will run and hide their wings
I'm still in love with you

I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
I'm gonna love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
When we dance angels will run and hide their wings
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
When we dance angels will run and hide their wings
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife

If I could break down these walls and shout my name at heaven's gate
I'd take these hands and I'd destroy the dark machineries of fate
Cathedrals are broken, heaven's no longer above
Hellfire's a promise away, I'd still be saying
I'm still in love, I'm still in love, I'm still in love, I'm still in love

He won't love you
Like I love you
He won't care for you this way
He'll mistreat if you stay

Come and live with me
We'll have children of our own
I would love you more than life
If you'll come and be my wife

I'm gonna love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
When we dance angels will run and hide their wings
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
When we dance angels will run and hide their wings
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
When we dance angels will run and hide their wings
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
When we dance
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
I'm would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way

I had a dream last night
I dreamt you were by my side
Walking with me baby
My heart was filled with pride
I had a dream last night
I had a dream last night
I had a dream last night

Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free

If you need somebody call my name
If you want someone you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
Got to lock it up and throw away the key
You want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, if you love someone
If you love somebody, if you love someone set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free

If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy, someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody, if you love someone
If you love somebody, if you love someone set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free

You can't control an independent heart - can't hold what you can't keep
Can't tear the one you love apart - can't love what you can't keep
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see that we want to possess

If you need somebody call my name
If you want someone you can do, you can do, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
Got to lock it up and throw away the key
Want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, if you love someone
If you love somebody, if you love someone set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free
Free, free, set them free - set them free

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold

So she took her love for to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold

I looked out across the river today
Saw a city in the fog and an old church tower where the seagulls play
Saw the sad shire horses walking home in the sodium light
Two priests on the ferry, October geese on a cold winter's night
All this time the river flowed endlessly to the sea

Two priests came round our house tonight
One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying, to serve the final rite
One to learn, one to teach which way the cold wind blows
Fussing and flapping in priestly black like a murder of crows

All this time the river flowed endlessly to the sea
If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old man, I'd bury him at sea

Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor than be a fat man in the eye of a needle
As these words were spoken I swear I hear the old man laughing
What good is a used up world, and how could it be worth having

All this time the river flowed endlessly like a silent tear
All this time the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists, then how come he never lived here
Yeah, yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, yeah

Teachers told us the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple and a edge-of-the-empire garrison town
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled till all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found

All this time the river flowed in the falling light of a northern sun
If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one
One by one, one by one, one by one

I looked out across the river today
Saw a city in the fog and an old church tower where the seagulls play
Saw the sad shire horses walking home in the sodium light

Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding through the night

It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the fields I'd known
I recognized the walls that I once laid
Had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

And if I have built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire

Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Away so long, for years and years
You probably thought or even wished that I was dead
While the armies all are sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
I had to stop my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

And if I have built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire

This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the lands I'd known
I recognized the fields where I'd once played
Had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

And if I have built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire

Be still my beating heart
It would be better to be cool
It's not time to be open just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
I'll be taken for a fool
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
Soothe the thoughts that plague me so

Sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart

Restore my broken dreams
Shattered like a falling glass
I'm not ready to be broken just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget

Be still my beating heart
You must learn to stand your ground
It's not healthy to run at this pace
Blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
Soothe the thoughts that plague me so

Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart

Never to be wrong
Never to make promises that break
It's like singing in the wind
Or writing on the surface of a lake
And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land
Struggle to avoid any help at hand

I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart

Why are these women here dancing on their own
Why is there this sadness in their eyes
Why are the soldiers here, their faces fixed like stone
I can't see what it is that they despise

They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
Dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

The only form of protest they're allowed
I see their silent faces, they scream so loud
If they were to speak these words they'd go missing too
Another woman on the torture table, what else can they do

They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Danzan con los muertos
Danzan con amores invisibles
Con silenciosa angustia
Danzan con sus padres
Con sus hijos
Con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas, danzan solas

Hey, Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturer
No budget for your gun
You think of your own mother
Dancing with her invisible son

Dancing with the missing
Dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
Dancing with their sons
Dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance - we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance

You could say I lost my faith in science and progress
You could say I lost my belief in the holy Church
You could say I lost my sense of direction
Yes, you could say all of this and worse but

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world
You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV
You could say I lost my belief in our politicians
They all seem like game show hosts to me

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do, hey, hey

I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes I see your face

Never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a, a blessing to a curse
Never saw no military solution
That didn't always end up as something worse but
Let me say this first

If I ever lose my faith in you
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do
There'd be nothing left for me to do
If I ever lose my faith, If I ever lose my faith
If I ever lose my faith, If I ever lose my faith in you

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

Under the dog star sail
Over the reefs of moonshine
Under the skies of fall
North, northwest, the stones of Pharoh

Under the Arctic fire
Over the seas of silence
Hauling on frozen ropes
For all my days remaining

Would north be true
Why should I, why should I cry for you

All colors bleed to red
Asleep on the ocean's bed
Drifting in empty seas
For all my days remaining

Would north be true
Why should I, why should I cry for you

Dark angels follow me
Over a godless sea
Mountains of endless falling
For all my days remaining

What would be true
Sometimes I see your face
The stars seem to lose their place
Why must I think of you
Why must I, why should I
Why should I cry for you
Why would you want me to
What would it mean to say
I loved you in my fashion

What would be true
Why should I, why should I cry
Why should I cry

I don't drink coffee, I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
You can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York

See me walking down Fifth Avenue
Walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York

Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

If manners maketh man, as someone said
He's the hero of the day
Takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself, no matter what they say

Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the only one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society
At night a candle's brighter than the sun

Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than a license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run

If manners maketh man, as someone said
He's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Be yourself, no matter what they say

Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

I see me with you and all the things you do
Keep turning round and round in my mind
Forget the weather, we should always be together
And any other thought is unkind

To have you with me I would swim the seven seas
I need you as my guide and my light
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together, we'll be together tonight - together
We'll be together, yeah - together
We'll be together - together
We'll be together, yeah - together

I see you with me and all I want to be
Is dancing here with you in my arms
Forget the weather, we should always be together
I'll always be a slave to your charms

To have you with me I would swim the seven seas
I need you as my guide in my life
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together, we'll be together tonight - together
We'll be together, yeah - together
We'll be together - together
We'll be together, yeah - together

Call me baby, you can call me anything you want
Call me baby, call me, call me

I see you with me and baby makes three
I see me with you and all the things you do

Forget the weather we should always be together
I need you as my guide and my light
My love is the flame that burns in your name
We'll be together, we'll be together tonight - together
We'll be together, yeah - together
Together
We'll be together - together
We'll be together - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
We'll be together - together, we'll be together tonight
We'll be together - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight - together
Together, we'll be together tonight
If you need somebody - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
If you wanna keep something precious - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight - love somebody
Let's get together - together, we'll be together tonight - love somebody
Let's get together - to love somebody
Let's get together

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 would 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 of 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

We rode all night across an endless desert
We had no moon to light our way
And though a billion stars were slowly turning
We lacked the consciences to pray

Our horses running like devil chasers
Those feet they hardly touch the ground
Yes, I'm familiar with the grey wolves howling
But I'm certain I never heard this sound

Devil to pay on judgement day
Would Jesus strike me down if I should pray
This cowboy song, it's 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
And I was living with my hand on the trigger
I had no sense to change my ways

The priest 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, it's 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, it's 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, dog star, dog star, dog star, dog star, dog star, dog star