All songs/lyrics by Sting
except where stated.
A Thousand
Years
Music by Sting & Kipper, Lyrics by
Sting
A thousand years, a
thousand more,
A thousand times a million doors to eternity
I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
An
endless turning stairway climbs
To a tower of souls
If it
takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
The towers rise
to numberless floors in space
I could shed another million tears,
a million breaths,
A million names but only one truth to
face
A million roads, a million fears
A million suns, ten
million years of uncertainty
I could speak a million lies, a
million songs,
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance
of time
But if there was a single truth, a single light
A
single thought, a singular touch of grace
Then following this
single point , this single flame,
The single haunted memory of
your face
I still love you
I
still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head
I may be numberless, I may be
innocent
I may know many things, I may be ignorant
Or I
could ride with kings and conquer many lands
Or win this world at
cards and let it slip my hands
I could be cannon food, destroyed
a thousand times
Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's
crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief
I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief
I still love you
I
still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head
On and on the mysteries unwind
themselves
Eternities still unsaid
'Til you love
me
Desert
Rose
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert
sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my
hand
I dream of fire
Those
dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire
This desert rose
Each
of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet
perfume ever tortured me more than this
And as she
turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This
fire burns
I realise that nothing's as it seems
I dream of rain
I
dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of
love as time runs through my hand
I dream of rain
I lift
my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes, this rare
perfume
Is the sweet intoxication of her love
I dream of rain
I
dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of
love as time runs through my hand
Sweet desert rose
Each
of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet
perfume ever tortured me more than this
Sweet desert rose
This
memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower, this rare
perfume
Is the sweet intoxication of the fall
Big
Lie, Small World
I sat down and wrote this
letter
Telling you that I felt better
Since you’d gone and I
was free
I’m so happy
I have so little time to
spare now
I’m wanted almost everywhere now
I make out like
Casanova
Friends are always coming over
I signed my name as if I
meant it
Sealed it with a kiss and sent it
The letter had
improved my mood
Happy in my solitude
But halfway home I
changed my tune
And when I saw my lonely room
The mirror
caught my eye
When I sit down I cry
Big lie, small world
Big lie, small world
I had to intercept that
letter
Telling you that I was better
I raced to catch the
postman’s van
He was leaving as I ran
I miss the bus I miss the
train
I end up walking in the rain
Big dog chased me down the
street
I hadn't had a bite to eat
Feeling sorry for
myself
Wishing I was someone else
I walked across the
city
'Cause I couldn’t stand your pity
Big lie, small
world
Big lie, small world
The place you live looks
opulent
And obviously a higher rent
Than our cosy little
room
I had this sense of doom
The landlord says you’re
out of town
That your new boyfriend’s always around
The hour
was getting late
So I sit down and wait
Here’s the postman with
my letter
Coming down the path, he’d better
Give that thing to
me
I have to make him see
Begging doesn’t do the
trick
He thinks that I’m a lunatic
And then who comes upon the
scene
But your new boyfriend Mr. Clean
I hit the postman, hit
your lover
Grabbed the letter ran for cover
The police arrived
in time for tea
Said they’d like to question me
I can only curse my
fate
I have to face the magistrate
It hasn’t been the best of
days
I’d like to fly away
Big lie, small
world
Big lie, small world
After
The Rain Has Fallen
The palace guards are all
sleeping
Their fires burn into the night
There's a threat of
rain on the dark horizon
And all that’s left is a quarter moon
of light
He climbs up through the
darkness
No weapon but his surprise
The greatest thief in
the high Sahara
Enters the room where a sleeping princess
lies
All your money, your
pretty necklace
This is my work on such a night
There's a
storm coming over the mountain
I'll be gone long before the
morning
After the rain has
fallen
After the tears have washed your eyes
You find that
I've take nothing, that
Love can't replace in the blink of an
eye
He was as gentle as the
night wind
As no lover had been before
And the rings she
wore for her bride groom
Slipped from her fingers and fell to
the floor
Take me with you, take me
with you
Before my lonely life is set
I've been promised to
another
To a man I've never even met
After the rain has fallen
After the tears have washed your eyes
You'll find that I’ve
take nothing, that
Love can't replace in the blink of an
eye
After the thunder's spoken, and
After the lightning bolt's
been hurled
After the dream is broken, there’ll
Still be
love in the world
She said take me to
another life
Take me for a pirate’s wife
Take me where the
wind blows
Take me where the red wine flows
Take me to the
danger
Take me to the life of crime
Take me to the stars
Take me to the moon while we still have time
After the rain has fallen
After the tears have washed your eyes
You'll find that I've
taken nothing, that
Love can't replace in the blink of an
eye
After the thunder's
spoken, and
After the lightning bolt's been hurled
After the
dream is broken, there’ll
Still be love in the world
Still
be love in the world
Perfect
Love...Gone Wrong
I’ve had a question that’s been preying
on my mind for some time
I won’t be wagging my tail for one good
reason
It has to be a crime
This doghouse never was
the place for me,
Runner up and second best just ain’t my
pedigree
I was so happy, just the two of us
Until this alpha
male
Turned up in the January sale
He won’t love you
Like I love you,
It won’t be long now before that puppy goes
astray
And what I like about this guy the most?..........
He'd be my favourite lamppost
Devil take the
hindmost
Je sais que c'est dur,
mais ilfaut se faire ar changement, tu vois
J’ai négligé le
primordial pendant trop longtemps crois moi…
Je suis consciente,
je vois bien que tu souffres, mais çà s’attenuera
Car c’est d’un
homme plus d’un chien don't j’ai besoin pres de moi
Cesse donc de
grogner, mon choix est fait c’est comme çà
N’en fait pas trop,
ton attitude risque de t’éloigner de moi
Faut que tu comprennes,
puisque tu dis m’aimer tant que çà
Desormais nous sommes trois,
lui toi et moi
It’s a shaggy kind of
story
Would I tell you if I thought it was a lie?
But when the
cat's away the mouse will play,
I wouldn't dish around
here
There’s something fishy round here
I howl all night and I
sleep all day
It takes more than biscuit baby to chase these
blues away
I’ve got a long enough leash
I could almost hang
myself
It's a dogs life loving you baby
But you love someone
else
Now he’s moved by basket
I’d like to put him in a
casket
I’ll wear my best collar to his funeral
Ta mauvaise foi,
j’aimerais bien que çà s’arrête
Me separer de toi, aujourd’hui çà
trotte dans ma tête
Moi non, j’en peux plus, tu n’est q’un chien,
c’est trop bête
La situation m’avait ppourtant l’air d’être des
pius nette
C’est clair, que je l’aime c’est un fait, ton égoïsme
m’inquiète
Après toutes ces soirées passées seuis en tête à
tête
Chaque chose a une fin, et c’est la fin de la fête
Pour
toi, car bientôt il n'y aura plus que lui et moi, lui et
moi.
To have found this
perfect life
And a perfect love so strong
Well there can't be
nothing worse
Than a perfect love gone wrong
You said I wasn't just
your Christmas toy
I'd always be your boy
I'd be your faithful
companion
And I would follow you through every thick and
thin
Don't need nobody else
And we don't need him
Tomorrow We'll See
The streets
are wet
The lights have yet
To shed their tawdry lustre on the
scene
My skirt’s too short
My tights have run
These new
heels are killing me
My second pack
of cigarettes
It’s a slow night but there’s time yet
Here
comes john from his other life
He may be driving to his
wife
But he'll slow down take a look
I’ve learned to read them
just like books
And it’s already half past ten
But they’ll be
back again
Headlights in
the rainy street
I check, make sure it’s not the heat
I wink,
I smile, I wave my hand
He stops and seems to understand
The
small transaction we must make
I tell him that my heart will
break
If he’s not a generous man
I step into his
van
The say the
first is the hardest trick
After that it’s just a matter of
logic
They have the money I have the time
Being pretty's my
only crime
You ask what future do I see
I say it’s really up
to me
I don’t need forgiving
I’m just making a
living
Don’t judge
me
You could be me in another life
In another set of
circumstances
Don’t judge me
One more night I’ll just have to
take my chances
And tomorrow we’ll see
A friend of
mine he wound up dead
His dress was stained the colour red
No
next of kin no fixed abode
Another victim on this road
The
police just carted him away
But someone took his place next
day
He was home by thanksgiving
But not with the
living
Don’t judge
me
You could be me in another life
In another set of
circumstances
Don’t judge me
One more night I’ll just have to
take my chances
And no it’s
just not in my plan
For someone to care who I am
I'm walking
the streets for money
It’s the business of love, 'hey
honey'
C'mon, don’t leave me lonely, don’t leave me sad
It’ll
be the sweetest five minutes you ever had
Don’t judge
me
You could be me in another life
In another set of
circumstances
Don’t judge me
One more night I’ll just have to
take my chances
And tomorrow we’ll see
End Of The
Game
The fox has done
running
And the beast is at bay
We'd run them in circles
By
the end of the day
They chased him through
brambles
They chased him through the fields
They'd chased him
for ever
But the fox would not yield
And some saw her
shadow
On the crest of a hill
When the hounds were
distracted
Away from the kill
One day we'll reach a
great ocean
At the end of a pale afternoon
And we'll lay down
our heads just like we were sleeping
And be towed by the drag of
the moon
We ran through the
forest
We ran through the streams
We ran through the
heather
'Til we ran in our dreams
You were my lover
And
I was your beau
We ran like the river
For what else did we
know?
One day we'll reach a
great ocean
At the end of a pale afternoon
The dogs are all worn
out
And the horses are lame
The hunters and hunted
At the
end of the game
Our love was a river
A
wild mountain stream
In a tumbling fury
On the edge of a
dream
They chased us through
brambles
They chased us through fields
They'd chased us
forever
But the heart would not yield
When the fox had done
running
At the end of the day
I'm ready to answer
I'm ready
to pay
And this rivers still
running
And time will come soon
Carried to the great
ocean
By the drag of the moon
Fill Her
Up
Mobil station where I
stand
This old gas pump in my hand
My boss don't like me,
got a face like a weasel
Oil on my hands and the smell of
diesel
Here come a big shot from
the city
V8 engine, she runs so pretty
'Fill her up son,
unleaded
I need a full tank a gas where I'm headed'
Up in the front seat a pretty red head
'We're going to Vegas
we're gonna get wed'
'So fill her up son, don't be staring
That's a real diamond she be wearing'
I'm gonna take my baby
one day
I'm gonna fill her up and head west
I'm going find
some money all right
See those tail lights
heading west
I got no money to invest
I got no prospects, or
education
I was lucky getting a job at this gas station
That old cash box on the
top shelf
The boss is sleeping, I'll just help myself
Let's
consider this as just a loan
I can sort it out later on the
'phone
I'm gonna pick my girl up
tonight
I'm gonna fill her up and head west
I'm gonna show
her all the bright lights
We're gonna say we lived 'for we come
home
And as I head through the
woods on the way back
The evening sun is slanting through the
pine trees real pretty
It's like I'm walked into a glade of
heaven
And there's music playing
This money is cold in my
hand
And a voice somewhere is saying
'Why would you wanna
take that stolen thing
And What real happiness can
bring?'
You're gonna fill her up
with sadness
You're gonna fill her up with shame
You're
gonna fill her up with sorrow
Before she even takes your name
You're gonna fill her up with madness
You're gonna fill her
up with blame
You're gonna live with no tomorrow
You're
gonna fill her up with pain
You're gonna fill her up with
darkness
You're gonna fill her up with night
You gotta fill
her up with Jesus
You gotta fill her up with light
You gotta fill her up
with spirit
You gotta fill her up with grace
You gotta fill
her up with heaven
You got the rest of life to face
You gotta fill her up the
right way
You gotta fill her up with care
You gotta fill her
up with babies
You gotta fill her up and swear
You're gonna
love that girl forever
You're gonna fill her up with
life
You're gonna be a loving husband
She's gonna be your
loving wife
You gotta fill her up with gladness
You gotta fill
her up with joy
You gotta fill her up with love
You gotta fill
her up with love
Ghost
Story
I watch the western sky
The sun is sinking
The
geese are flying south
It sets me thinking
I did not miss you
much
I did not suffer
What did not kill me
Just made me
tougher
I feel the winter
come
His icy sinews,
Now in the firelight
The case
continues
Another night in
court
The same old trial
The same old questions asked
The
same denial
The shadows closing
round
Like jury members
I look for answers in
The fire’s
embers
Why was I missing
then
That whole December?
I give my usual line,
I don’t
remember
Another winter
comes
His icy fingers creep
Into these bones of mine
These
memories never sleep
And all these differences
A cloak I
borrow
We kept our distances
Why should it follow that
I
must have loved you?
What is a force that
binds the stars?
I wore this mask to hide my scars
What is the
power that moves the tide?
Never could find a place to
hide
What moves the earth
around the sun?
What could I do but run and run and
run?
Afraid to love, afraid to fail
A mast without a
sail
The moon's a
fingernail
And slowly sinking
Another day begins
And now
I'm thinking
That this is indifference
Was my invention
When everything I did
Sought your
attention
You were my compass
star
You were my measure
You were a pirate's map
Of buried
treasure
If this was all
correct
The last thing I'd expect
The prosecution
rests
It's time that I confessed
I must have loved you
I
must have loved you
Brand
New Day
How many of you people
out there
Been hurt in some kind of love affair?
And how many
times did you swear
That you’d never love again?
How many
lonely, sleepless nights?
How many lies, how many fights?
And
why would you want to
Put yourself through all of that
again?
Love is pain I hear you
say
Love is a cruel and bitter way of
Paying you back for all
the faith you ever had in your brain
How could it be that what
you need the most
Can leave you feeling just like a ghost?
You
never want to feel so sad and lost again
One day you could be
looking
Through an old book in rainy weather
You see a
picture of her smiling at you
When you were still
together
You could be walking down the street
And who should
you chance to meet?
But that same old smile you’ve been thinking
of all day?
Why don't we turn the
clock to zero honey?
I’ll sell the stock we’ll spend all the
money
We're starting up a brand new day
Turn the clock all the
way back
I wonder if she’ll take me back
I’m thinking in a
brand new way
Turn the clock to zero
sister
You’ll never know how much I missed her
Starting up a
brand new day
Turn the clock to zero boss
The rivers wide
we’ll swim across
We're starting up a brand new day
It could happen to
you
Just like it happened to me
There is simply no
immunity
There's no guarantee
I say love is such a force if
you find yourself in it
You need some time for reflection
You
say, baby wait a minute, wait a minute
Wait a minute, wait a
minute
Wait a minute, wait a minute
Turn the clock to zero
honey
I’ll sell the stock we’ll spend all the money
We're
starting up a brand new day
Turn the clock to zero Mac
I'm
begging her to take me back
I’m thinking in a brand new
way
Turn the clock to zero boss
The rivers wide we'll swim
across
Starting up a brand new day
Turn the clock to zero
buddy
Don’t wanna be no fuddy duddy
We're Starting up a brand
new day
I’m the rhythm in your
tune
I’m the sun and you’re the moon
I’m the bat and you’re
the cave
You’re the beach and I’m the wave
I’m the plough and
you're the land
You’re the glove and I’m the hand
I’m the
train and you’re the station
I’m the flagpole to your
nation
I'm the present to your
future
You're the wound and I'm the suture
You're the magnet
to my pole
I'm the devil in your soul
You're the pupil I'm the
teacher
You're the church and I'm the preacher
You're the
flower I'm the rain
You're the tunnel I'm the train
Stand up, all you lovers
in the world
Stand up and be counted, every boy and every
girl
Stand up, all you lovers in the world
We're starting up a
brand new day
You're the crop to my
rotation
You're the sum of my equation
I'm the answer to your
question
If you follow my suggestion
We could turn this ship
around
And go up instead of down
You're the pan and I'm the
handle
You're the flame and I'm the candle
Stand up, all
you lovers in the world
Stand up and be counted, every boy and
every girl
Stand up, all you lovers in the world
Starting up a
brand new day |
