Sting complete lyrics


The Dream of the Blue Turtles

Nothing like the sun

The Soul Cages

Ten summoners Tales

Fields of Gold

Mercury Falling

Brand New Day

Miscellaneous Tracks From


...Nothing Like the Sun



Lyrics


Songs:
  1. The Lazarus Heart (4:34)
  2. Be Still My Beating Heart (5:32)
  3. Englishman In New York (4:25)
  4. History Will Teach Us Nothing (4:58)
  5. They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo) (7:16)
  6. Fragile (3:54)
  7. We'll Be Together (4:52)
  8. Straight To My Heart (3:54)
  9. Rock Steady (4:27)
  10. Sister Moon (3:46)
  11. Little Wing (5:04)
  12. The Secret Marriage (2:03)

The Lazarus Heart

He looked beneath his shirt today

There was a wound in his flesh so deep and wide

From the wound a lovely flower grew

From somewhere deep inside

He turned around to face his mother

To show her the wound in his breast that burned like a brand

But the sword that cut him open

Was the sword in his mother's hand

Every day another miracle
Only death will tear us apart
To sacrifice a life for yours
I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
The blood of the Lazarus heart

Though the sword was his protection
The wound itself would give him power
The power to remake himself
at the time of his darkest hour
She said the wound would give him courage and pain
The kind of pain that you can't hide
From the wound a lovely flower grew
From somewhere deep inside

Every day another miracle
Only death will keep us apart
To sacrifice a life for yours
I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
The blood of the Lazarus heart

Birds on the roof of my mother's house
I've no stones that chase them away
Birds on the roof of my mother's house
Will sit on my roof someday
They fly at the window, they fly at the door
Where does she get the strength to fight them anymore
She counts all her children as a shield against the rain
Lifts her eyes to the sky like a flower to the rain

Every day another miracle
Only death will keep us apart
To sacrifice a life for yours
I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
The blood of the Lazarus heart


  

El corazón de Lazaro

Hoy miró bajo su camisa
Tenía una gran herida profunda en la piel
Y desde lo más hondo de aquella herida 
Brotó una hermosa flor
Se giró para mirar a su madre
Y enseñarle la herida que le quemaba como un tizón en el pecho
Pero la espada que le había herido
Era la espada que su madre empuñaba

Cda día otro milagro
Ni siquiera la muerte podría separarlos
Para sacrificar una vida por la tuya
Yo sería la sangre del corazón de Lázaro
La sangre del corazón de Lázaro

Aunque la espada le proteguiera
La misma herida la daría poder
El poder ppara rhacerse
En su hora más oscura
Ella le dijo que la herida le daría valor y dolor
Esa clase de dolor imposible de esconder
Y desde lo más hondo de aquella herida
Brotó una hermosa flor

Cda día otro milagro
Ni siquiera la muerte podría separarlos
Para sacrificar una vida por la tuya
Yo sería la sangre del corazón de Lázaro
La sangre del corazón de Lázaro

Pájaros en el tejado de la cada de mi madre
No tengo piedras para ahuyentarlos
Pájaros en el tejado de mi madre
Un día se posarán en mi tejado
Vuelan hasta la ventana, vuelan hasta la puerta
¿De dónde sacan las fuerzas para combatirlos?
Cuentan con sus hijos como escudo contra el dolor
Alza los ojos al cielo como una flor a la lluvia

Cda día otro milagro
Ni siquiera la muerte podría separarlos
Para sacrificar una vida por la tuya
Yo sería la sangre del corazón de Lázaro
La sangre del corazón de Lázaro

Be Still My Beating Heart

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

Or 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

To soothe the thoughts that plague me so

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
You must learn to stand your ground
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
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so
Stop before you start
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


  

Calmate palpitante corazon mio

Cálmate palpitante corazón mío
Sería mejor que te tranquilizaras
Aún no es el momento de abrirse
Una lección aprendida es difícil de olvidar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mío
O creerán que soy un idiota
No es bueno ir tan deprisa
La sangre enrojece mi rostro 
He consultado todos los libros que conozco
Para aliviar estos pensamientos que me afligen

Me hundo como una piedra arrojada al océano
Mi lógica se ha ahogado en un mar de emociones
Detente antes de empezar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mío

Restablece mis sueños rotos
Hechos añicos como un vaso caído
Aún no estoy preparado para romperte
Una lección aprendida es difícil de olvidar

Cálmate palpitante corazón mio
Debes aprender a ser firme
No es bueno ir tan deprisa
La sangre enrojece mi rostro
He consultado todos los nombre que conozco
Para aliviar estos pensamientos que me afligen
Detente antes de empezar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mio

No equivocarse nunca 
No hacer nunca promesas que puedan romperse
Es como cantar al viento
O escribir en la superficie de un lago
Y coleo como un pez en tierra firme
Luchando por evitar cualquier ayuda

Me hundo como una piedra arrojada al océano
Mi lógica se ha ahogado en un mar de emociones
Detente antes de empezar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mío.

Englishman In New York

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear

I like my toast done on the side

And you can hear it in my accent when I talk

I'm an Englishman in New York

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

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

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

I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
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 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
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say

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


  

Un inglés en Nueva York

No bebo café, tomo té, cariño
Las tostadas me gustan hechas por un lado
Y cuando hablo, puedes notar en mi acento
Que soy un inglés en Nueva York

Mírame andando por la Quinta Avenida
Siempre llevo mi bastón
Me acompaña a todas partes
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

Soy un extranjero, soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York
Soy un estranjero , soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

Si "los modales hacen al hombre", como alguien dijo
El és el héroe del momento
Hay que ser un hombre para sonreír cuando te ignoran
Sé tú mismo, no importa lo que digan

Soy un extranjero, soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York
Soy un estranjero , soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

La modestia y el decoro pueden llevar a la notoriedad
Pero podrías acabar solo
La amabilidad y la sobriedad son raras en esta sociedad
De noche una vela brilla más que el sol

Un equipo de combate no basta para hacer a un hombre
Hace falta algo más que una licencia de armas
Enfréntate a tus enemigos, evítalos cuando puedas 
Un caballero anda, nunca corre

Si "los modales hacen al hombre", como alguien dijo
El és el héroe del momento
Hay que ser un hombre para sonreir cuando te ignoran
Sé tu mismo, no importa lo que digan
Sé tu mismo, no importa lo que digan
Sé tu mismo , no importa lo que digan

Soy un extranjero, soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York
Soy un estranjero , soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

History Will Teach Us Nothing

If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past

Security in human systems we're told will always always last

Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast

Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast

If God is dead and an actor plays his part
His words of fear will find a place in your heart
Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse
Without freedom from the past things can only get worse

Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away

History will teach us nothing
History will teach us nothing

Our written history is a catalogue of crime
The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time
The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child

Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later

Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong
Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long
A simple act of faith
In reason over might
To blow up his children will only prove him right
History will teach us nothing
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away

History will teach us nothing
History will teach us nothing

Know your human rights
Be what you come here for
Know your human rights
Be what you come here for
Know your human rights
Be what you come here for
Know your human rights
Be what you come here for


  

La historia no nos enseña nada

Si buscamos consuelo en las prisiones del lejano pasado
Seguridad en los sistemas humanos, nos asegura su perpetuidad
Las emociones son la vela y la fe ciega es el mástil
Sin el aliento de la verdadera libertad no vamos a ninguna parte
Si Dios está muerto y un actor interpreta su papel
Sus temerosas palabras encontrarán un sitio en tu corazón
Sin la voz de la razón toda fe es su propia maldición
Sin liberarnos del pasado sólo pueden empeorar las cosas

Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano

Nuestra historia escrita es un catálogo de crímenes
Los sórdidos y los poderosos, los arquitectos del tiempo
Las privaciones, la opresión a los bondadosos
El constante miedo a la escasez, la agresióncomo su hijo

Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano
Tarde o temprano

Conencer a un enemigio, convencerle de que esta equivocado
Es ganar una batalla sin sangre donde larga es la victoria
Un simple acto de fe
En la razón sobre la fuerza
Eliminar a  sus hijos sólo le demostraría que estaba en lo cierto

La historia no nos enseña nada


Tarde o temprano, como el primer día del mundo 
Tarde o temprano, aprenderemos a deshacernos del pasado
Tarde o temprano, como el primer día del mundo
Tarde o temprano, aprenderemos a deshacernos del pasado
Tarde o temprano, aprenderemos a deshacernos del pasado

La historia no nos enseñará nada
La historia  no nos enseñará nada

Conoce tus derechos humanos
Sé aquello para lo que viniste
Conoce tus derechos humanos
Sé aquello para lo que viniste
Tarde o temprano
Conoce tus derechos humanos
Sé aquello para lo que viniste
Tarde o temprano
Conoce tus derechos humanos
Sé aquello para lo  que viniste
Tarde o temprano

They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)

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 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

They're dancing with their husbands

They dance alone

They dance alone

It's the only form of protest they're allowed
I've seen their silent faces 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
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angistia
Danzan con sus padres
Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan 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 torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin' with her invisible son
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

 

Bailan solas

¿Qué hacen esas mujeres bailando solas?
¿Por qué esa tristeza en sus ojos?
¿Qué hacen los soldados con imperturbables rostros como piedras?
No entiendo lo que desprecian

Bailan con los desaparecidos
Bailan con los muertos
Bailan con los invisibles
Su angustia callada
Bailan con sus padres
Bailan  con sus hijos
Bailan con sus maridos
Bailan solas, bailan solas

Es la única forma de protesta que les permiten
He visto sus silenciosos rostros gritando fréneticamente
Si lo dijeran con palabras , también desaparecerían
Otra mujer en la mesa de tortura, ¿qué más pueden hacer?

Bailan con los desaparecidos
Bailan con los muertos
Bailan con los invisibles
Su angustia callada
Bailan con sus padres
Bailan  con sus hijos
Bailan con sus maridos
Bailan solas, bailan solas

Un día bailaremos sobre sus tumbas
Un día cantaremos nuestra libertad
Un día reiremos de alegria
Y bailaremos

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

Oiga, Sr. Pinochet, ha sembrado su amarga cosecha 
Es dinero extragero lo que le sostiene, pero un día se acabará el dinero
No habrá sueldos para sus torturadores, ni presupuesto para sus armas 
¿Se imagina a su propia madre bailando con su hijo invisible?

Bailan con los desaparecidos
Bailan con los muertos
Bailan con los invisibles
Su angustia callada
Bailan con sus padres
Bailan  con sus hijos
Bailan con sus maridos
Bailan solas, bailan solas

Un día bailaremos sobre sus tumbas
Un día cantaremos nuestra libertad
Un día reiremos de alegría 
Y bailaremos

Fragile

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one

Drying in the colour 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


  

Fragil

Aunque corriera la sangre cuando carne y acero son uno
Secándose en el color del ocaso
Y la lluvia de mañana borrara las manchas
Algo quedaría para siempre en nuestras mentes

Quizá el fin de este último acto
Fuera confirmar el argumento de una vida
Que nada se consigue con violencia
Y nada se conseguirá nunca
Por todos los nacidos con mala estrella 
Para no olvidar lo frágiles que somos

La lluvia seguirá cayendo
Como lágrimas de una estrella , como lágrimas de una estrella
La lluvia seguirá diciendo
Lo frágiles que somos, lo frágiles que somos

La lluvia seguirá cayendo 
Como lágrimas de una estrella, como lágrimas de una estrella
La llevia seguirá diciendo
Lo frágiles que somos, lo frágiles que somos
Lo frágiles que somos, lo frágiles que somos

We'll Be Together

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
To have 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

We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

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
To have you as the guide in my life
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together
We'll be together

We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

Call me baby.
You can call me anything you want
Call me baby
Call me
just call me
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

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


  

Estaremos juntos

Me veo contigo y todo lo que haces 
Da vueltas y vueltas en mi cabeza
Olvídate del tiempo, deberíamos estar siempre juntos
Cualquier otra idea es cruel

Para tenerte conmigo cruzaría los siete mares
Para tenerte como mi luz y mi guía 
Pero el amor es una llama que arde en tu nombre
Estaremos juntos, estaremos juntos esta noche

Estaremos juntos 
Estaremos juntos
Estaremos juntos

Te veo conmigo y todo lo que quiero hacer
Es bailar contigo aquí entre mis brazos
Olvídate del tiempo, deberíamos estar siempre juntos
De tus encantos siempre seré esclavo

Para tenerte conmigo cruzaría los siete mares
Para tenerte como mi luz y mi guía 
Pero el amor es una llama que arde en tu nombre
Estaremos juntos, estaremos juntos esta noche

Estaremos juntos 
Estaremos juntos
Estaremos juntos

Llámame, nena
Llámame lo que quieras
Llámeme, nena
Llámame, Llámame

Te veo conmigo y con el niño somos tres
Me veo contigo y todo lo que hacemos
Olvídate del tiempo, deveríamos estar simpre juntos
Te necesito como mi luz y mmi guía 
Mi amor es una llama que arde en tu nombre
Estaremos juntos, estaremos juntos esta noche

Estaremos juntos 
Estaremos juntos
Estaremos juntos

Straight To My Heart

Well in a hundred years from now

They will attempt to tell us how

A scientific means to bliss

Will supercede the human kiss

A sub atomic chain
Will maybe galvanize the brain
A biochemic trance
Will eliminate romance

But why ever should we care
When there are arrows in the air
Formed by lovers' ancient art
That go straight to my heart

A future sugar coated pill
Would give our lovers time to kill
I think they're working far too much
For the redundancy of touch

But what will make me yours
Are a million deadly spores
Formed by lovers' ancient art
That go straight to my heart

Come into my door
Be the light of my life
Come into my door

You'll never have to sweep the floor
Come into my door
Be the light of my life
Come into my door
Come and be my wife
I'll be true. To no one but you

If it's a future world we fear
We have tomorrow's seeds right here
For you can hold them in your hand
Or let them fall into the sand

But if our love is pure
The only thing of which we're sure
Then you can play your part
And go straight to my heart

If I should seek immunity
And love you with impunity
Then the only thing to do
Is for me to pledge myself to you

But they only dealt one card
So for me it is not hard
You're the bright star in my chart
You go straight to my heart

Come into my door
Be the light of my life
Come into my door
You'll never have to sweep the floor
Come into my door
Be the light of my life
Come into my door
Come and be my wife
I'll be true. To no one but you


  

Directo a mi corazon

Dentro de cien años
Intentarán decirnos
Que un método ciéntifico de éxtasis 
Sustituirá al beso humano

Una cadena subatómica
Quizá galvanice al cerebro
Un trance bioquímico
Eliminará el romance

Pero ¿por qué preocuparnos
Cuando hay flechas en el aire
Creadas por el antiguo arte de los amantes
Que van directas a mi corazón?
Directas a mi corazón

Una futura píldora bañada en azúcar
Daría tiempo libre a los amantes
Creo que están  trabajando demasiado
En la reducción de las caricias

Pero lo que me hará tuyo
Es un millón de esporas mortales
Formadas por el antiguo arte de los amantes
Que van directas a mi corazón 
Directas a mi corazón

Ven a mi casa 
Sé la luz de mi vida
Ven a mi casa
No tendrás que barrer el suelo 
Ven a mi casa
Sé la luz de mi vida
Ven a mi casa
Ven y sé mi esposa
Te seré fiel, a ti solo

Si un mundo futuro nos horroriza
Aquí tenemos las semillas del mañana
T puedes guardarlas en tu mano
O dejarlas caer en la arena

Pero si  nuestro amor es puro
Y sólo de él estamos seguros
Entonces puedes hacer tu papel
Y venir directa a mio corazón
Directa a mi corazón

Si buscas humanidad 
Y amarte con impunidad
Entonces lo único que tendría que hacer
Es comprometerme contigo

Pero sólo dan una carta 
Así que no me resulta difícil
Tú eres la brillante estrella de mi carta
Vas directa a mi corazón
Directa a mi corazón

Ven a mi casa 
Sé la luz de mi vida
Ven a mi casa
No tendrás que barrer el suelo 
Ven a mi casa
Sé la luz de mi vida
Ven a mi casa
Ven y sé mi esposa
Te seré fiel, a ti solo

Directa a mi corazón
Directa a mi corazón
Directa a mi corazón

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 steady / 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 favorite 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


  

A prueba de balanceo

Ví un anuncio en el periódico que me llamó la atención
Le dije a mi chica,
"Parece hecho para nosotros"
Decía que necesitaban voluntarios en un viaje muy especial
En barco para integrase en la Naturaleza
Cogimos un taxi hacia el río para ver si aún quedaban plazas
Había un viejo con barba
Y toda clase de criaturas hasta allí donde alcanzaba la vista

El viejo era el jefe y dijo
"No quiero engañaros
Pero detrás de este viaje hay más de lo que parece"
Nos dijo que había oido un mensaje de Dios por la radio
Anunciandole que iba a llover eternamente y [pidiéndole que partiera
"A todos os protegeré, no os preocupéis, seré vuestro padre
Recogeré una pareja de cada especie, por pequeña que sea
Pero necesitamos algunos ayudantes que cuiden del zoo
Y no veo a nadie más, así que tendréis que venir vosotros
Yo le dije, "Sólo quiero saber una cosa antes de que hayamos partido y sea demasiado tarde
¿Es suguro el barco?"

"Es a prueba de balanceo, aprueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo

LLovió durante cuarenta días y cuarenta largas noches
Nunca había visto lluvia igual y parecía que tenía razón nuestro viejo amigo
Pero no había tiempo para preocuparse, teníamos demasiado trabajo
Entre el trascendente mono y el canguro

Debíamos lavar y dar de comer a todos los animales
Eramos simples esclavos humanos en un gran zoo flotante
Entonces ella dijo, "Oye, chico, no quiero ser impertinente
Pero parece que el viejo se está aprovechando de nosotros"

Yp dije, "No , no cariño, estas equivocada
Mira el tamaño del barco
Es tan seguro como la leche que mamamos
Y él es fresco como una brisa, tan suave como la seda China
Es el mejor amigo de Dios, y tiene un lugar a bordo
Quizá la vida sea dura pero navegamos con el Señor"

A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo

Me levanté esta mañana y algo había cambiado
Como una habitación de casa que alguien hubiese ordenado
Ella dijo, "Ha dejado de llover y ya sé que es un buen tipo
Pero si nos quedamos aquí más tiempo voy a volverme loca"
Así que le dijimos al viejo que teníamos una misión que encomendar a su paloma
Para ver si Dios se había apiadado de nosotros
Y así, en busca de un pedazo de tierra voló la blanca ave
No necesitábamos un pais, una roca bastaría
Cuando la aploma regresó, dejó caer una rama
Era maná del cielo y significaba que podíamos largarnos
¿Pero la roca es muy pequeña", dijo el viejo, "¿no os dais cuenta?
Yo le dije, "Si es perfecta para ella, es perfecta para mi"

A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo
A prueba de balanceo, a prueba de balanceo


Sister Moon

Sister moon will be my guide

In your blue blue shadows I would hide

All good people asleep tonight

I'm all by myself in your silver light

I would gaze at your face the whole night through

I'd go out of my mind, but for you

Lying in a mother's arms
The primal root of a woman's charms
I'm a stranger to the sun
My eyes are too weak
How cold is a heart
When it's warmth that he seeks?
You watch every night, you don't care what I do
I'd go out of my mind, but for you
I'd go out of my mind, but for you

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
My hunger for her explains everything I've done
To howl at the moon the whole night through
And they really don't care if I do
I'd go out of my mind, but for you

Sister Moon


  

Hermana luna

LA hermana luna será mi guía 
En tus sombras azules me escondería
Esta noche toda la buena gente esta dormida
y yo estoy solo en tu luz plateada
Toda la noche contemplaría tu rostro
Si no fuera po ti me volvería loco
Si no fuera por ti me volvería loco

En los brazos maternos
La raíz primitiva de los encantos femeninos
Soy estraño al sol
Mis ojos son demasiado débiles
Pero qué frio está un corazón
Cuando lo que buscas es calor
Tú me observas todas las noches sin importarte lo que haga

Si no fuera po ti me volvería loco
Si no fuera por ti me volvería loco

El sol no puede compararse con los ojos de mi amada

Mi anhelo por ella explica todos mis actos
Toda la noche aullando a la luna
y a ellos no les importa lo más mínimo
Si no fuera por ´i me volvería loco

Hermana Luna

Little Wing

Well, she's walking through the clouds

with a circus mind

that's running wild.

Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams

and fairy tales,

That's all she ever thinks about...

Riding the wind.

When I'm sad she comes to me
with a thousand smiles
she gives to me free

It's alright, she says,
it's alright,
Take anything you want from me,
anything,

Fly on, little wing


  

Pequeña ala (Jimi Hendrix)

Caminaba por las nubes
con una mente circense
que corre salvaje
Mariposas, cebras, rayos de luna
Y cuentos de hada
Es de lo único que habla

Montando al viento

Cuando estoy triste viene a verme
con mil sonrisas
que me regala

Está bien
Está bien, dice
Coge lo que quiereas de mí
Lo que quieras

Vuela, pequeña ala

The Secret Marriage

No earthly church has ever blessed our union

No state has ever granted us permission

No family bond has ever made us two

No company has ever earned commission

No debt was ever paid no dowry to be granted
No treaty over border land or power
No semblance of the world outside remained
To stain the beauty of this nuptial hour

The secret marriage vow is never spoken
The secret marriage can never be broken

No flowers on the alter
No whit veil in your hair
No maiden dress to alter
No bible oath to swear

The secret marriage vow is never spoken
The secret marriage can never be broken


  

El matrimonio secreto

Ninguna iglesia en la tierra bendijo nuestra unión
Ningún estado nos dió permiso
Ningún lazo familiar nos hizo dos
Ninguna compañía cobró comisión

Ninguna deuda fue pagada, ningún dote que obtener

Ningún tratado sobre limites de poder
Ninguna apariencia del mundo exterior permaneció
Para marchar la belleza de esta hora nupcial
Jamás fue pronunciada la promesa de matrimonio secreto
Jamás podrá romperse el matrimonio secreto

Sin flores en el altar
Sin velo blanco en tu pelo
Sin vestido de virgen que retocar 
Sin voto bíblico que jurar

Jamás fue pronunciada la promesa de matrimonio secreto
Jamás podrá romperse el matrimonio secreto



The Soul Cages



Lyrics


Tracks:
  1. Island Of Souls (6:41)
  2. All This Time (4:54)
  3. Mad About You (3:53)
  4. Jeremiah Blues (Part I) (4:55)
  5. Why Should I Cry For You (4:45)
  6. Saint Agnes And The Burning Train [Instrumental] (2:43)
  7. The Wild Wild Sea (6:40)
  8. The Soul Cages (5:51)
  9. When The Angels Fall (7:48)

Island Of Souls

Billy was born within sight of the shipyard

First son of a riveter's son

And Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow

Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun

And six days a week he would watch his poor father
A working man live like a slave
He'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future,
Of money he never would save
And Billy would cry when he thought of the future

Soon came a day when the bottle was broken
They launched a great ship out to sea
He felt he'd been left on a desolate shore
To a future he desperately wanted to flee
What else was there for a riveter's son
A new ship to be built, new work to be done

One day he dreamed of the ship in the world
It would carry his father and he
To a place they would never be found
To a place far away from this town.

Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
All the workmen suspended like flies
Caught in the flare of acetylene light
A working man works till the industry dies
And Billy would cry when he thought of the future

Then what they call an industrial accident
Crushed those it couldn't forgive
They brought Billy's father back home in an ambulance
A brass watch, a cheque, maybe three weeks to live,
And what else was there for a riveter's son
A new ship to be built, new work to be done

That night, he dreamed of the ship in the world
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 without coals
They would sail to the island of souls.


  

La isla de las almas

Billy nació a la vista de un astillero
El primer hijo del hijo de un remachador
Y Billy creció a la vez que la sombra del barco
Su gran casco velaría la luz del sol

Y seis días a la semana, veía a supobre padre
Un obrero que vivía como un esclavo
Bebía todas las noches y soñaba con el futuro
De dinero que nunca ahorraría 
Billy lloraba cuando pensaba en el futuro

Pronto llegó el día en que rompieron la botella
Y botaron el gran barco al mar
Se sintió abandonado en una orilla desolada
A un futuro del que desesperadamente quería escapar
¿Otra cosa había allí para el hijo de un constructor de barcos?
Un nuevo barco que construir, nuevo barco que hacer

Un día soño con que el barco en el mundo
Les llevaría a su padre y a él 
A un lugar que nunca encontrarían
A un lugar muy lejos de ciudad

Atrapado en la jaula del esqueleto del barco
Todos los obreros colgados como moscas
Cogido en el fulgor de la luz de acetileno
Un obrero trabaja hasta que muera la industria
Billy lloraba cuando pensaba en el futuro

Entonces lo que se suele llamar un accidente industrial
Aplastó a aquellos a los que no perdonó
Llevaron al padre de Billy a casa en una ambulancia
Un relój de latón, un cheque, quizás tres semanas de vida
¿Qué otra cosa había allí para el hijo de un remachador
Un nuevo barco que construir, nuevo trabajo que hacer

Aquella noche soñó con el barco en el mundo
Que llevaría a él y a su padre 
A un lugar donde no pudieran encontrarles
A un lugar lejos de esta ciudad
Un barco de Newcastle sin carbón
Navegando hacia la isla de las almas
 

All This Time

I looked out across

The river today,

I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower

Where the seagulls play.

I saw the sad shire horses walking home

In the sodium light

I saw two priests on the ferry

October geese on a cold winter's night

And 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

And 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 a fat man in the eye of a needle
And 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'

And all this time the river flowed
Endlessly like a silent tear
And all this time the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists,
Then how come he never lived here.

The teacher told us, the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple, an 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, 'til all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found

And 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
But they only get better
One by one
One by one...



  

Todo este tiempo

Hoy miré
Al otro lado del río
Vi una ciudad en la niebla y la torre de una vieja iglesia
Donde juegan las gaviotas
Vi lo tristes caballos del condado regresando a casa
Bajo la luz del sodio
Dos curas en el transbordador
Gansos de octubre en una fría noche de invierno

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
Sin fin hacia el mar

Esta noche dos curas 
Vinieron a casa
Uno joven, otro viejo
Para rezar al moribundo, para cumplir el rito  final
Uno para aprender, otro para enseñar
Por dónde sopla el frío viento
Agitándose y sacudiéndose en negro sacerdotal
Como un crimen de cuervos

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluia
Sin fin hacia el mar
Si pudiera hacer mi voluntad
Cogería una barca del río
Y enterraría al viejo
Lo enterraría en el mar

Benditos sean los pobres
Porque ellos heredaran la tierra
Mejor ser pobre
Que gordo en el  ojo de una aguja
Y mientras pronunciaban estas palabras
Juro que oí al viejo diciendo entre risas:
"¿De qué sirve un mundo gastado?
¿Cuál es el valor de tenerlo?"

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
Sin fin como una silenciosa  lágrima
Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
"Padre, si Jesús existe
¿Cómo es que nunca vivió aquí?"

Los profesores nos dijeron
Que los romanos construyeron este lugar
Construyeron un muro y un templo
El límite de la guarnición imperial
Vivieron y murieron
Rezaron a sus dioses, pero los dioses de piedra permanecieron en silencio
Y su impero se desmoronó
Hasta que sólo quedaron las piedras que encontraron los obreros

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
Bajo la luz mortecina
De un sol norteño
Si pudiera hacer mi voluntad 
Cogería una barca del río 
Los hombres se vuelven locos en las congregaciones
Pero sólo mejoran de uno en uno
De uno en uno

Mad About You

A stone's throw from Jerusalem

I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight

And through 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
And 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 vitories
In all our histories, without love

A stone's throw from Jerusalem
I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight
And through 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


  

Loco por ti

Tiraron una piedra desde Jerusalén
Caminé un trecho solitario bajo el claro de luna
Y aunque un millón de estrellan brillaban
Mi corazón estaba perdido en un lejano planeta
Que gira alrededor de la luna de abril
Girando en un arco de tristeza
Estoy perdido sin ti
Estoy perdido sin ti
Aunque todos mis reinos se desmoronen
Y caigan al mar 
Estoy loco por ti
Estoy loco por ti

Y desde los oscuros valles apartados
Oía las antiguas canciones de tristeza
Pero a cada paso pensaba en ti
A cada paso sólo en ti
Y cada estrella, un grano de arena
Los restos de un océano seco
Dime, ¿hasta cuándo? ¿hasta cuándo?

Dicen que hay una ciudad en el desiérto
La vanidad de un antiguo rey
Pero la ciudad yace en pedazos
Donde el viento aúlla y cantan los buitres
Es la obra del hombre
Es el sol de nuestra ambición 
Harías una prisión de mi via
Si te convirtieras en la esposa de otro

Con cada prisión hecha polvo
Mis enemigos andan libres
Estoy loco por ti
Estoy loco por ti

Y nunca en mi vida
Me había sentido tan  solo
Por más que posea todo lo que vea
Para mi no significa nada
No hay victorias
En nuestras historias, sin amor

Tiraron una piedra desde Jerusalén
Caminé un trecho solitario bajo el claro de luna
Y aunque un millón de estrellan brillaban
Mi corazón estaba perdido en un lejano planeta
Que gira alrededor de la luna de abril
Girando en un arco de tristeza
Estoy perdido sin ti
Estoy perdido sin ti

Y aunque sean tuyas las llaves de la ruina
De todo lo que veo
Con cada prisión hecha polvo
Mis enemigos andan libres
Aunque todos mis reinos se desmoronen
Y caigan al mar
Estoy loco por ti
Estoy loco por ti

Jeremiah Blues (Part I)

It was midnight, midnight at noon

Everyone talked in rhyme

Everyone saw the big clock ticking

Nobody knew, nobody knew the time

Elegant debutantes smiled
Everyone fought for dimes
Newspapers screamed for blood
It was the best of times

Every place around the world it seemed the same
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
Everybody wants to look the other way
When something wicked this way comes

Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
Sometimes I stare
Sometimes it's me

Everyone told the truth
All that we heard were lies
A pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past
This was a big surprise

Everyone fell in love
A cardinal's wife was jailed
The government saved a dying planet
When popular icons failed

Every place around the world it seemed the same
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
Everybody wants to look the other way
When something wicked this way comes

Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
Sometimes I stare
Sometimes it's me
Sometimes I stare
Sometimes it's me


  

El blus de Jeremias(parte 1)

Era medianoche, medianoche al mediodía
Todos hablaban en verso
Todos veían el gran reloj
Nadie sabía, nadie sabía la hora

Debutantes elegantes sonreían
Todos luchaban por unos centavos
Los periódicos exigían sangre
Era el mejor de los tiempos

Cualquier lugar del mundo parece igual
Los tambores no dejan oir el ritmo
Todos quieren mirar hacia otro lado
Cuando algo terrible viene por éste

A veces atan
Un ladrón a un árbol
A veces miro
A veces soy yo

Todos decían la verdad
Todo lo que oímos eran mentiras 
Un papa reconoció su error en el pasado
Fue una gran sorpresa

Todos se enamoraban
La esposa de un cardenal fue encarcelada
El gobierno salvó un planeta moribundo
Cuabdo iconos populares fallaron

Cualquier lugar del mundo parece igual
Los tambores no dejan oir el ritmo
Todos quieren mirar hacia otro lado
Cuando algo terrible viene por éste

A veces atan
Un ladrón a un árbol
A veces miro
A veces soy yo
A veces miro
A veces soy yo

Why Should I Cry For You?

Under the dog star sail

Over the reefs of moonshine

Under the skies of fall

North, north west, the stones of Faroe

Under the Arctic fire
Over the seas of silence
Hauling on frozen ropes
For all my days remaining
But would north be true?

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

But 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?
And what would it mean to say,
That, "I loved you in my fashion"?

What would be true?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?


  

¿Por que tendría yo que llorar por ti?

Bajo la vela del Sirio
Sobre los rizos del claro de luna
Bajo los cielos otoñales
Nornoroeste, las piedras de Faroe

Bajo el fuego del ártico
Sobre los mares del silencio
Halando cuerdas heladas
Todo el resto de mi vida

¿Sería verdad el norte?
¿Por qué tendría yo que llorar por ti?

Todos los colores se vuelven rojos
Durmiendo en el fondo del océano
A la deriva en mares vacios
Todo el resto de mi vida

¿Sería verdad el norte?
¿Por qué tendría yo que llorar por ti?

Angeles negros me siguen
Por un mar inpío
Montañas de eterna caída
Todo el resto de mi vida

¿Qué sería verdad?

A veces veo tu rostro
Las estrellas parecen cambiar de lugar
¿por qué tengo que pensar en ti?
¿Por qué?¿por qué tendría ?
¿Por qué tendría yo que llorar por ti?
¿Acaso te gustaría que lo hiciera?
¿Qué sentido tendría decir ?
"Te quise a mi manera"?

¿Qué sería verdad?
¿Por que tendría yo, por qué tendría yo que llorar?
¿por qué tendría que llorar?


Saint Agnes and the Burning Train

(Instrumental)


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

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 wheelhouse 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
Lost on the wild wild sea...


  

EL salvaje salvaje Mar

La vi otra vez esta noche
Una vela negra bajo un pálido cielo amarillo
Y al igual que antes en un momento
Desapareció donde vuelan las grises gaviotas

Me preocuparé si vuelve a pasar
Un extraño barco que vuela
Y micordura escudriña el horizonte
En la luz de un cielo anocheciendo

Aquella noche mientras paseaba en mi sopor
Hundí mis pies en la playa
Y nadé con la luna y su amante
Hasta que persí de vista la tierra

Nadé hasta que la noche se hizo mañana
Negra vela en el cielo rojizo
Me vi en la cubierta de un barco oscilante
Lejos de donde no vuelan las grises gaviotas

A mi alrededor había silencio
Como burlándose de mis frágiles esperanzas humanas
Y un interrogante colgaba en el velamen
Por el viento muerto en las cuerdas

Quizá durmiera una hora
Quizá durmiera un día 
Poque me desperté en una cama de blanco lino
Y el cielo era del color de la arcilla

Como al pricipio sólo un susurro del velamen
Y el soplo más suave en mi rostro
Pero una fila galopante de blancos caballos
Dijo que pronto estraríamos en carrera

El suave suspiro se convirtió en aullido
Y el cielo gris de encolerizó de negro
Y mis ojos ansiosos buscaron el horizonte
Con el mar replegado a mi espalda

¿Vi la sombra de un marinero
En el puente a través de la ventana de la cámara
Sujetando con fuerza el timón del barco oscilante
Mientrás yo entrecerraba mis ojos bajo la lluvia?

Poque el barco se había encarado hacia el viento
Para encajar el golpe de la tormenta
Y bajo el sombrero del marinero
Vi el rostro de mi padre

Si hoy dijera una oración
Por favor, ofrecédla por mí
Cuando el puente hacia el cielo está roto
Y estás perdido en el salvaje mar
Y estás perdido en el salvaje mar

The Soul Cages

The boy child is locked in the fisherman's yard

There's a bloodless moon where the oceans die

A shoal of nightstars hang fire in the nets

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?

These are the soul cages
These are the soul cages

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 body 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 me'

These 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

Swim to the light
Swim to the light

He dreamed of the 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 without coals
They would sail to the island of souls


  

Las jaulas de almas

El muchachi está encerrado en el astillero del pescador
Hay una luna incruenta donde mueren los océanos
Un barco de estrellas nocturnas colgando fuego en las redes

Y el caos de jaulas donde yace la langosta

¿Dónde está el pescador, dónde está laa cabra?
¿Dónde está el guardián con su abrigo de carroña?
Eclipse en la luna cuando vuela el pájaro oscuro
¿Dónde está el niño con ojos de su padre?

Es el rey del noveno mundo
El hijo torcido de las campanas tocando a difuntos
Y en cada una de las jaulas de langostas
El alma de un hombre torturado

Estas son las almas de las fábricas quebradas
Los esclavos súbditos dela corona rota
La relación cadavérica de viejas promesas culpables
Estas son las almas de la ciudad rota

Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma

"Tengo una apuesta" dijo el valiente muchacho
El pescador rió, aunque molesto por la broma
"Beberás lo que yo beba pero debes igualarme
Y si el trago me  deja en pie, un alma será liberada"

"Aquí tengo un barril del más mágico vino
Una cosecha que bendijo todos los barcos de la flota

Hecho con la sangre escurrida de los marineros muertos

Jóvenes cuerpos blancos a la deriva en la marea"

"¿y qué saco yo con todo esto, muchacho?
¿Por que tendría que silbar cuando canta el pájaro enjaulado?
Si pierdes la apuesta con el rey del mar
Pasarás el resto de la eternidad en la jaula conmigo"

Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma

Un cuerpo yace desgarrado en el astillero del pescador
Como el costado de un barco que el iceberg perfora
Un alma menos en las jaulas del almas
Una última maldición en los labios del pescador

Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma

Y soño con el barco en el mar
Que les llevaría a él y a su padre 
A un lugar donde no pudieran encontrarles
A un lugar lejos de esta ciudad
Un barco de Newcastle sin carbón
Navegando hacia la isla de las almas

Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma
Estas son las jaulas del alma


When The Angels Fall

So high above the world tonight

The angels watch us sleeping

And underneath a bridge of stars

We dream in safety's keeping

But perhaps the dream

Is dreaming us

Soaring with the seagulls

Astride the backs of eagles

When the angels fall
Shadows on the wall
In the thunder's call
Something haunts us all
When the angels fall
When the angels fall

Take your father's cross
Gently from the wall
A shadow still remaining
See the churches fall
In mighty arcs of sound
And all that they're containing
Yet all the ragged souls
Of all the ragged men
Looking for their lost homes
Shuffle to the ruins
From the levelled plain
To search among the tombstones

When the angels fall
Shadows on the wall
In the thunder's call
Something haunts us all

When the angels fall
When the angels fall
When the angels fall

These are my feet
These are my hands
These are my children
And this is my demand
Bring down the angels
Cast them from my sight
I never want to see
A million suns at midnight

Your hands are empty
The streets are empty
You can't control us
You can't control us anymore

When the angels fall
When the angels fall
When the angels fall
When the angels fall
When the angels fall
When the angels fall


  

Cuando los angeles caen

Esta noche por encima del mundo
Los ángeles nos miran dormir
Y bajo un puente de estrellas 
Soñamos en lugar seguro
Pero quizas el sueño
Nos esté soñando a nosotros
Elevándose con las gaviotas
Quizás el sueño
Nos esté soñando a nosotros
A horcajadas en los lomos de las águilas

Cuando los ángeles caen
Sombras en la pared
En la llama del trueno
Algo nos acecha Cuando los ángeles caen
Sombras en la pared
En la llamada del trueno
Algo nos acecha
Cuando los ángeles caen
Cuando los ángeles caen

Retira la cruz de tu pared
Con cuidado de la pared
Aún queda una sombra
Míra las iglesias caer
En poderosos arcos de sonido
Y todo lo que contienen
Sin embargo las almas harapientas
De todos los andrajosos
Persiguiendo a sus hogares perdidos
Se arrastran hacia las ruinas
Desde la llanura arrasasda
Para buscar entre las lápidas

Cuando los ángeles caen
Sombras en la pared
En la llamada del trueno
Algo nos acecha
Cuando los ángeles caen
Cuando los ángeles caen
Cuando los ángeles caen

Estos son mis pies
Estas son mis manos
Estos son mis hijos
Y éste es mi ruego
Abatid a los ángeles
Apartarlos de mi vista
No quiero ver nunca
Un millón de soles a medianoche

Vuestra manos están vacías 
Las calles están vacías
No podeís controlarnos
Ya no podeís controlarnos

Cuando los ángeles caen
Cuando los ángeles caen
Cuando los ángeles caen
Cuando los ángeles caen


Ten Summoner's Tales



Lyrics


Tracks:
  1. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You (4:29)
  2. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (5:09)
  3. Fields of Gold (3:40)
  4. Heavy Cloud No Rain (3:46)
  5. She's Too Good For Me (2:30)
  6. Seven Days (4:39)
  7. Saint Augustine In Hell (5:17)
  8. It's Probably Me (5:08)
  9. Everybody Laughed But You [European release only] (3:51)
  10. Shape Of My Heart (4:38)
  11. Something The Boy Said (5:28)
  12. Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me) (3:41)

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

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

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'd lost my belief in our politicians
Yhey all seemed like game show hosts to me
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do
I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
I 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
There'd be nothing left for me to do


  

Si perdiera mi fe en ti

Puedes decir que he perdido la fe en la ciencia y el progreso
Puedes decir que he perdido la fe en la santa iglesia
Puedes decir que he perdido mi sentido de dirección
Puedes decir todo eso y mucho más pero
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Ya no me quedaría nada

Algunos dicen que era un hombre perdido en un mundo perdido
Puedes decir que he perdido la fe en la gente de la tele
Puedes decir que he perdido la confianza en los políticos 
Parecían presentadores de un concurso
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Ya no me quedaría nada

Quizá me haya perdido en sus mentiras sin dejar rastro
Pero cada vez que cierro los ojos, veo tu rostro

Nunca he visto un milagro de la ciencia
Que no acabara en una maldición
Nunca he visto una solución militar
Que no acabara en algo peor pero
Déjame decirte primero
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Ya no me quedaría nada
Ya no me quedaría nada

Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)

This is a story of seven brothers

We had a the same father but different mothers

We keep together like a family should

Roaming the country for the common good

It came to pass one fateful day

We found ourselves down Mexico way

The town, the mayor, the PTA

Pleading on their knees with us all to stay

We'd only stopped for a few burritos

But they told us of the trouble with los banditos

A poor little town in need of aid

My brothers and me had never been afraid

The age of chivalry is not dead

Lonesome nights in a cowboy bed

There'd be a bride for every man

Who chased away the evil gang

Love is stronger than justice
Love is thicker than blood
Love is is stronger than justice
Love is a big fat river in flood

The outcome was predictable
Our banditos were despicable
Of blood we lost a dozen litres
A small price to pay for las senoritas
The town mayor was happy but his face was glum
The maidens numbered only one
But there weren't seven brides for seven brothers
I knew I had to get rid of the others

Love is stronger than justice
Love is thicker than blood
Love is stronger than justice
Love is the big fat river in flood

Mother told me I was the clever one
The seventh son of a seventh son
It all ended so happily
I settled down with the family
I look forward to a better day
But ethical stuff never got in my way
And though there used to be brothers seven
The other six are singing in heaven

Love is stronger than justice
Love is thicker than blood
Love is stronger than justice
Love is a big fat river in flood


Fields of Gold

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


  

Campos de oro

Me recordarás cuando el viento del oeste se mueva
Sobre los campos de cebada
Te olvidarás del sol en su cielo celoso
Cuando paseemos por los campos de oro
Así, ella se llevó a su amor a contemplar
Los campos de cebada
Y en sus brazos se abandonó mientras su pelo caía
Entre los campos de oro

¿Te quedarás conmigo? ¿Serás mi amor
Entre los campos de cebada?
Olvidaremos el sol en su cielo celoso
Mientras yacemos en los campos de oro

Mira el viento del oeste moviéndose como un amante
Sobre los campos de cebada
Siente su cuerpo alzarse cuando besas su boca
Entre los campos de oro

Nunca hice promesas a la ligera
Y ha habido algunas que he roto
Pero te juro que en los días que nos quedan
Pasearemos por campos de oro
Pasearemos por campos de oro

Muchos años han pasado desde aquellos días de verano
Entre los campos de cebada
Mira cómo corren los niños cuando el sol se pone
Entre los campos de oro

Me recordarás cuando el viento del oeste se mueva
Sobre los campos de cebada
Siempre se ve el sol en su cielo celoso
Cuando paseábamos por los campos de oro
Cuando paseábamos por los campos de oro
Cuando paseábamos por los campos de oro

Heavy Cloud No Rain

Turned on the weather man just after the news

I needed sweet rain to wash away my blues

He looked at the chart but he looked in vain

Heavy cloud but no rain

Back in the time with Louis XVI
At the court of the people he was number one
He'd be the bluest blood they'd ever seen
When the king said hi to the guillotine
The royal astrologer was run out of breath
He thought that maybe the rain would postpone his death
He look in the sky but he look in vain
Heavy cloud but no rain

Well the land was cracking and the river was dry
All the crops were dying when they ought to be high
So to save his farm from the banker's draft
The farmer took out a book on some old witchcraft
He made a spell and a potion on a midsummer's night
He killed a brindled calf in the pale moonlight
He prayed to the sky but he prayed in vain
Heavy cloud but no rain
Heavy cloud but no rain

The sun won't shine till the clouds are gone
The clouds won't go till their work is done
And every morning you'll hear me pray
If only it would rain today

I asked my baby if there'd be some way
She said she'd save her love for a rainy day
I look in the sky but I look in vain
Heavy cloud but no rain


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, 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, 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

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 even want to 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, the games we play
She's too good for me
She's too good for me


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
Wednesday 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 instill fear in other men
But not in me, The Mighty Flea (flee?)
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
IQ 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
Wednesday 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

Monday, I could wait till Tuesday
If I make up my mind
Wednesday 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


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

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

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. Okay, 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


It's Probably Me

If the night turned cold and the stars looked down

And you hug yourself on the cold cold ground

You wake the morning in a stranger's coat

No one would you see

You ask yourself, who'd watch for me

My only friend, who could it be

It's hard to say it

I hate to say it, but it's probably me

When you belly's empty and the hunger's so real
And you're too proud to beg and too dumb to steal
You search the city for your only friend
No one would you see
You ask yourself, who could it be
A solitary voice to speak out and set you free
I gate to say it
I gate to say it, but it's probably me

You're not the easiest person I ever got to know
And it's hard for us both to let our feelings show
Some would say I should let you go your way
You'll only make me cry
If there's one guy, just one guy
Who'd lay down his life for you and die
It's hard to say it
It's hard to say it, but it's probably me

When the world's gone crazy and it makes no sense
There's only one voice that comes to your defence
The jury's out and your eyes search the room
And one friendly face is all you need to see
If there's one guy, just one guy
Who'd lay down his life for you and die
It's hard to say it
I hate to say it, but it's probably me
I hate to say it
I hate to say it, but it's probably me


  

Probablemente sea yo

Aunque la noche se volviera de oro y las estrellas bajaran la vista
Te abrazaras a ti misma en la fría tierra
Y te despertaras por la mañana con el abrigo de un desconocido
A nadie verías

Te preguntarás, ¿quién cuidará de mí?
MI único amigo, ¿quién puede ser?
Es duro decirlo
Siento decirlo, pero probablemente sea yo

Cuando tu vientre esté vacío y el hambre sea real
Y seas demasiado orgullosa para mendigar, demasiado boba para robar
Busques por la ciudad atu único amigo
A nadie verás

Te preguntarás, ¿quién cuidará de mí?
Una solitaria voz que lo diga claramente y me libere
Siento decirlo 
Siento decirlo, pero probablemente sea yo

No eres precisamente la persona más fácil que he conocido
Y es díficil para los dos expresar nuestros sentimientos
Alguien me dijo que debería dejar que siguieras tu camino
Que sólo me harás llorar

Bueno, si hay un tío, un solo tío
Capaz de dar su vida por ti y morir
Siento decirlo
Siento decirlo, pero probablemente sea yo

Cuando el mundo enloquece y no tiene sentido
Sólo hay una voz que sale en tu defensa
El jurado ha desaparecido y buscas por la sala
Un rostro amigo es todo lo que necesitas

Y si hay un tío, un solo tío
Capaz de dar su vida por ti y morir 
Siento decirlo
Siento decirlo, pero probablemente sea yo
Siento decirlo 
Siento decirlo, pero probablemente sea yo


Everybody Laughed But You (European release only)

Everybody laughed when I told them

I wanted you I wanted you

Everybody grinned they humored me

They thought that someone had spiked my tea

Everybody screamed they told me you

Would cost the moon we'll be there soon

Everbody laughed till they were blue

They didn't believe my words were true

Everybody laughed but you

It's easy to lose touch with all the friends

You like so much or liked so much

Everybody laughed they couldn't take me seriously

Abandoned me

Sometimes I would read of things they'd done in magazines

They made the scene

Everybody left with such important things to do

But I'm not blue

Everybody left but you

Everybody left but you

Many years have passed

And some have fallen by the way I heard them say

Everybody dreamed but those who fell

Are sleeping now, they're sleeping now

Everybody climbed like ivy to the top most branch

It was their chance

Everybody grasped till they were through

It's all they thought that they could do

Cause everybody fell

Everybody fell

Everybody fell but you

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 doesn't play for respect

He deals the crads to find the answer

The sacred geometry of chance

The hidden loaw of a probable outcome

The numbers lead a dance

I know that the spades are 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 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
Those who speak know nothing
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 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


Something The Boy Said

When we set out on this journey

There were no doubts in our minds

We set our eyes to the distance

We would find what we would find

We took courage from our numbers

What we sought we did not fear

Sometimes we'd glimpse a shadow falling

The shadow would disappear

But our thoughts kept returning

To something the boy said

As we turned to go

He said you'll never see our faces again

You'll be food for a carrion crow

Every step we took today
Our thoughts would always stray
From the wind on the moor so wild
To the words of the captain's child
Something the boy said

In the circles we made with our fires
We talked of the pale afternoon
The clouds were like dark riders
Flying on the face of the moon
We spoke our fears to the captain
And asked what his son could know
For we would never have marched so far
To be food for a crow

Every step we took today
Our thoughts would always stray
From the wind on the moor so wild
To the words of the captain's child
Something the boy said

When I awoke this morning
The sun's eye was red as blood
The stench of burning corpses
Faces in the mud
Am I dead or am I living?
I'm too afraid to care, I'm too afraid to know
I'm too afraid to look behind me
At the feast of the crow
We spoke our fears to the captain
And asked what his son could know
For we would never have marched so far
To be food for a crow


Epilogue (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 nothing 'bout me

Run my name though 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 nothing 'bout me
You'll still know nothing '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 at home
Set up your microscope and tell me what you see
You'll still know nothing 'bout me



Fields of Gold



Lyrics


Songs:
  1. When We Dance (5:57)
  2. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (4:14)
  3. Fields of Gold (3:40)
  4. All This Time (4:54)
  5. Fortress Around Your Heart (4:36)
  6. Be Still My Beating Heart (5:32)
  7. They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo) (7:11)
  8. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You (4:29)
  9. Fragile (3:54)
  10. Why Should I Cry For You? (4:50)
  11. Englishman in New York (4:25)
  12. We'll Be Together (3:50)
  13. Russians (3:57)
  14. This Cowboy Song (5:00)

When We Dance

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 the 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
And underneath the wheels of passion
I keep my faith in my fashion

When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
(Oooh) I'm still in love with you

CHORUS
When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
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

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
Still in love
Still in love
Still in love...

He won't love you
Like I love you
He won't care for you this way
He'll mistreat you with disdain

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

CHORUS
When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
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

[etc...]

When we dance...

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

[fade...]

Cuando Bailemos

Si el te amara
Como yo te amo
Me iría avergonzado
Cambiaría de ciudad, Cambiaria de nombre
Cuando te observa
Cuando considera comprarte el alma
Sus anillos de oro en tu mano
Como si tuviera un pájaro que canta

Cuando bailemos
Correrán los ángeles escondiendo las alas

El cura dijo que la salvación de mi alma
Está en la balanza de los ángeles
Y bajo las ruedas de la pasión
Conservo la fe en mi gusto

Cuando bailemos
Correrán los ángeles escondiendo las alas

Aún estoy enamorado de ti

Buscaré un sitio donde vivir
Te daré todo lo que tenga 
Te amaré más que a la vida
Si quieres ser mi esposa
Te amaré noche y día 
Haré lo que haga falta
Buscaré un sitio donde vivir
Te daré todo lo que tenga
Te amaré más que a la vida
Si quieres ser mi esposa

Si pudiera echar abajo estas paredese
Y gritar mi nombre en las puertas del cielo
Cogería estas manos y destruiría
Los oscuros mecanismos del destino 
Las catedrales destruidas
Sin cielo en las alturas 
Y el fuego del infierno una promesa inminente
Aún así diría
Que estoy enamorado

El no te amará 
Como yo te amo
No te querrá del mismo modo
Te maltratará si te quedás 
Ven a vivir conmigo
Tendremos hijos
Te amaré más que a la vida
Si quieres ser mi esposa

Cuando bailemos
Correrán los angeles escondiendo las alas

Buscaré un sitioo donde vivir
Te daré todo lo que tenga
Te amré más que a la vida
Si quieres ser mi esposa 
Te amaré noche y día
Haré lo que haga falta

If You Love Somebody 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

You got to lock it up and throw away the key

If you want to hold onto your possession

Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, 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, set them free

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
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 we want to possess

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

If you love somebody, set them free


  

Si amas a alguien, Dejale libre

Si necesitas a alguien, llámame
Si deseas a alguien, puedes hacer lo mismo
Si quieres conservar algo precioso
Has de cerrar y tirar la llave
Si quieres agarrarte a tu posesión
No pienses en mi

Si amas a alguien , déjale libre

Si es un espejo lo que quieres, mírame a los ojos
O un chivo expiatorio, alguien a quien despreciar
O un prisionero en la oscuridad
Atado con cadenas que no ves
O un animal en una jaula dorada
Eso es lo único que algunos quieren ser

Si amas a alguien, déjale libre

No se puede contralar a un corazón independiente
No se puede destrozar a la persona que amas
Siempre condicionados a creer que no podemos vivir
No podemos vivir aquí y ser felices con menos 
Tantas riquezas, tantas almas
Todo lo que vemos, queremos poseerlo

Si necesitas a alguien, llámame
Si deseas a alguien, puedes hacer lo mismo
Si quieres conservar algo precioso
Has de cerrar y tirar la llave
Si quieres agarrarte a tu posesión
No pienses en mi

Si amas a alguien, déjale libre

Fields of Gold

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


  

Campos de oro

Me recordarás cuando el viento del oeste se mueva
Sobre los campos de cebada
Te olvidarás del sol en su cielo celoso
Cuando paseemos por los campos de oro
Así, ella se llevó a su amor a contemplar
Los campos de cebada
Y en sus brazos se abandonó mientras su pelo caía
Entre los campos de oro

¿Te quedarás conmigo? ¿Serás mi amor
Entre los campos de cebada?
Olvidaremos el sol en su cielo celoso
Mientras yacemos en los campos de oro

Mira el viento del oeste moviéndose como un amante
Sobre los campos de cebada
Siente su cuerpo alzarse cuando besas su boca
Entre los campos de oro

Nunca hice promesas a la ligera
Y ha habido algunas que he roto
Pero te juro que en los días que nos quedan
Pasearemos por campos de oro
Pasearemos por campos de oro

Muchos años han pasado desde aquellos días de verano
Entre los campos de cebada
Mira cómo corren los niños cuando el sol se pone
Entre los campos de oro

Me recordarás cuando el viento del oeste se mueva
Sobre los campos de cebada
Siempre se ve el sol en su cielo celoso
Cuando paseábamos por los campos de oro
Cuando paseábamos por los campos de oro
Cuando paseábamos por los campos de oro

All This Time

I looked out across

The river today,

I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower

Where the seagulls play.

I saw the sad shire horses walking home

In the sodium light

I saw two priests on the ferry

October geese on a cold winter's night

And 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

And 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 a fat man in the eye of a needle
And 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'

And all this time the river flowed
Endlessly like a silent tear
And all this time the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists,
Then how come he never lived here.

The teacher told us, the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple, an 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, 'til all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found

And 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
But they only get better
One by one
One by one...


  

Todo este tiempo

Hoy miré
Al otro lado del río
Vi una ciudad en la niebla y la torre de una vieja iglesia
Donde juegan las gaviotas
Vi lo tristes caballos del condado regresando a casa
Bajo la luz del sodio
Dos curas en el transbordador
Gansos de octubre en una fría noche de invierno

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
Sin fin hacia el mar

Esta noche dos curas 
Vinieron a casa
Uno joven, otro viejo
Para rezar al moribundo, para cumplir el rito  final
Uno para aprender, otro para enseñar
Por dónde sopla el frío viento
Agitándose y sacudiéndose en negro sacerdotal
Como un crimen de cuervos

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluia
Sin fin hacia el mar
Si pudiera hacer mi voluntad
Cogería una barca del río
Y enterraría al viejo
Lo enterraría en el mar

Benditos sean los pobres
Porque ellos heredaran la tierra
Mejor ser pobre
Que gordo en el  ojo de una aguja
Y mientras pronunciaban estas palabras
Juro que oí al viejo diciendo entre risas:
"¿De qué sirve un mundo gastado?
¿Cuál es el valor de tenerlo?"

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
Sin fin como una silenciosa  lágrima
Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
"Padre, si Jesús existe
¿Cómo es que nunca vivió aquí?"

Los profesores nos dijeron
Que los romanos construyeron este lugar
Construyeron un muro y un templo
El límite de la guarnición imperial
Vivieron y murieron
Rezaron a sus dioses, pero los dioses de piedra permanecieron en silencio
Y su impero se desmoronó
Hasta que sólo quedaron las piedras que encontraron los obreros

Durante todo este tiempo, el río fluía
Bajo la luz mortecina
De un sol norteño
Si pudiera hacer mi voluntad 
Cogería una barca del río 
Los hombres se vuelven locos en las congregaciones
Pero sólo mejoran de uno en uno
De uno en uno

Fortress Around Your Heart

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 all 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

I 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 in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

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
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid



  

Fortaleza alrededor de tu corazon

Bajo las ruinas de una ciudad amurallada
Torres que se derrumban entre destellos de luz amarilla
Ni banderas de tregua, ni gritos de auxilio
Los cañones del asedio habían retumbado toda la noche
Tardaron un día en levantar la ciudad
Paseábamos por sus calles por la tarde
Mientras volvía a través de prados que había conocido
Reconocí las murallas que yo mismo habia construido
Tuve que pararme en seco por miedo
A pisar las minas que yo había puesto 

Y si he contruido esta fortaleza alrededor de tu corazón
Te he envuelto en trincheras y alambre
Deja que construlla un puente 
Pues no puedo salvar el abismo 
y deja que prenda fuego a las almenas
 
Después me fui a luchar en alguna batalla
Que había inventado dentro de mi cabeza
Lejos tanto tiempo, años y años
Que probablemente pensaste o incluso deseaste que estuviera muerto
Mientras los ejercitos todos duermen
Bajo la andrajosa bandera que habíamos hecho
Tuve que pararme en seco por miedo
A pisar las minas que yo había puesto

Ahora esta cárcel se ha convertido en tu casa
Una sentencia que pareces dispuesta a cumplir 
Tardaron un día en levantar la ciudad 
Paseábamos por sus calles por la tarde
Mientras volvía a través de prados que había conocido
Reconocí las murallas que yo mismo había contruido

Be Still My Beating Heart

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

Or 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

To soothe the thoughts that plague me so

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
You must learn to stand your ground
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
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so
Stop before you start
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


  

Calmate palpitante corazon mio

Cálmate palpitante corazón mío
Sería mejor que te tranquilizaras
Aún no es el momento de abrirse
Una lección aprendida es difícil de olvidar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mío
O creerán que soy un idiota
No es bueno ir tan deprisa
La sangre enrojece mi rostro 
He consultado todos los libros que conozco
Para aliviar estos pensamientos que me afligen

Me hundo como una piedra arrojada al océano
Mi lógica se ha ahogado en un mar de emociones
Detente antes de empezar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mío

Restablece mis sueños rotos
Hechos añicos como un vaso caído
Aún no estoy preparado para romperte
Una lección aprendida es difícil de olvidar

Cálmate palpitante corazón mio
Debes aprender a ser firme
No es bueno ir tan deprisa
La sangre enrojece mi rostro
He consultado todos los nombre que conozco
Para aliviar estos pensamientos que me afligen
Detente antes de empezar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mio

No equivocarse nunca 
No hacer nunca promesas que puedan romperse
Es como cantar al viento
O escribir en la superficie de un lago
Y coleo como un pez en tierra firme
Luchando por evitar cualquier ayuda

Me hundo como una piedra arrojada al océano
Mi lógica se ha ahogado en un mar de emociones
Detente antes de empezar
Cálmate palpitante corazón mío.

They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)

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 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

They're dancing with their husbands

They dance alone

They dance alone

It's the only form of protest they're allowed
I've seen their silent faces 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
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angistia
Danzan con sus padres
Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan 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 torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin' with her invisible son
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

 

Bailan solas

¿Qué hacen esas mujeres bailando solas?
¿Por qué esa tristeza en sus ojos?
¿Qué hacen los soldados con imperturbables rostros como piedras?
No entiendo lo que desprecian

Bailan con los desaparecidos
Bailan con los muertos
Bailan con los invisibles
Su angustia callada
Bailan con sus padres
Bailan  con sus hijos
Bailan con sus maridos
Bailan solas, bailan solas

Es la única forma de protesta que les permiten
He visto sus silenciosos rostros gritando fréneticamente
Si lo dijeran con palabras , también desaparecerían
Otra mujer en la mesa de tortura, ¿qué más pueden hacer?

Bailan con los desaparecidos
Bailan con los muertos
Bailan con los invisibles
Su angustia callada
Bailan con sus padres
Bailan  con sus hijos
Bailan con sus maridos
Bailan solas, bailan solas

Un día bailaremos sobre sus tumbas
Un día cantaremos nuestra libertad
Un día reiremos de alegria
Y bailaremos

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

Oiga, Sr. Pinochet, ha sembrado su amarga cosecha 
Es dinero extragero lo que le sostiene, pero un día se acabará el dinero
No habrá sueldos para sus torturadores, ni presupuesto para sus armas 
¿Se imagina a su propia madre bailando con su hijo invisible?

Bailan con los desaparecidos
Bailan con los muertos
Bailan con los invisibles
Su angustia callada
Bailan con sus padres
Bailan  con sus hijos
Bailan con sus maridos
Bailan solas, bailan solas

Un día bailaremos sobre sus tumbas
Un día cantaremos nuestra libertad
Un día reiremos de alegría 
Y bailaremos

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

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

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'd lost my belief in our politicians
Yhey all seemed like game show hosts to me
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do
I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
I 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
There'd be nothing left for me to do


  

Si perdiera mi fe en ti

Puedes decir que he perdido la fe en la ciencia y el progreso
Puedes decir que he perdido la fe en la santa iglesia
Puedes decir que he perdido mi sentido de dirección
Puedes decir todo eso y mucho más pero
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Ya no me quedaría nada

Algunos dicen que era un hombre perdido en un mundo perdido
Puedes decir que he perdido la fe en la gente de la tele
Puedes decir que he perdido la confianza en los políticos 
Parecían presentaodres de un concurso
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Ya no me quedaría nada

Quizá me haya perdido en sus mentiras sin dejar rastro
Pero cada vez que cierro los ojos, veo tu rostro

Nunca he visto un milagro de la ciencia
Que no acabara en una maldición
Nunca he visto una solución militar
Que no acabara en algo peor pero
Déjame decirte primero
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Si perdiera mi fe en ti
Ya no me quedaría nada
Ya no me quedaría nada

Fragile

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one

Drying in the colour 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


  

Fragil

Aunque corriera la sangre cuando carne y acero son uno
Secándose en el color del ocaso
Y la lluvia de mañana borrara las manchas
Algo quedaría para siempre en nuestras mentes

Quizá el fin de este último acto
Fuera confirmar el argumento de una vida
Que nada se consigue con violencia
Y nada se conseguirá nunca
Por todos los nacidos con mala estrella 
Para no olvidar lo frágiles que somos

La lluvia seguirá cayendo
Como lágrimas de una estrella , como lágrimas de una estrella
La lluvia seguirá diciendo
Lo frágiles que somos, lo frágiles que somos

La lluvia seguirá cayendo 
Como lágrimas de una estrella, como lágrimas de una estrella
La llevia seguirá diciendo
Lo frágiles que somos, lo frágiles que somos
Lo frágiles que somos, lo frágiles que somos

Why Should I Cry For You?

Under the dog star sail

Over the reefs of moonshine

Under the skies of fall

North, north west, the stones of Faroe

Under the Arctic fire
Over the seas of silence
Hauling on frozen ropes
For all my days remaining
But would north be true?

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

But 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?
And what would it mean to say,
That, "I loved you in my fashion"?

What would be true?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?


  

¿Por que tendría yo que llorar por ti?

Bajo la vela del Sirio
Sobre los rizos del claro de luna
Bajo los cielos otoñales
Nornoroeste, las piedras de Faroe

Bajo el fuego del ártico
Sobre los mares del silencio
Halando cuerdas heladas
Todo el resto de mi vida

¿Sería verdad el norte?
¿Por qué tendría yo que llorar por ti?

Todos los colores se vuelven rojos
Durmiendo en el fondo del océano
A la deriva en mares vacios
Todo el resto de mi vida

¿Sería verdad el norte?
¿Por qué tendría yo que llorar por ti?

Angeles negros me siguen
Por un mar inpío
Montañas de eterna caída
Todo el resto de mi vida

¿Qué sería verdad?

A veces veo tu rostro
Las estrellas parecen cambiar de lugar
¿por qué tengo que pensar en ti?
¿Por qué?¿por qué tendría ?
¿Por qué tendría yo que llorar por ti?
¿Acaso te gustaría que lo hiciera?
¿Qué sentido tendría decir ?
"Te quise a mi manera"?

¿Qué sería verdad?
¿Por que tendría yo, por qué tendría yo que llorar?
¿por qué tendría que llorar?


Englishman In New York

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear

I like my toast done on the side

And you can hear it in my accent when I talk

I'm an Englishman in New York

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

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

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

I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
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 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
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say

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


  

Un inglés en Nueva York

No bebo café, tomo té, cariño
Las tostadas me gustan hechas por un lado
Y cuando hablo, puedes notar en mi acento
Que soy un inglés en Nueva York

Mírame andando por la Quinta Avenida
Siempre llevo mi bastón
Me acompaña a todas partes
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

Soy un extranjero, soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York
Soy un estranjero , soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

Si "los modales hacen al hombre", como alguien dijo
El és el héroe del momento
Hay que ser un hombre para sonreír cuando te ignoran
Sé tú mismo, no importa lo que digan

Soy un extranjero, soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York
Soy un estranjero , soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

La modestia y el decoro pueden llevar a la notoriedad
Pero podrías acabar solo
La amabilidad y la sobriedad son raras en esta sociedad
De noche una vela brilla más que el sol

Un equipo de combate no basta para hacer a un hombre
Hace falta algo más que una licencia de armas
Enfréntate a tus enemigos, evítalos cuando puedas 
Un caballero anda, nunca corre

Si "los modales hacen al hombre", como alguien dijo
El és el héroe del momento
Hay que ser un hombre para sonreir cuando te ignoran
Sé tu mismo, no importa lo que digan
Sé tu mismo, no importa lo que digan
Sé tu mismo , no importa lo que digan

Soy un extranjero, soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York
Soy un estranjero , soy un extranjero legal
Soy un inglés en Nueva York

We'll Be Together

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
To have 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

We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

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
To have you as the guide in my life
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together
We'll be together

We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

Call me baby.
You can call me anything you want
Call me baby
Call me
just call me
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

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


  

Estaremos juntos

Me veo contigo y todo lo que haces 
Da vueltas y vueltas en mi cabeza
Olvídate del tiempo, deberíamos estar siempre juntos
Cualquier otra idea es cruel

Para tenerte conmigo cruzaría los siete mares
Para tenerte como mi luz y mi guía 
Pero el amor es una llama que arde en tu nombre
Estaremos juntos, estaremos juntos esta noche

Estaremos juntos 
Estaremos juntos
Estaremos juntos

Te veo conmigo y todo lo que quiero hacer
Es bailar contigo aquí entre mis brazos
Olvídate del tiempo, deberíamos estar siempre juntos
De tus encantos siempre seré esclavo

Para tenerte conmigo cruzaría los siete mares
Para tenerte como mi luz y mi guía 
Pero el amor es una llama que arde en tu nombre
Estaremos juntos, estaremos juntos esta noche

Estaremos juntos 
Estaremos juntos
Estaremos juntos

Llámame, nena
Llámame lo que quieras
Llámeme, nena
Llámame, Llámame

Te veo conmigo y con el niño somos tres
Me veo contigo y todo lo que hacemos
Olvídate del tiempo, deveríamos estar simpre juntos
Te necesito como mi luz y mmi guía 
Mi amor es una llama que arde en tu nombre
Estaremos juntos, estaremos juntos esta noche

Estaremos juntos 
Estaremos juntos
Estaremos juntos

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

Mr. 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 Russains 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
Mr. 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 that the Russians love their children too



  

Rusos

En Europa y América
Hay un creciente sentido de histeria
Condicionados a responder a todas las amenazas
En los retóricos discursos de los soviéticos
El Sr. Kruschev dijo:"Os enterraremos"
Yo no comparto ese punto de vista
Hacerlo sería de una gran ignorancia
Si los rusos también quieren a sus hijos

¿Cómo puedo salvar a mi niño
Del mortal juguete de Oppenheimer?
No hay un monopolio del sentido común
A ningún lado de la barrera política 
Compartimos la misma biología 
Al margen de la ideología  
Créeme cuando te digo
Que espero que los rusos también quieran a sus hijos

No hay ningún precedente histórico
Que ponga en boca del presidente esas palabras
No existe eso de una guerra victoriosa
Es una mentira que ya no nos creemos
El Sr. Regan dijo:"Nosotros os protegeremos"
Yo no comparto ese punto de vista
Créeme cuando te digo
Que espero que los rusos también quieran a sus hijos

Compartimos la misma biología 
Al margen de la ideología  
Créeme cuando te digo
Que espero que los rusos también quieran a sus hijos

This Cowboy Song

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 touched the ground
Yes, I'm familiar with the grey wolves howing
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 dark 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 ressurection
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 dark 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 dark star shining
Tonight

Dark star...
[etc]


  

Esta cancion del vaquero

Cabalgamos toda la noche por un desierto infinito
Sin luna que iluminara nuestro camino
Y aunque millones de estrellas giraban lentamente
Carecíamos de conciencia para rezar
Nuestros caballos corriendo como si el diablo nos persiguiera
Sus patas apenas tacaban el suelo
Sí, conozco muy bien aullido del lobo gris
Pero estoy seguro de que nunca había aído ese sonido

¡La vamos a pagar
El día del juicio!
¿Me fulminará Jesús 
Si rezara?
Esta canción del vaquero
Es lo único que sé
Para volver a tus brazos
Tu sol lejano
Tu sol brillante
Será mi Sirio brillando esta noche

He sido de lo peor del planeta
Un pecador toda mi vida
Cuando vivía con la mano en el gatillo
No tenía la cordura para cambiar de estilo
El predicador me preguntó si abrazaría la resurrección
Para extraer ell veneno de mi vida
Cual canalla vaquero existencial
Sus palabras pendian de mi cuchillo

¡Voy a pagarla
El día del juicio!
¿Me fulminará Jesús 
Si rezara?
Esta canción del vaquero
Es lo único que sé
Para volver a tus brazos
Tu sol lejano
Tu sol brillante
Será mi Sirio brillando esta noche



Mercury Falling



Lyrics


Tracks:
  1. The Hounds Of Winter
  2. Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
  3. I Was Brought To My Senses
  4. You Still Touch Me
  5. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
  6. All Four Seasons
  7. Twenty Five To Midnight
  8. La Belle Dame Sans Regrets [European release only]
  9. Valparaiso
  10. Lithium Sunset

The Hounds Of Winter

Mercury falling
I rise from my bed
Collect my thoughts together
I have to hold my head
It seems that she's gone
And somehow I am pinned by
The Hounds of Winter
Howling in the wind

I walk through the day
My coat around my ears
I look for my companion
I have to dry my tears
It seems that she's gone
Leaving me too soon
I'm as dark as December
I'm as cold as the Man in the Moon

I still see her face
As beautiful as day
It's easy to remember
Remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
The Hounds of Winter
The follow me down

I can't make up the fire
The way that she could
I spend all my days
In the search for dry wood
Board all the windows and close the front door
I can't believe she won't be here anymore

I still see her face
As beautiful as day
It's easy to remember
Remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
The Hounds of Winter
They follow me down

A season for joy
A season for sorrow
Where she's gone
I will surely, surely follow
She brightened my day
She warmed the coldest night
The Hounds of Winter
They got me in their sights

I still see her face
As beautiful as day
It's easy to remember
Remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
The Hounds of Winter
They follow me down


I Hung My Head

Early one morning
With time to kill
I borrowed Jeb's rifle
And sat on the hill
I saw a lone rider
Crossing the plain
I drew a bead on him
To practice my aim
My brother's rifle
Went off in my hand
A shot rang out
Across the land
The horse he kept running
The rider was dead
I hung my head
I hung my head

I set off running
To wake from the dream
My brother's rifle
Went into the stream
I kept on running
Into the salt sands
And that's where they found me
My head in my hands
The sheriff he asked me
Why had I run
Then it came to me
Just what I had done
And all for no reason
Just one peace of lead
I hung my head
I hung my head

Here in the courthouse
The whole town is there
I see the judge
High up in his chair
"Explain to the courtroom
What went through your mind
And we'll ask the jury
What verdict they find"
I said "I felt the power
Of death over life
I orphaned his children
I widowed his wife
I beg their forgiveness
I wish I was dead
I hung my head
I hung my head

Early one morning
With time to kill
I see the gallows
Up on the hill
And out in the distance
A trick of the brain
I see a lone rider
Crossing the plain
He's come to fetch me
To see what they daone
We'll ride together
Till kingdom come
I pray for God's mercy
For soon I'll be dead
I hung my head
I hung my head


Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot

When you're down and they're counting
When your secrets all found out
When your troubles take to mounting
When the map you have leads you to doubt
When there's no information
And the compass turns to nowhere that you know well
Let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you He'll guide you well

When the doctors failed to heal you
When no medicine chest can make you well
When no counsel leads to comfort
When there are no more lies they can tell
No more useless information
And the compass spins
The compass spins between heaven and hell
Let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you he'll guide you well

And your eyes turn towards the window pane
To the lights upon the hill
The distance seems so strange to you now
And the dark room seems so still

Let your pain be my sorrow
Let your tears be my tears too
Let your courage be my model
That the north you find will be true
When there's no more useless information
And the compass turns to nowhere that you know well
Let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you Let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you upon your way


I Was Brought To My Senses

Alone with my thoughts this evening

I walked on the banks of tyne

I wondered how I could win you

Or if I could make you mine

Or if I could make you mine

The wind it was so insistent
With tales of a stormy south
But when I spied two birds in a sycamore tree
There came a drynes in my mouth

Came a dryness in my mouth
For then without rhyme or reason
The two bird did rise up to fly
And where the two birds were flying
I swear I saw you and I
I swear I saw you and I

I walked out this morning
It was like a veil hade been removed from before my eyes
For the first time I saw the work of heaven
in the line where the hills had been married to the sky
And all around me every blade of singing grass
Was calling out your name and that our love would always last
And inside every turning leaf
Is the pattern of an older tree
The shape of our future
The shape of all our history
And out of the confusion
Where the river meets the sea
Came thing's I'd never seen
Things I'd never seen

I was brought to my senses
I was blind but now that I can see
Every signpost in nature
Said you belong to me

I know it' true
It's written in a sky as blue
As blue as your eyes, as blue as your eyes
If nature's red in tooth and claw
Like winter's freeze and summer's thaw
The wounds she gave me
Were the wounds that would heal me
And we'd be like the moon and sun
And when our courtly dance had run
Its course across the sky
Then together we would lie
And out of the confusion
Where the river meets the sea
Something new would arrive
Something better would arrive

I was brought to my senses
I was blind but now that I can see
Every signpost in nature
Said you belong to me


You Still Touch Me

Another night finds me alone
In my dreams
You still touch me
Your picture by my telephone
In that smile
You still thrill me

Now if I sleep, I sleep here alone
In my bed tonight
You still haunt me
And if I'm falling
I'm falling like a stone
In my nightmares
You still hold me

And after all that we've been through
Now I'm wondering
If you still blame me
If only half of this was true
That you believe of me
You still shame me

Dark rain will fall until I see your face
I close my eyes
I seem to hear the raindrops saying
You won't come back
You still touch me

And when I'm sick at heart and low
In my prayers
You still heal me
When I'm so sure this isn't so
In my complacency
You still shake me

I wonder if you feel the same way as I do
And you'd come back
You still touch me

Another night finds me alone
In my bed tonight
You still haunt me
You still hold me
You still touch me


I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

Seven weeks have passed now since she left me
She shows her face to ask me haw I am
She says the kids are fine and that they miss me
Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime
She says, "Are you O.K.? I was worried about you
Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears

I saw a friend of mine He said, "I was worried about you
I heard she had another man, I wondere how you felt about it?"
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears
Saw my lawyer, Mr. Good News
He got me joint custody and legal separation
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm laughing through my tears, I'm laughing through my tears

I took a walk alone last night,
I looked up at the stars
To try and find an answer in my life
I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him,
I chosetwo stars for my kids and one star for my wife
Something made me smile. Something seemed to ease the pain
Something about the universe and how it's all connected

The park is full of sunday fathers and melted ice cream
We try to do the best within the give time
A kid should be with his mother,
Everybody knows that
What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes?
I saw that friend of mine, he said, "You look different somehow"
I said, "Everybody's got to leave the darkness sometime"
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm laughing through my tears. I'm laughing through my tears
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm laughing through my tears. I'm laughing through my tears


All Four Seasons

With her smile as sweet as a warm wind in summer
She's got me flying like a bird in a bright june sky
And then just when she thinks that I've got her number
Bring me down to the ground with her wintry eye
That's my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day

And when the nighttime comes with no interference
To our warm summer love with all its charms
But like a thoroughbred horse she can turn on a sixpence
And I find that I'm back in Mistress Winter's arms
That's my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day

How will I know?
How can I tell?
Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins
She can be kind
She can be cruel
She's got me guessing like a game show fool

She can change her mind like she changes her sweaters
From one minute to the next it's hard to tell
She blows hot and cold just like stormy weather
She's my gift from the Lord or a fiend from Hell
That's my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day

Watching the weatherman's been no good at all
Winter, spring, summer, I'm bound for a fall
There are no long term predictions for my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day

How will I know?
How can I tell?
Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins
She can be kind
She can be cruel
She's got me guessing like a game show fool

If it's a sunny day I take my umbrella
Just in case the raindrops start to fall
You could say that I'm just a cautious fellow
I don't want to be caught in a sudden squall
That's my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day
That's my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day


Twenty Five To Midnight

Train I ride don't be slow
If your whistle can blow
fifteen mile down the track
Tell them I'm coming back
counting poles couting sheep
Don't be slow I won't weep
If your wheels on the line
Were to put me on time

Just a year to the day
Since I went upon my way
to seek my fortune and fame
Be a star, change my name
And that's it more or less
Til this midnight express
I know I can't be late
Cause she said she won't wait
She'll just go marry Jack
so there's no turning back
And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track

Band I had got a break
Just one chance we had to take
Told my girl I'd be back
Left her with my friend Jack
New York City for a spell
Things didn't turn out so well
Every dive that we played
We were lucky we got paid

Mr. train driver please
If your speed you increase
Every cent I have now
Will be yours this i vow
And that's it more or less
Til this midnight express
I know I can't be late
Cause she said she won't wait
She'll just go marry Jack
So there's no turning back
And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track

We called ourselves the Latino Lovers
Hawaiian shirts and to forty covers
I didn't think I could sink this low
When drugs and booze ate all my dough
This isn't how it was meant to be
There's no such thing as a meal that's free
If i was ever to get out alive
I have to get home on time

Train I ride don't be slow
If your whistle can blow
fifteen mile down the track
Tell them I'm coming back
And that's it more or less
Til this midnight express
I know I can't be late
Cause she said she won't wait
She'll just go marry Jack
So there's no turning back
And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track
And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track


La Belle Dame Sans Regrets

Dansons tu dis
Et moi, je suis
Mes pas sont gauches
Mes pieds tu fauches
Je crains les sots
Je cherche en vain les mots
Pour m'expliquer ta vie, alors
Tu ments, ma Soeur
Tu brises mon coeur
Je pense, tu sais
Erreurs, jamais
J'ecoute, tu parles
Je ne comprends pas bien
La Belle Dame sans Regrets

Je pleure, tu ris
Je cheante, tu cries
Tu semes les graines
d'un mauvais chéne
Mon ble s'envole
Tu en a ras le bol
J'attends, toujours
mes cris sont sourds
Tu ments, ma Soeur
Tu brises mon coeur
Je pense, tu sais
Erreus, jamais
j'ecoute, tu parles
Je ne comprends pas bien
La Belle Dame sans Regrets


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 dammed 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


Lithium Sunset

Fill my eyes
O Lithium sunset
And take this lonesome burden
Of worry from my mind

Take this heartache
Of obsidian darkness
And fold my darkness
Into you yellow light

I've been scattered I've been shattered
I've been knocked out of the race
But I'll get better
I feel you light upon my face

Heal my soul
O Lithium sunset
And I'll ride the turning world
Into another night

See mercury falling...


Brand New Day.


Lyrics


 

  1. A Thousand Years 5:57
  2. Desert Rose 4:46
  3. Big Lie Small World 5:05
  4. After The Rain Has Fallen 5:04
  5. Perfect Love... Gone Wrong 5:25
  6. Tomorrow We'll See 4:47
  7. End Of The Game 6:35
  8. Fill Her Up 5:37
  9. Ghost Story 5:29
  10. Brand New Day 6:20


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,
This 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
These 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

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 cozy 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 taken 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 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

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


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 dûr, mais il faut se faire au changement, tu vois
J'ai négligé le primordial pendant trop longtemps crois moi…
Je suis consciente, je vois bien que tu souffres, mais ça s'atténuera
Car c'est d'un homme plus d'un chien dont j'ai besoin pres de moi
Cesse donc de grogner, mon choix est fait c'est comme ça
N'en fais pas trop, ton attitude risque de t'éloigner de moi
Faut que tu comprennes, puisque tu dis m'aimer tant que ça
Désormais 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
Got a long enough leash
I could almost hang myself
It's a dog's 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 ça s'arrête
Me séparer de toi, aujourd'hui ça trotte dans ma tête
Moi non, j'en peux plus, tu n'es qu'un chien, c'est trop bête
La situation m'avait pourtant l'air d'être des plus nettes
C'est clair, que je l'aime c'est un fait, ton égoïsme m'inquiète
Après toutes ces soirées passées seuls 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

They say the first is the hardest trick
And 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 is done running
And the beast is at bay
We've run them in circles
By the end of the day

We chased them through bramble
We chased them through the fields
We could chase them forever
But the fox would not heel

And some saw her shadow
On the crest of a hill
All the hounds are distracted
Away from the kill

One day we'll reach a great ocean
At the end of a pale afternoon
And we'd lay down our heads just like we were sleeping
Controlled by the drag of the moon

We ran through the forest
And we ran through the streams
And we ran through the heather
Though we ran in our dreams

And you were my lover
And I was your boy
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 howling
And the horses are late
All the hunters have hunted
Through the end of the game

Our love was a river
A wild mountain stream
In a tumbling fury
On the edge of a dream

And they chased us through bramble
And they chased us through the fields
They could chase us forever
But our heart would not yield

And the fox is done running
At the end of the day
I'm ready to answer
I'm ready to pay

And this river's done 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 comes a big shot from the city
V8 engine, she runs so pretty
'Fill her up son, unleaded
I need a full tank of 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
Got no prospects, no 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 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 it 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 for 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 borrowed
We kept our distances
Why should it follow that
I must have loved you?

What is the force that binds the stars?
I wore this mask to hide my scars
What is the power that pulls 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 has 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
I'm starting up a brand new day
Turn the clock to zero boss
The river's 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 should 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 river's 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 can 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
We're starting up a brand new day

(c) 1999 EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Magnetic Publishing (PRS)


MISCELLANEOUS TRACKS FROM



A Day In The Life

Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

I read the news today oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph

He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look

Having read the book...

I'd love to turn... you... on...

Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

Ahhh...

I heard the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small

They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn... you... on...

Demolition Man Soundtrack
(c) 1993 A&M Records, Inc.

Ain't No Sunshine

Written by Bill Withers

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...

I ought to leave the young thing alone, but
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Only darkness everyday
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away...

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...

I ought to leave the young thing alone, but
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

David Sanborn: Inside
(c) 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.

All For Love

Written by Bryan Adams

When it's love you give
I'll be a man of good faith.
Then in love you live.
I'll make a stand. I won't break.
I'll be the rock you can build on,
Be there when you're old,
To have and to hold.

When there's love inside
I swear I'll always be strong.
Then there's a reason why.
I'll prove to you we belong.
I'll be the wall that protects you
From the wind and the rain,
From the hurt and pain.

Let's make it all for one and all for love.
Let the one you hold be the one you want,
The one you need,
'Cause when it's all for one it's one for all.
When there's someone that should know
Then just let your feelings show
And make it all for one and all for love.

When it's love you make
I'll be the fire in your night.
Then it's love you take.
I will defend, I will fight.
I'll be there when you need me.
When honor's at stake,
This vow I will make:

That it's all for one and all for love.
Let the one be the one you want,
The one you need,
'Cause when it's all for one it's one for all.
When there's someone that should know
Then just let your feelings show
And make it all for one and all for love.

Don't lay our love to rest
'Cause we could stand up to the test.
We got everything and more than we had planned,
More than the rivers that run the land.
We've got it all in our hands.

Now it's all for one and all for love.
It's all for love.
Let the one you hold be the one you want,
The one you need,
'Cause when it's all for one it's one for all.
It's one for all.
When there's someone that should know
Then just let your feelings show.
When there's someone that you want,
When there's someone that you need
Let's make it all, all for one and all for love.

The Three Musketeers Soundtrack
(c) 1993 A&M Records, Inc.

Angel Eyes

Written by Earl Brent & Matt Dennis

Have you ever had the feeling
That the world's gone and left you behind
Have you ever had the feeling
That you're that close to losing your mind

You look around each corner
Hoping that she's there
You try to play it cool perhaps
Pretend that you don't care

But it doesn't do a bit of good
You got to seek till you find
Are you never unwind

Try to think
That love is not around
Still it's uncomfortably near

My old heart
Ain't gaining no ground
Because my angel eyes ain't here

Angel eyes
That old devil sent
They glow unbearably bright
Need I say
That my love's misspent
Misspent with angel eyes tonight

So drink up all you people
Order anything you see
Have fun you happy people
The drink and the laugh's on me

Pardon me
But I gotta run
The fact's uncomfortably clear
Gotta find
Who's now number one
And why my angel eyes ain't here
Tell me why my angel eyes ain't here
Excusez moi my angel eyes ain't here
Excuse me while I disappear

Leaving Las Vegas - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(c) 1995 Pangea Records

Another Pyramid

Written by Tim Rice & Elton John

Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
Hopes could not be minesculer
That he'll come back from the brink

Not to beat around the bush he
Looks like heading for his box
At the risk of seeming pushy
We must plan for future shocks

According to the Hawk God, Horus
Our most regal invalid
Is not that much longer for us
Build another pyramid!

Though all doctors and physicians
Have been summoned to his bed
It will soon be top morticians
We'll be calling for instead

With each wheeze the nation's humming
Egypt shakes with every cough
No two ways about what's coming
No discussion - bets are off

Soon our Pharaoh will have filled a
Tomb just like his father did
Summon Egypt's greatest builder
Re: another pyramid!

We hate to depress the nation
But our leader has been told
He should cancel his vacation
Even put tonight on hold

This is where his loyal priesthood
Has the chance to do him proud
Holy leaders at the least should
See him happy to his shroud

He must have a vault that's grand by
Any standards, floor to lid
Put five thousand slaves on standby
Build another pyramid!

Aida Soundtrack
(c) 1999 PDG/Island

Be Bop A Lula

Written by Gene Vincent & S.T. Davis

Be bop a lula, she's my baby
Be bop a lula, I don't mean maybe
Be bop a lula, she's my baby
Be bop a lula, I don't mean maybe
Be bop a lula, she's my baby doll

She's the woman in the red blue jeans
She's the queen of all the teens
She's the woman I love her so
She's the woman that thrills me so
Be bop a lula, she's my baby
Be bop a lula, I don't mean maybe
Be bop a lula, she's my baby doll, my baby doll

Be bop a lula, she's my baby
Be bop a lula, I don't mean maybe
Be bop a lula, she's my baby
Be bop a lula, I don't mean maybe
Be bop a lula, she's my baby doll, baby doll

Sting: Chicago Session
(c) 1992 Phonocomp

Beneath A Desert Moon

Written by Sting

From the mountains on the moon to the mighty delta
From the deserts of the West to the shining sea
Beneath the canopy of stars flows the serpent river
Flowing through my father's land that he left to me

From the baker, to the priest, to the candle maker
From the highest to the low in my father's land
We make our offer to the sun 'fore the break of morning
Or else everything we have will just turn to sand

I have a lot to ask
I have a lot that I need to say
I have so much do
And all I need is another day

From the soldier, to the scribe, to the carpet maker
All the different colored threads in a carpet loom
A woven tapestry of life is our mighty nation
This is the writing on the wall of my father's tomb

We have a lot to ask
We have a lot that we need to say
We have so much do
And all we need is another day

Beneath the desert moon, I call you
Beneath the desert moon, I sing
Beneath the desert moon, so lonely
I'm just a boy who would be king

With just the moon to guide us
We sometimes lose our way
If there's a light inside us
We'll follow it to the brightness of the day

Every single blade of grass, every yellow flower
Every ripple on the sea of the blue, blue Nile
Every leaf on every tree, every single creature
From the smallest little bird, to the crocodile

We have a lot to ask
We have a lot that we need to say
We have so much do
And all we need is another day

Beneath the desert moon, I call you
Beneath the desert moon, we sing
Beneath the desert moon, we're waiting
Before the coming of the king

Beneath the desert moon that's sinking
We see the Eastern sky's on fire
This is where darkness leaves
And shining waters fall
And let the shadows run
And we'll say, "welcome to the sun."

Brand new day...

You Still Touch Me single
(c) 1996 A&M Records, Inc.

Caro Mio Ben

Written by Giuseppe Giordani

Caro mio ben
Credimi almen,
Senza di te
Languisce il cor,
Caro mio ben,
Senza di te
Languisce il cor.

Il tuo fedel
So spira ognor.
Cessa, crudel,
Tanto rigor!
Cessa, crudel,
Tanto rigor,
Tanto rigor!

Caro mio ben
Credimi almen,
Senza di te
Languisce il cor,

Caro mio ben
Credimi almen,
Senza di te
Languisce il cor.

Sting: Covering 'em (1993)

Come Down In Time

Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

In the quiet silent seconds I turned off the light switch
And I came down to meet you in the half light the moon left
While a cluster of night jars sang some songs out of tune
A mantle of bright light shone down from a room

Come down in time I still hear her say
So clear in my ear like it was today
Come down in time was the message she gave to me
Come down in time and I'll meet you half way

Well I don't know if I should have heard her as yet
But a true love like hers is a hard love to get
And I've walked most all the way and I ain't heard her call
And I'm getting to thinking if she's coming at all

Come down in time I still hear her say
So clear in my ear like it was today
Come down in time was the message she gave to me
Come down in time and I'll meet you half way

There are women and women, and some hold you tight
While some leave you counting the stars in the night

Two Rooms (Celebrating The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin)
(c) 1991 Polygram Records

Conversation With A Dog

Written by Sting

I asked my dog what he thought the best in man
He said, "The love you dispense to me twice daily from a can."
I said, "Why do you think my question funny?
And where would you be without my money?"
I said, "There may be some quality in us you must treasure."
"It's despair," he said, "of which your money is the measure."

Walk like a dog
Like anybody can
Walk like a dog
Like anybody can

"What about our politics, philosophy, our history?"
He said, "If there is something admirable in these it is a mystery."
"But there must be something in our system tell me at your leisure."
"It's despair," he said, "of which your borders are the measure."

Walk like a dog
Talk like a man
Walk like a dog
Like anybody can

Walk like a dog
Talk like a man
Walk like a dog
Like anybody can

"What about technology, computers, nuclear fission?"
"I'm terrified of radiation, hate the television."
I said, "There must be something in our scientific treasure."
"It's despair," he said, "of which your weapons are the measure."

"Feed me, you can beat me. I will love you till I die.
But don't ask for admiration and don't ever ask me why."
I said, "Why wait till now to demonstrate displeasure?"
"It's despair," he said, "of which my silence was the measure."

Walk like a dog
Talk like a man
Walk like a dog
Like anybody can

Walk like a dog
Talk like a man
Walk like a dog
Like anybody can

We'll Be Together single
(c) 1987 A&M Records, Inc.

Cushie Butterfield

Written by George Ridley

I'm a broken-hearted keelman
And I'm o'er head in love
With a young lass from Gyetsid
And I call 'er my dove

Her name's Cushie Butterfield
And she sells yellow clay
And 'er cousin's a muckman
And they call him Tom Gray

She's a big lass
She's a bonny lass
And she likes her beer
And I call her Cushie Butterfield
And I wish she was here

Her eyes is like two holes
In a blanket burnt through
And her breath in the mornin'
Would scare a young coo

She wears big galoshes
And her stockings once was white
And her bed gown it's lilac
And her hat's never straight

She's a big lass
She's a bonny lass
And she likes her beer
And I call her Cushie Butterfield
And I wish she was here

For Our Children
(c) 1991 Walt Disney Productions

Gabriel's Message

(Traditional)

The angel Gabriel from heaven came
His wings as drifted snow
His eyes as flame
"All hail" said he "thou lowly maiden Mary,
Most highly favored lady," Gloria!

"For known a blessed mother thou shalt be,
All generations laud and honor thee,
Thy Son shall be Emanuel,
By seers foretold
Most highly favored lady," Gloria!

Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head
"To me be as it pleaseth God," she said,
"My soul shall laud and magnify his holy name."
Most highly favored lady. Gloria!

Of her Emanuel, the Christ was born
In Bethlehem all on a Christmas morn
And everyone throughout the world forever saved
Most highly favored lady Gloria!

A Very Special Christmas
(c) 1987 A&M Records, Inc.

Get Up Stand Up

Written by Bob Marley

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

Preacherman don't tell me, heaven is under the earth
I know, you don't know, what life is really worth
If all that glitters was gold
Heard the story which never been told
Now you see the light
So get up for your rights

Get up, stand up
Sit up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

Well people say: a great God will come from the sky
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
If you know what life is worth
You will look to yours on earth
And now you see the light
Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
People don't, people don't, people don't
Get up, stand up
Sit up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

I'm sick and tired of
The same of shame of thing
Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name
Cause we know and we understand
That a mighty God is a livin' man
Be so clear for sometime
But you cannot fool all the people all the time
Now you see the light
So get up for your rights

Get up, stand up
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Weeeooo...
We won't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Weeeooo...
We won't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight

Rechos humanos
Rechos humanos ya
Rechos humanos
Rechos humanos ya
Rechos humanos
Rechos humanos ya
Rechos humanos
Va las siempre ta

Rechos humanos
Rechos humanos ya
Rechos humanos
Va las siempre ta

Rechos humanos
Rechos humanos ya
Rechos humanos
Va las siempre ta...

Un dos, mas forte...

Don't give up the fight...

Sting: Covering 'em (1993)

How Insensitive (Insensatez)

Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes & Norman Gimbel

How insensitive
I must have seemed
When she told me that she loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When she told me so sincerely

Why she must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say
What can you say
When a love affair is over

Now she's gone away
And I'm alone
With a memory of her last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All her heartbreak in her last look
How she must have asked,
Could I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to do
What can one say
When a love affair is over

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Antonio Brasileiro
(c) 1995 Columbia

If You There

Written by Sting

Your beauty pulses like a distant star
Once you were so near to me
And now you've gone so far

Wretched and affixed the word is in his stone
Lying now don't move nor speak no statue here alone

Living here just with a memory
A simple recollection that's so dear to me
You said it's logical that we should part
What's pleasing to my intellect
Must surely break my heart

Man will always want what he can't have
It's more than he can do just to be brave
He seeks perfection in a thousand ways
Just throw another shovel on his grave

Born to live
Born to die
Born to wonder
Why, why, why, why

If you there
Would you leave me wondering?
If you there
Am I one man only?
If you there
Don't leave me wondering
If you there

You say that all we have is what we see
Baby all you understand is a little part of me
You said that I could never be the one
Promises evaporate in the angle of the sun
If the only certain thing is death
Walk a little nearer to it now with every breath
And if this time must wear a velvet glove
Then kindness and lies are the true friends of love

Man will always want what he can't have
It's more than he can do just to be brave
He seeks perfection in a thousand ways
Just throw another shovel on his grave

Born to live
Born to die
Born to wonder
Why, why, why, why

If you there
Would you leave me wondering?
If you there
Am I one man only?
If you there
Don't leave me wondering
If you there

Englishman In New York single
(c) 1988 A&M Records, Inc.

I'll Follow My Secret Heart

Written by Noël Coward

Don't be afraid I'll betray you
And destroy all the plans you have made
But even your schemes must
Leave room for my dreams
So when all I owe to you is pain
I'll still have something of my own
A little prize that's mine alone

I'll follow my secret heart
My whole life through
I'll keep all my dreams apart
Till one comes true
No matter what price is paid
What stars may fade above
I'll follow my secret heart
Till I find love

No matter what price is paid
What stars may fade above
I'll follow my secret heart
Till I find love

Twentieth-Century Blues - The Songs Of Noël Coward (1998)

In The Wee Small Hours

Written by David Mann & Bob Hilliard

In the wee small hours
Of the morning
While the whole wide world
Is fast asleep

You lie awake
And think about that girl
But never ever think of
Counting sheep

Now when your lonely heart
Has learnt its lesson
You'd be hers
If only she would call
In the wee small hours
Of the morning
That's the time
You miss her most of all

Now when your lonely heart
Has learnt its lesson
You'd be hers
If only she would call
In the wee small hours
Of the morning
That's the time
You miss her most
For as now
You miss her most
That's the time
You miss her most of all

Chris Botti: Slowing Down The World
(c) 1999 GRP Records, Inc.

I Saw Three Ships

(Traditional)

I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning.

And what was in those ships all three?
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And what was in those ships all three?
On Christmas day in the morning.

Our Saviour, Christ, and His Lady,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
Our Saviour, Christ, and His Lady,
On Christmas day in the morning.

Pray, whither sailed those ships all three?
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
Pray, whither sailed those ships all three?
On Christmas day in the morning.

O, they sailed to Bethlehem,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
O, they sailed to Bethlehem,
On Christmas day in the morning.

And all the bells on earth shall ring,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And all the bells on earth shall ring,
On Christmas day in the morning.

And all the angels in heaven shall sing,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And all the angels in heaven shall sing,
On Christmas day in the morning.

And all the souls on earth shall sing,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And all the souls on earth shall sing,
On Christmas day in the morning.

Then let us all rejoice and sing,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
Then let us all rejoice and sing,
On Christmas day in the morning.

A Very Special Christmas 3
(c) 1997 A&M Records, Inc.

I Shall Be Released

Written by Bob Dylan

They say ev'rything can be replaced,
Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
So I remember ev'ry face
Of ev'ry man who put me here.
I see my light come shining
From the West unto the East.
Any day now, any way now,
I shall be released.

They say ev'ry man needs protection,
They say ev'ry man must fall.
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Some place so high above this wall.
I see my light come shining
From the West unto the East.
Any day now, any way now,
I shall be released.

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
Is a man who swears he's not to blame.
All day long I hear him shout so loud,
Crying out that he was framed.
I see my light come shining
From the West unto the East.
Any day now, any way now,
I shall be released.

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)

It Ain't Necessarily So

Written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so.
The things that you're liable to read in the Bible,
It ain't necessarily so.

David was small but oh my.
David was small but oh my.
He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth.
David was small but oh my.
David was small but oh my.

Jonah he lived in a whale.
Jonah he lived in a whale.
He made his home in a fishes abdomen.
Jonah he lived in a whale.
Jonah he lived in a whale.

Moses was found on a stream.
Moses was found on a stream.
Floated on water old Pharaoh's daughter
Fished him she says from that stream.

It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so.
Things that you're liable to read in the Bible,
It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so.

Joe Henderson: Porgy And Bess
(c) 1997 Verve

It's A Lonesome Old Town

Written by Harry Tobias & Charles Kisco

It's a lonesome old town
When you're not around
I'm lonely
As I can be

I never knew
How much I'd miss you
But now
I can plainly see

It's a lonesome old town
When you're not around
How I wish you'd come back to me
How I wish you'd come back to me
How I wish you'd come back to me

Lonesome old town
Lonesome, lonesome old town
It's a lonesome old town

Leaving Las Vegas - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(c) 1995 Pangea Records

January Stars

Written by Sting

Ten below and falling fast
Those days of summer were long past
My horoscope said you'd come back
I have my doubts, you see

And as I watched the mercury
And thought about the prophecy
A new moon and an early thaw
I watched the door for you

If January stars came true

And as I gaze at winter stars
The second house conjunct with Mars
They would suggest that we'll be one
I have my doubts, you see

If I maintain a skeptic's eye
And train the other on the sky
I'd eat my hat if it came true
I'd prob'ly eat yours, too

If January stars came true
If January stars came true

Now I'm in a pretty mess
It's getting warmer, I confess
My horoscope said you'd come back
I have my doubts, it's true

And as I watched the mercury
And thought about the prophecy
A new moon and an early thaw
I left the door for you

If January stars,
If January stars,
If January stars came true
January stars, ooh

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You single
(c) 1993 A&M Records, Inc.

Lullaby To An Anxious Child

Written by Sting

Hush child,
Let your mommy sleep into 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 help the look of accusation in your eyes
In your eyes

The world is broken and now
All in sorrow
Wise men hang their heads

Hush child,
Let your mommy sleep into the night until we rise
Hush child,
All the strength I'll need to find, I'll find inside your eyes
In your eyes

You Still Touch Me single
(c) 1996 A&M Records, Inc.

Mack The Knife

Written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Marc Blitzstein

See the shark, how red his fins are
As he slashes at his prey
Mac the Knife wears white kid gloves which
Give the minimum away

And the ghastly fire in Soho,
Seven children at one go
In the crowd stands Mac the Knife, but
He's not asked and doesn't know

In the crowd stands Mac the Knife, but
He's not asked and doesn't know

Sting: Covering 'em (1993)

Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)

'Se/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear
'Se/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear
Suan na/ se/an ni/ bhfuaireas fe/in
O/ chuaigh i gce/in mo Ghile Mear

Grief and pain are all I know
My heart is sore
My tears a'flow
We saw him go...
No word we know of him...

'Se/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear
'Se/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear
Suan na/ se/an ni/ bhfuaireas fe/in
O/ chuaigh i gce/in mo Ghile Mear

A proud and gallant chevalier
A high man's scion of gentle mean
A fiery blade engaged to reap
He'd break the bravest in the field

'Se/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear
'Se/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear
Suan na/ se/an ni/ bhfuaireas fe/in
O/ chuaigh i gce/in mo Ghile Mear

Come sing his praise as sweet harps play
And proudly toast his noble frame
With spirit and with mind aflame
So wish him strength and length of day

'Se/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear
'Se/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear
Suan na/ se/an ni/ bhfuaireas fe/in
O/ chuaigh i gce/in mo Ghile Mear

The Chieftains: Long Black Veil
(c) 1995 RCA

Moonlight

Written by John Williams, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman

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 indiscretely
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

Sabrina Soundtrack
(c) 1995 A&M Records, Inc.

Muoio Per Te (Mad About You)

Written by Sting & Zucchero

A un passo da Gerusalemme
E a un solo un miglio dalla luna
Sotto un cielo di milioni di stelle
Ho il cuore perso in un pianeta lontano
Che gira intorno e cade gui'
Con archi di tristezza,
Io muoio per te, muoio per te!
E se il mio regno diventa sabbia
E cade in fondo al mare:

Io muoio per te, (io) muoio per te!

E dalla fonde oscure valli
Canzoni antiche di tristezza
Mo ogni passo io pensavo a te
Ogni passo solo te
Per ogni stella un granello di sabbia
Gli avanzi di un asciutto mare
Dimmi, quanto tempo, quanto ancora!

C'e' una citta nel deserto e riposa
La vanita di un antico re
Ma la citta riposa in pezzi,
Dove il vento urla all'avvoltoio
Quello che ha fatto l'uomo
Con l'ambizione, e tutto questo
Faro prigione la mia vita
Se sei la sposa per un altro
Che i miei nemici siano liberi,
Io cado e sono qui,
Che muoio per te, muoio per te!

E solo come mai,
Cosi solo come ora mai!

Con tutti i miei domini
Cosa sono qui
Sono niente cosi
Non ci son vittorie
Nelle nostre storie, senza amor!

A un passo da Gerusalemme
E a un solo un miglio dalla luna
Sotto un cielo di milioni di stelle
Ho il cuore perso in un pianeta lontano
Che gira intorno e cade gui'
Con archi di tristezza,
Io muoio per te, muoio per te!

E anche se hai le chiavi
E distruggi quel che ho
Ogni prigione in polvere
Nemici piu non ho
(E) i regni miei di sabbia mare,
Io muoio per te, muoio per te!

Pavarotti & Friends
(c) 1992 The Decca Record Company Limited

My One And Only Love

Written by Robert Mellin & Guy Wood

The very thought of you makes
My heart sing
Like an April breeze
On the wings of spring
And you appear in all your splendor
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

Leaving Las Vegas - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(c) 1995 Pangea Records

Ne Me Quitte Pas

Written by Jacques Brel

Ne me quitte pas
Il faut oublier
Tout peut s'oublier
Qui s'enfuit déjà
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
Où il ne pleut pas
Je creuserai la terre
Jusqu'aprés ma mort
Pour couvrir ton corpos
D'or et de lumière
Je ferai un domaine
Où l'amour sera roi
Où l'amour sera loi
Où je serais 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 insensés
Que tu comprendras
Je te parlerai
De ces amants-là
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
Il est, parait-il
Des terres brûlées
Donnant plus de blé
Qu'un meilleur avril
Et quand vient le soir
Pour qu'un ciel flamboie
Le rouge et le noir
Ne s'épousent-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 là
A te regarder
Danser et sourire
Et à t'écouter
Chanter et puis rire
Laisse-moi devenir
L'ombre de ton ombre
L'ombre de ta main
L'ombre de ton chien

Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas

Sting: Covering 'em (1993)

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

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?

Just imagine someone
Waiting at the cottage door,
Where two hearts become one
Who could ask for anything more?

Nice work if you can get it,
And you can get it if you try.
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?

The Glory Of Gershwin
(c) 1994 Phonogram Ltd. (London)

Nuclear Waste

Madam I'd like to assure you that this little
Domestic reactor will never cause you any trouble
Nuclear Waste - we don't want that
Nuclear Waste - we don't need that
Atomic Power - we've got to leave this
Nuclear Age behind in our t-t-time

A faste breeder breaks all the rules
Gives us something for nothing - that ain't true
And who makes the profit? - not me and you
And who runs the risks? - we all do!

Nuclear Fear - we don't want that
Nuclear Waste - we can't get rid of that
Nuclear Power - you're hoping we'll get used to it
Nuclear Accidents - I've had enough of it.

Do you find it attractive to be radioactive
Emitting killing rays?
Splitting your atoms with a fission reaction
Transmitting out of phase?

Strontium 90
I wanna live to see 1999
There's enough energy in the air and in the sea
To give us Power to live Peace and Harmony

Nuclear Waste - we don't get used to your
Nuclear Waste - Ultimate pollution
Radiation - produces mutation
Disintegration - it's not evolution
Nuclear Children - you have the sollution

New Killer Waste - better active today

Than radioactive tomorrow
New Killer Waste - need a cure for cancer?
Or you field - need the real answer
Or maybe solar - fusion nor fission
Oh darling! - let me put my arms around you

Nuclear Waste - jamming my transmission
Nuclear Waste - damaging my vision
Nuclear Waste

Nuclear Waste (1995)

Purple Haze

Written by Jimi Hendrix

Purple haze are in my brain,
Lately things don't seem to be the same,
Actin' funny but I don't know why
'scuse me while kiss the sky.

Purple haze all around,
Don't know if I'm coming up or down.
Am I happy or in misery?
Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me.

Purple haze are in my eyes,
Don't know if it's day or night,
You've got me blowing, blowing my mind
Is it tomorrow or just the end of time?

Purple haze...

Sting: Covering 'em (1993)

'Round Midnight

Written by Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams & Thelonius Monk

It begins to tell
At sometime 'round midnight
I do pretty well
Till after sundown
At supper time I'm feeling blue
But I really miss you
'Round midnight

Memories return
At sometime round midnight
I have yet to learn
To stop those memories
When my heart is still with you
And old midnight
Knows it too

Did it mean that our love would be ending
When some quarrel we had needed mending
Darling I need you
But lately I find
You're out of my arms
Out of my mind

Let our love take wing
Some midnight, round midnight;
And let the angels sing
At your returning;
Let our love be safe and sound
When old midnight
Comes around

Let our love take wing
Some midnight, round midnight;
Let the angels sing
At your returning;
Let our love be safe and sound
When old midnight
Comes around

Andy Summers: Green Chimneys - The Music Of Thelonius Monk
(c) 1999 RCA/Victor/BMG Entertainment

Sisters Of Mercy

Written by Leonard Cohen

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

Oh, 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
Oh...

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
Oh oh oh oh oh oh...

Tower Of Song - The Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1995)

Someone To Watch Over Me

Written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

There's a saying old says that love is blind,
Still were often told, "seek and you shall find";
So I'm going to seek a certain girl I've had in mind.
Looking everywhere, haven't found her yet;
She's the big affair I cannot forget.
Only girl I ever think of with regret.
I'd like to add her initial to my monogram.
Tell me, where is the shepherdess for this lost lamb?

There's a somebody I'm longing to see:
I hope that she turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me.
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood:
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me.
Although I may not be the man some girls think of as handsome
To her heart I carry the key
Won't you tell her please to put on some speed, follow my lead.
Oh, how I need someone who'll watch over me.

There's a somebody I'm longing to see:
I hope that she turns out to be
Someone who to watch over me.

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood:
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me.

Although I may not be the man some girls think of as handsome
To her heart I carry the key
Won't you tell her please to put on some speed, follow my lead.
Oh, how I need someone to watch over me.

Englishman In New York single
(c) 1988 A&M Records, Inc.

Spread A Little Happiness

Written by Vivian Ellis, Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman

Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky
You mustn't sigh and you mustn't cry
Spread a little happiness as you go by
Please try

What's the use of worrying and feeling blue
When days are long keep on smiling through
Spread a little happiness till dreams come true

Surely you'll be wise to make the best of every blues day
Don't you realize you'll find next monday or next tuesday
Your golden shoes day

Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky
You mustn't sigh and you mustn't cry
Spread a little happiness as you go by

I've got a creed for every need
So easy that it must succeed
I'll set it down for you to read
So please, take heed
Keep out the gloom
Let in the sun
That's my advice for everyone
It's only once we pass this way
So day by day

Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky
You mustn't sigh and you mustn't cry
Spread a little happiness as you go by
Please try

What's the use of worrying and feeling blue
When days are long keep on smiling through
Spread a little happiness till dreams come true

Surely you'll be wise to make the best of every blues day
Don't you realize you'll find next monday or next tuesday
Your golden shoes day

Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky
You mustn't sigh and you mustn't cry
Spread a little happiness as you go by

(whistling solo)

Surely you'll be wise to make the best of every blues day
Don't you realize you'll find next monday or next tuesday
Your golden shoes day

Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky
You mustn't sigh and you mustn't cry
Spread a little happiness as you go by

Brimstone & Treacle Original Soundtrack
(c) 1982 A&M Records, Inc.

Strange Fruit

Written by Lewis Allan

Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Sting & Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
(c) 1997 By Records

Take Me To The Sunshine

Written by Sting

I've been working too hard at the office all year
I've been saving all my days for a break
So I've got to get away with my baby for a time
If it's just for my sanity's sake

Nothing but work and never to play
Make Jack a dull boy or so they say
And nothing in the world gonna make me stay
I've just got to get away for a day

Oh the smog in the city is clogging up my head
And the noise of the traffic and the poison lead
Too many people I must confess
I'm looking for the cure of terminal stress

Take me to the sunshine
Take me to the sun

It's a perfect paradise and it ain't no trick
You can walk, you can run, play golf 'til you're sick
Swim all day, you can dance all night
You can ever fall in love if you're feeling right

The surf will roar and the birds will sing
And the warm wind sighs as you practice your swing
And the cares of the world will fade away as you
Watch the sun setting on a golden bay

They say that modern man needs to find himself
And what's bad for his spirit is bad for his health
And when the world's used up and there's nowhere else
You'll realize Mother Nature is the Commonwealth

Take me to the sunshine
Take me to the sun
Take me to the sun

Take me to the sunshine
Take me to the sun
Take me to the sun...

I've been working too hard at the office all year
I've been saving all my days for a break
So I've got to get away with my baby for a time
If it's for my sanity's sake

When We Dance single
(c) 1994 A&M Records, Inc.

Tempted

Written by Glenn Tillbrook & Chris Difford

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face
Pajamas, a hairbrush, new shoes and a case
I said to my reflection, let's get out of this place
Passed the church and the steeple, the laundry on the hill
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still keep calling
And calling
But forget it all I know I will

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
Now that you have gone
There's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I'm at the carpark, the airport, the baggage carousel
The people keep on grabbing, ain't wishing I was well
I said, "It's no occasion, it's no story I can tell"
At my bedside, empty pocket, a foot without a sock
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock, alarmed by
The seduction
I wish that it would stop

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
Now that you have gone there's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I bought a novell, some perfume, a fortune all for you
But it's not my conscience that hates to be untrue
I asked of my reflection
Tell me what is there to do

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
Now that you have gone there's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

Sting: Covering 'em (1993)

The Idiot Bastard Son

Written by Frank Zappa

The idiot bastard son
The father's a nazi
In Congress today
The mother's a hooker
Somewhere in L.A.

The idiot bastard son
Abandoned to perish
In back of a car
Kenny will stash him away
In a jar

The idiot boy!
Trying imagine all window are covered in green
All the time he would spend
At the church he'd attend
Warming his pew

Kenny will feed him and Ronnie will watch
The child will thrive and grow
And enter the world
Of liars and cheaters and people like you
Who smile and think they know
What this is about
You think you know
Everything maybe so
The song we sing, do you know?
We're listening

The idiot boy!
Trying imagine all window are covered in green
All the time he would spend
All the colors he'd blend
Where are they now?

Sting: Covering 'em (1993)

The Mighty

Written by Sting

Walking this high road are warriors from an olden time
Curse on this land and the days far behind us
Dragons we've slain, rescued many maiden's fair
And no man ever dared break our stride or the brotherhood that binds us.

Brothers are we, marching on the roads of time
From this broken land and the days that defined us
All men are free, justice is a sword we hold
Trusting in the knights noble vow in the brotherhood that binds us.

When the broken are strong (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When the beaten are proud (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When the twisted can stand (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When the silenced can laugh (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When the haunted have turned (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When the tortured are sane (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When the blinded still stare (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When will the poison remain (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
When the voiceless can sing (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
And the shackled can run (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)
And this downtrodden man holds his face to the sun (Freak the mighty, freak the mighty)

We'll be walking high above the world.
Our legend will say ay ay ay ay ay

Freak the mighty...

The Mighty Original Movie Soundtrack (1998)

The Pirate's Bride

Written by Sting

Sometimes in the light at the edge of the world
Is the ghost of a ship with it's black sail furled
And night after night she would stand on the shore
And dream of the love that she knew before

The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a thought for the ways of men

We set sail for the Spanish Main
To rob the ships of the Queen of Spain
And she would be his pirate's bride
She gave him the pistol and the sword at his side

The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a care for the ways of men
I'd give three ships of Spanish gold
To see my love again

Full fathom five my true love lies
In a fine wooden casket with gold on his eyes
Where is the glory and where is the pride?
Where is the joy for the pirate's bride?

The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a care for the ways of men

Here in the light at the edge of the world
He'd wait for a ship with it's black sail furled
And day after day he would stand on the shore
And dream of the life that he knew before

The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a care for the ways of men
I'd give three ships of Spanish gold
To see my love again

I Was Brought To My Senses single
(c) 1996 A&M Records, Inc.

There Comes A Time

Written by Tony Williams

There comes a time when you were to be older
There comes a time when you want to be bolder
I love you more when it's over
I love you more when it's over

There comes a time when you're careful
There comes a time when you're doubtful
I love you more when you're spiteful
I love you more when you're spiteful

Sting & Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
(c) 1997 By Records

The Wind Cries Mary

Written by Jimi Hendrix

After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness
Staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers Mary

A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind cries Mary

The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow
And shine the emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cause the life they'd lived is dead
And the wind screams Mary

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past
With its crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers "No, this will be the last"
And the wind cries Mary

In From The Storm - The Music Of Jimi Hendrix
(c) 1995 BMG/RCA Victor

This Cowboy Song

Written by Sting

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 touched 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...

Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting 1984-1994
(c) 1994 A&M Records, Inc.

This Was Never Meant To Be

Written by Sting & Anne Dudley

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

I Was Brought To My Senses single
(c) 1996 A&M Records, Inc.

Three Steps To Heaven

Written by Eddie Cochran

Now there are three steps to heaven
Just listen and you will plainly see
And as I travel on and things go wrong
Just call it steps one, two and three.

The formula for heaven's very simple.
Just follow the rules and you will see
And as I travel on and things go wrong
Just call it steps one, two and three.

Step one, you find a girl to love.
Step two, she falls in love with you
Step three, you kiss and hold her tightly
Yeah, that sure seems like heaven to me.

From the film Radio On (1979)

Tutti Frutti

Written by R. Penniman, D. La Bostrie & Joe Lubin

A bop bop aloom op a lop bop boom
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
A bop bop aloom op a lop bop boom

I got a gal her name's Sue,
She knows just what to do
I got a gal her name's Sue,
She knows just what to do
I've been to the East, I've been to the West
But she is the gal I love the best
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
A bop bop aloom op a lop bop boom

I got a gal, her name's Daisy,
She almost drives me crazy
I got a gal, her name's Daisy,
She almost drives me crazy
She's a real gone cuckoo, yes sirree
But pretty little Suzy's the gal for me

Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
Tutti frutti au rutti
A bop bop aloom op a lop bop boom

From the film Party Party

Up From The Skies (Exp)

Written by Jimi Hendrix

Let me talk to you
Let me talk to you
Let me talk to you
Let me talk to you

I say let me talk to you, uh
I say...

I just wanna talk to you
I don't wanna do you no harm
I just wanna hear about your different lives
And just where people farm
I heard some of you got your families
Living in cages tall and cold
And some just stay there and dust away
Past the age of old.
Is this true?
Please let me talk to you.

I just wanna know about
The rooms behind your mind
Uh do I see a vacuum there
Or am I going blind?
Or is it just the remains or vibrations
And echoes long ago?
And things like "love the world"
And "let your fancy flow"
Is this true?
Please let me talk to you.

I want to see and hear everything
I want to see and hear everything, yeah
Let me talk to you

I have been here before
The days of ice
And of course this is why
I'm so concerned
I've come back to find
The stars misplaced
The smell of a world
That is burning, yeah

The smell of the world
That is burnin', burnin', uh

I have been here before
The days of ice
And of course this is why
I'm so concerned
I've come back to find, babe

Where do I purchase my ticket?
I just want to have a ringside seat
I want to hear about the new Mother Earth
I want to see and hear everything
I want to see and hear everything
Let me talk to you
Let me talk to you
Let me talk to you
I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you, babe
I wanna talk to you...

Uh do I see a vacuum there
Or am I going blind?
Or is it just the remains or vibrations
And echoes long ago?
And things like "love the world"
And "let your fancy flow"
Is this true?
Please let me talk to you.

I want to hear and see everything
I want to hear and see everything, yeah
Let me talk to you

The smell of the world
That is burnin', yeah

I have been here before
The days of ice
And of course this is why
I'm so concerned
I've come back to find, yeah, yeah

Where do I purchase my ticket?
I just want to have a ringside seat
I want to hear about the new Mother Earth
I want to see and hear everything
I want to see and hear everything
Let me talk to you, yeah
Let me talk to you
Let me talk to you, yeah
Let me talk to you
I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you...

Sting & Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
(c) 1997 By Records

Waters Of Tyne

(Traditional)

I cannot get to my love if I would die;
The water of Tyne runs between her and me
And here I must stand with a tear in my e'e,
Both sighing and sickly, my sweetheart to see.

I cannot get to my love, if I would die;
The water of Tyne runs between her and me
And here I must stand with a tear in my e'e,
Both sighing and sickly my sweetheart to see.

Oh, where is the boatman, my bonny hinny?
Oh, where is the boatman? Bring him to me,
To ferry me over the Tyne to my honey,
And I will remember the boatman and thee.

Oh, bring me a boatman, I'll give any money,
And you for your troubles rewarded shall be,
To ferry me over the Tyne to my honey,
Or scull her across that rough river to me.

Carnival!
(c) 1997 RCA/Victor/BMG Classics

We're Sending Our Love Down The Well

There's a hole in my heart,
As deep as a well,
For that poor little boy,
Who's stuck halfway to hell.

Though we can't get him out,
We'll do the next best thing,
We go on TV,
And sing, sing, sing.

And we're sending our love down the well,
All the way down.
We're sending our love down the well,
Down that well.

From the TV show The Simpsons

When We Dance

Written by Sting

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 the 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
And underneath the wheels of passion
I keep my faith in my fashion

When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
(Oooh) I'm still in love with you

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'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

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
Still in love
Still in love
Still in love...

He won't love you
Like I love you
He won't care for you this way
He'll mistreat you with disdain

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

When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
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...

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

Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting 1984-1994
(c) 1994 A&M Records, Inc.

Windmills Of Your Mind

Written by Alan Bergman, Michel Jean Legrand & Marilyn Bergman

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 of 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 of 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
And the fragment of this song
Half-remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
Were you 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
And the fragment of this song
Half-remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
Were you 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

Brand New Day single
(c) 1999 A&M Records, Inc.

You Were Meant For Me

Written by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown

Life was a song
You came along
I lay awake the whole night through

If I should dare
To think you care
This is what I'd say to you:

You were meant for me
And I was meant for you

Nature fashioned you
And when she was done
You were all those good things
Rolled into one

You're like a plaintive melody
That never lets me be
I'm content the angels must have sent you
And they meant you just for me

You're like a plaintive melody
That never lets me be
I'm content the angels must have sent you
And they meant you just for me

1999 Grammy Nominees
(c) 1999 Grammy Recordings


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