STING – The very best of 25 years

DISC 1

1- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

Free, free, set them freeFree, free, set them freeFree, free, set them freeIf you need somebody Call my nameIf you want someoneYou can do the sameIf you want to keep something preciousYou got to lock it up and throw away the keyIf you want to hold onto your possessionDon't even think about me

If you love somebodyIf you love someoneIf you love somebodyIf you love someone, set them free Set them freeSet them freeSet them free

If it's a mirror you wantJust look into my eyesOr a whipping boySomeone to despiseOr a prisoner in the darkTied up in chains you just can't seeOr a beast in a gilded cageThat's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebodyIf you love someoneIf you love somebodyIf you love someone, set them free Set them freeSet them freeSet them free

You can't control an independent heartCan't tear the one you love apartForever conditioned to believe that we can't liveWe can't live here and be happy with lessSo many richesSo many soulsWith everything we see that we want to possess

If you need somebodyCall my nameIf you want someoneYou can do the sameIf you want to keep something preciousYou got to lock it up and throw away the keyYou want to hold onto your possessionDon't even think about me

If you love somebodyIf you love someoneIf you love somebodyIf you love someone, set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free

2- Love Is The Seventh Wave

In the empire of the sensesYou're the queen of all you surveyAll the cities, all the nationEverything that falls your way, I sayThere is a deeper world than this that you don't understandThere is a deeper world that this tugging at your handEvery ripple on the oceanEvery leaf on every treeEvery sand dune in the desertEvery power we never seeThere is a deeper wave than this, swelling in the worldThere is a deeper wave than this, listen to me girl

Feel it rising in the citiesFeel it sweeping overlandOver borders, over frontiersNothing will its power withstand, I sayThere is no deeper wave than this rising in the worldThere is no deeper wave than this listen to me girl

All the bloodshed, all the angerAll the weapons, all the greedAll the armies, all the missilesAll the symbols of that fear, I sayThere is a deeper wave than this rising in the worldThere is a deeper wave than this, listen to me girl

At the still point of destructionAt the centre of the furyAll the angels, all the devilsAll around us, can't you see?There is a deeper wave than this rising in the landThere is a deeper wave than this nothing will withstand

I say love is the seventh waveI say love is the seventh waveI say love is the seventh waveI say love is the seventh waveI say love is the seventh waveI say love is the seventh waveI say love

Every ripple on the oceanEvery leaf on every treeEvery sand dune in the desertEvery breath you take with meEvery breath you take, every move you makeEvery cake you bake, every leg you break

3- Moon Over Bourbon Street

There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonightI see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplightI've no choice but to follow that callThe bright lights, the people, and the moon and allI pray everyday to be strongFor I know what I do must be wrongOh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feetWhile there's a moon over Bourbon Street

It was many years ago that I became what I amI was trapped in this life like an innocent lambNow I can never show my face at noonAnd you'll only see me walking by the light of the moonThe brim of my hat hides the eye of a beastI've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priestOh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feetWhile there's a moon over Bourbon Street

She walks everyday through the streets of New OrleansShe's innocent and young, from a family of meansI have stood many times outside her window at nightTo struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlightHow could I be this way when I pray to God above?I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I loveOh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feetWhile there's a moon over Bourbon Street

4- Fortress Around Your Heart

Under the ruins of a walled cityCrumbling towers in beams of yellow lightNo flags of truce, no cries of pityThe siege guns had been pounding through the nightIt took a day to build the cityWe walked through its streets in the afternoonAs I returned across the fields I'd knownI recognised the walls that I once madeI had to stop in my tracks for fearOf walking on the mines I'd laidAnd if I've built this fortress around your heartEncircled you in trenches and barbed wireThen let me build a bridgeFor I cannot fill the chasmAnd let me set the battlements on fire

Then I went off to fight some battleThat I'd invented inside my headAway so long for years and yearsYou probably thought, or even wished that I was deadWhile the armies all are sleepingBeneath the tattered flag we'd madeI had to stop in my tracks for fearOf walking on the mines I'd laid

And if I've built this fortress around your heartEncircled you in trenches and barbed wireThen let me build a bridgeFor I cannot fill the chasmAnd let me set the battlements on fire

This prison has now become your homeA sentence you seem prepared to payIt took a day to build the cityWe walked through its streets in the afternoonAs I returned across the lands I'd knownI recognised the fields where I'd once playedI had to stop in my tracks for fearOf walking on the mines I'd laid

And if I've built this fortress around your heartEncircled you in trenches and barbed wireThen let me build a bridgeFor I cannot fill the chasmAnd let me set the battlements on fire

5- Englishman In New York

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dearI like my toast done on the sideAnd you can hear it in my accent when I talkI'm an Englishman in New YorkSee me walking down Fifth AvenueA walking cane here at my sideI take it everywhere I walkI'm an Englishman in New York

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

If "manners maketh man" as someone saidThen he's the hero of the dayIt takes a man to suffer ignorance and smileBe yourself no matter what they say

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

Modesty, propriety can lead to notorietyYou could end up as the only oneGentleness, sobriety are rare in this societyAt night a candle's brighter than the sun

Takes more than combat gear to make a manTakes more than license for a gunConfront your enemies, avoid them when you canA gentleman will walk but never run

If "manners maketh man" as someone saidThen he's the hero of the dayIt takes a man to suffer ignorance and smileBe yourself no matter what they say

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

6- 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 hereTheir faces fixed like stone?I can't see what it is that they despiseThey're dancing with the missingThey're dancing with the deadThey dance with the invisible onesTheir anguish is unsaidThey're dancing with their fathersThey're dancing with their sonsThey're dancing with their husbandsThey dance alone, they dance alone

It's the only form of protest they're allowedI've seen their silent faces they scream so loudIf they were to speak these words they'd go missing tooAnother woman on the torture table what else can they doThey're dancing with the missingThey're dancing with the deadThey dance with the invisible onesTheir anguish is unsaidThey're dancing with their fathersThey're dancing with their sonsThey're dancing with their husbandsThey dance alone, they dance alone

One day we'll dance on their gravesOne day we'll sing our freedomOne day we'll laugh in our joyAnd we'll danceOne day we'll dance on their gravesOne day we'll sing our freedomOne day we'll laugh in our joyAnd we'll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidosEllas danzan con los muertosEllas danzan con amores invisiblesEllas danzan con silenciosa angustiaDanzan con sus padresDanzan con sus hijosDanzan con sus espososEllas danzan solasDanzan solas

Hey Mr. PinochetYou've sown a bitter cropIt's foreign money that supports youOne day the money's going to stopNo wages for your torturersNo budget for your gunsCan you think of your own motherDancin' with her invisible sonThey're dancing with the missingThey're dancing with the deadThey dance with the invisible onesTheir anguish is unsaidThey're dancing with their fathersThey're dancing with their sonsThey're dancing with their husbandsThey dance alone, they dance alone

7- Fragile

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are oneDrying in the colour of the evening sunTomorrow's rain will wash the stains awayBut something in our minds will always stayPerhaps this final act was meantTo clinch a lifetime's argumentThat nothing comes from violence and nothing ever couldFor all those born beneath an angry starLest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fallLike tears from a star, like tears from a starOn and on the rain will sayHow fragile we are, how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fallLike tears from a star, like tears from a starOn and on the rain will sayHow fragile we are, how fragile we areHow fragile we are, how fragile we are

8- We'll Be Together

I see me with you and all the things you doKeep turning round and round in my mindForget the weather we should always be togetherAnd any other thought is unkindTo have you with me I would swim the seven seasI need you as my guide and my lightMy love is a flame that burns in your nameWe'll be together, we'll be together tonight

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

I see you with me and all I want to beIs dancing here with you in my armsForget the weather we should always be togetherI'll always be a slave to your charms

To have you with me I would swim the seven seasI need you as my guide in my lifeMy love is a flame that burns in your nameWe'll be together, we'll be together tonight

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

Call me babyYou can call me anything you wantCall me baby, call me, just call me

I see you with me and baby makes threeI see me with you and all the things you doForget the weather we should always be togetherI need you as my guide and my lightMy love is the flame that burns in your nameWe'll be together, we'll be together tonight

9- All This Time

I looked out acrossThe river todayI saw a city in the fogAnd an old church towerWhere the seagulls playSaw the sad shire horses Walking home in the sodium lightSaw two priests on the ferryOctober geese on a cold winter's nightAnd all this timeThe river flowedEndlessly,To the sea.

Two priests came round Our house tonightOne young, one old, To offer prayers for the dying, To serve the final riteOne to learn, one to teach Which way the cold wind blowsFussing and flapping in priestly black Like a murder of crows

And all this timeThe river flowedEndlessly,To the sea.

If I had my wayI'd take a boat from the riverAnd I'd bury the old manI'd bury him at sea

Blessed are the poor For they shall inherit the earthOne is better to be poor Than a fat man in the eye of a needleAs these words were spoken I swear I hear the old man laughingWhat good is a used up world,And how could it be worth having?

And all this timeThe river flowedEndlessly,To the sea.

All this time The river flowedFather, if Jesus exists,Then how come he never lived here?Yeah, yeahYeah, yeahYeah, yeah

Teachers told usThe Romans built this placeThey built a wall and a temple on the edge of the Empire garrison townThey lived and they diedThey prayed to their gods

But the stone gods did not make a soundAnd their empire crumbledTill all that was leftWere the stones the workmen found

And all this time the river flowedIn the falling light of a northern sunIf I had my way I'd take a boat from the riverMen go crazy in congregationsThey only get better one by oneOne by oneOne by one, by oneOne by one

I looked out acrossThe river todayI saw a city in the fogAnd an old church towerWhere the seagulls playSaw the sad shire horses Walking home in the sodium lightTwo priests on the ferryOctober geese on a cold winter's night

10- Mad About You

A stone's throw from JerusalemI walked a lonely mile in the moonlightAnd though a million stars were shiningMy heart was lost on a distant planetThat whirls around the April moonWhirling in an arc of sadnessI'm lost without you, I'm lost without youThough all my kingdoms turn to sand and fall into the seaI'm mad about you, I'm mad about youAnd from the dark secluded valleysI heard the ancient songs of sadnessBut every step I thought of youEvery footstep only youEvery star a grain of sandThe leavings of a dried up oceanTell me, how much longer,How much longer?

They say a city in the desert liesThe vanity of an ancient kingBut the city lies in broken piecesWhere the wind howls and the vultures singThese are the works of manThis is the sum of our ambitionIt would make a prison of my lifeIf you became another's wifeWith every prison blown to dustMy enemies walk freeI'm mad about you, I'm mad about you

And I have never in my lifeFelt more alone than I do nowAlthough I claim dominions over all I seeIt means nothing to meThere are no victories In all our historiesWithout love

A stone's throw from JerusalemI walked a lonely mile in the moonlightAnd though a million stars were shiningMy heart was lost on a distant planetThat whirls around the April moonWhirling in an arc of sadnessI'm lost without you, I'm lost without you

And though you hold the keys to ruin of everything I seeWith every prison blown to dust my enemies walk freeThough all my kingdoms turn to sand and fall into the seaI'm mad about you, I'm mad about you

11- Why Should I Cry For You?

Under the dog-star sailOver the reefs of moonshineUnder the skies of fallNorth-north-west, the stones of FaroeUnder the Arctic fireOver the seas of silenceHauling on frozen ropesFor all my days remainingWould north be true?

All colours bleed to redAsleep on the ocean's bedDrifting in empty seasFor all my days remainingWould north be true?Why should I, why should I cry for you?Dark angels follow meOver a godless seaMountains of endless fallingFor all my days remaining

What would be true?Sometimes I see your face,The stars seem to lose their placeWhy 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,'I loved you in my fashion?'What would be true?Why should I, why should I cry for you?Why should I cry?

12- The Soul Cages

The boy child is locked in the fisherman's yardThere's a bloodless moon where the oceans dieA shoal of night stars hang fire in the netsAnd the chaos of cages where the crayfish lieWhere is the fisherman, where is the goat,Where is the keeper in his carrion coat?Eclipse on the moon when the dark bird fliesWhere is the child with his father's eyes?

He's the king of the ninth worldThe twisted son of the fog bells' tollIn each and every lobster cage, a tortured human soulThese are the souls of the broken factoriesThe subject slaves of the broken crownThe dead accounting of old guilty promisesThese are the souls of the broken townThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cages

'I have a wager,' the brave child spokeThe fisherman laughed though disturbed at the joke'You will drink what I drinkBut you must equal me,And if the drink leaves me standing,A soul shall go free'

'I have here a cask of most magical wineA vintage that blessed every ship in the lineIt's wrung from the blood of the sailors who diedYoung white bodies adrift in the tide'

'And what's in it for me, my pretty young thing?Why should I whistle when the caged bird sings?If you lose a wager with the king of the seaYou'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with me'These are the soul cagesThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cages

A body lies open in the fisherman's yard like The side of a ship where the iceberg ripsOne less soul in the soul cagesOne last curse on the fisherman's lips

These are the soul cagesThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cagesThese are the soul cages

And he dreamed of a ship on the seaIt would carry his father and heTo a place they could never be foundTo a place far away from this townA Newcastle ship with no coalsThey would sail to the island of souls

13- If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

You could say I lost my faith in science and progressYou could say I lost my belief in the holy churchYou could say I lost my sense of directionYou could say all of this and worse, butIf I ever lose my faith in youThere'd be nothing left for me to doSome would say I was a lost man in a lost worldYou could say I lost my faith in the people on T.V.You could say I'd lost my belief in our politiciansThey all seemed like game show hosts to meIf I ever lose my faith in youThere'd be nothing left for me to doI could be lost inside their lies without a traceBut every time I close my eyes, I see your face

I never saw no miracle of scienceThat didn't go from a blessing to a curseI never saw no military solutionThat didn't always end up as something worse,But let me say this first

If I ever lose my faith in youIf I ever lose my faith in youThere'd be nothing left for me to doThere'd be nothing left for me to doIf I ever lose my faithIf I ever lose my faithIf I ever lose my faithIf I ever lose my faith in you

14- Fields Of Gold

You'll remember me when the west wind movesUpon the fields of barleyYou'll forget the sun in his jealous skyAs we walk in fields of goldSo she took her love for to gaze awhileUpon the fields of barleyIn his arms she fell as her hair came downAmong the fields of goldWill you stay with me, will you be my loveAmong the fields of barley?We'll forget the sun in his jealous skyAs we lie in fields of goldSee the west wind move like a lover soUpon the fields of barleyFeel her body rise when you kiss her mouthAmong the fields of gold

I never made promises lightlyAnd there have been some that I've brokenBut I swear in the days still leftWe'll walk in fields of goldWe'll walk in fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer daysAmong the fields of barleySee the children run as the sun goes downAmong the fields of goldYou'll remember me when the west wind movesUpon the fields of barleyYou can tell the sun in his jealous skyWhen we walked in fields of goldWhen we walked in fields of goldWhen we walked in fields of gold

15- Seven Days

Seven days, was all she wroteA kind of ultimatum note, she gave to meShe gave to meWhen I thought the field had clearedIt seems another suit appeared to challenge me Woe is meThough I hate to make a choiceMy options are decreasing mostly rapidlyWell, we'll seeI don't think she'd bluff this timeI really have to make her mineIt's plain to see, it's him or me

Monday, I could wait till TuesdayIf I make up my mindWedn'sday would be fine Thursday's on my mindFriday'd give me time Saturday could waitBut Sunday'd be too late

The fact he's over six feet tenMight instil fear in other menBut not in meThe mighty fleaAsk if I am mouse or manThe mirror squeaked, away I ranHe'll murder me in time for his teaDoes it bother me at all?My rival is Neanderthal

It makes me thinkPerhaps I need a drinkI.Q. is no problem hereWe won't be playing Scrabble for Her hand, I fearI need that beer

Monday, I could wait till TuesdayIf I make up my mindWedn'sday would be fine Thursday's on my mindFriday'd give me time Saturday could waitBut Sunday'd be too late

Seven days will quickly goThe fact remains, I love her soSeven days So many waysBut I can't run awayI can't run away

Monday, I could wait till TuesdayIf I make up my mindWedn'sday would be fineThursday's on my mindFriday'd give me timeSaturday could waitBut 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 umbrellaBut it's always me that ends up Getting wet. Yeah, Yeah.

16- Shape Of My Heart

He deals the cards as a meditationAnd those he plays never suspectHe doesn't play for the money he winsHe don't play for respect

He deals the cards to find the answerThe sacred geometry of chanceThe hidden law of a probable outcomeThe numbers lead a dance

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldierI know that the clubs are weapons of warI know that diamonds mean money for this artBut that's not the shape of my heart

He may play the jack of diamondsHe may lay the queen of spadesHe may conceal a king in his handWhile the memory of it fades

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldierI know that the clubs are weapons of warI know that diamonds mean money for this artBut that's not the shape of my heart

And if I told you that I loved youYou'd maybe think there's something wrongI'm not a man of too many facesThe mask I wear is one

Well, those who speak know nothin'And find out to their costLike those who curse their luck in too many placesAnd those who fear are lost

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldierI know that the clubs are weapons of warI know that diamonds mean money for this artBut that's not the shape of my heartThat's not the shape, the shape of my heartThat's not the shape, the shape of my heart

DISC 2

1- When We Dance

If he loved youLike I love youI would walk away in shameI'd move town I'd change my nameWhen he watches youWhen he counts to buy your soulOn your hand his golden ringsLike he owns a bird that sings

When we danceAngels will run and hide their wings

The priest has said my soul's salvation Is in the balance of the angelsAnd underneath the wheels of passionI keep the faith in my fashionWhen we danceAngels will run and hide their wings

I'm still in love with you[I'm gonna find a place to liveGive you all I've got to give]When we danceAngels will run and hide their wingsWhen we danceAngels will run and hide their wings

If I could break down these walls And shout my name at heaven's gateI'd take these handsAnd I'd destroy the dark machineries of fateCathedrals are brokenHeaven's no longer aboveAnd hellfire's a promise awayI'd still be sayingI'm still in love

He won't love youLike I love youHe won't care for you this wayHe'll mistreat you if you stay

Come and live with meWe'll have children of our ownI would love you more than lifeIf you'll come and be my wifeWhen we danceAngels will run and hide their wingsWhen we danceAngels will run and hide their wingsWhen we danceAngels will run and hide their wingsWhen we danceAngels will run and hide their wings

I'm gonna love you more than lifeIf you will only be my wifeI'm gonna love you more than life

If you will only be my wifeI'm gonna love you night and dayI'm gonna try in every way

[I had a dream last nightI dreamt you were by my sideWalking with me babyMy heart was filled with prideI had a dream last night]

2- I Was Brought To My Senses

Alone with my thoughts this eveningI walked on the banks of TyneI wondered how I could win youOr if I could make you mineOr if I could make you mineThe wind it was so insistentWith tales of a stormy southBut when I spied two birds in a sycamore treeThere came a dryness in my mouthCame a dryness in my mouth

For then without rhyme or reasonThe two birds did rise up to flyAnd where the two birds were flyingI swear I saw you and II swear I saw you and I

I walked out this morningIt was like a veil had been removed from before my eyesFor the first time I saw the work of heavenIn the line where the hills had been married to the skyAnd all around me every blade of singing grassWas calling out your name and that our love would always lastAnd inside every turning leafIs the pattern of an older treeThe shape of our futureThe shape of all our historyAnd out of the confusionWhere the river meets the seaCame things I'd never seenThings I'd never seen

I was brought to my sensesI was blind but now that I can seeEvery signpost in natureSaid you belong to me

I know it's trueIt's written in a sky as blueAs blue as your eyes, as blue as your eyesIf nature's red in tooth and clawLike winter's freeze and summer's thawThe wounds she gave meWere the wounds that would heal meAnd we'd be like the moon and sunAnd when our courtly dance had runIts course across the skyThen together we would lieAnd out of the confusionWhere the river meets the seaSomething new would arriveSomething better would arrive

I was brought to my sensesI was blind but now that I can seeEvery signpost in natureSaid you belong to me

3- You Still Touch Me

Another night finds me aloneIn my dreamsYou still touch meYour picture by my telephoneIn that smileYou still thrill meNow if I sleep, I sleep here aloneIn my bed tonightYou still haunt meAnd if I'm fallingI'm falling like a stoneIn my nightmaresYou still hold me

And after all that we've been throughNow I'm wonderingIf you still blame meIf only half of this was trueThat you believe of meYou still shame me

Dark rain will fall until I see your faceI close my eyesI seem to hear the raindrops sayingYou won't come backYou still touch me

And when I'm sick at heart and lowIn my prayersYou still heal meWhen I'm so sure this isn't soIn my complacencyYou still shake me

I wonder if you feel the same way as I doAnd you'd come backYou still touch me

Another night finds me aloneIn my bed tonightYou still haunt meYou still hold meYou still touch me

4- I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

Seven weeks have passed now since she left meShe shows her face to ask me how I amShe says the kids are fine and that they miss meMaybe I could come and baby-sit sometimeShe says, "Are you O.K.? I was worried about youCan you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy."I'm so happy that I can't stop cryingI'm so happy I'm laughing through my tearsI saw a friend of mine He said, "I was worried about youI heard she had another man, I wondered how you felt about it?"I'm so happy that I can't stop cryingI'm so happy I'm laughing though my tearsSaw my lawyer, Mr Good NewsHe got me joint custody and legal separationI'm so happy that I can't stop cryingI'm laughing through my tearsI'm laughing through my tears

I took a walk alone last nightI looked up at the starsTo try and find an answer in my lifeI chose a star for meI chose a star for himI chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wifeSomething made me smileSomething seemed to ease the painSomething about the universe and how it's all connected

The park is full of Sunday fathers and melted ice creamWe try to do the best within the given timeA kid should be with his motherEverybody knows thatWhat 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 cryingI'm laughing through my tearsI'm laughing through my tearsI'm so happy that I can't stop cryingI'm laughing through my tearsI'm laughing through my tears

5- Desert Rose

I dream of rainI dream of gardens in the desert sandI wake in painI dream of love as time runs through my handI dream of fireThose dreams are tied to a horse that will never tireAnd in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire

This desert roseEach of her veils, a secret promiseThis desert flowerNo sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

And as she turnsThis way she moves in the logic of all my dreamsThis fire burnsI realise that nothing's as it seems

I dream of rainI dream of gardens in the desert sandI wake in painI dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of rainI lift my gaze to empty skies aboveI close my eyes, this rare perfumeIs the sweet intoxication of her love

I dream of rainI dream of gardens in the desert sandI wake in painI dream of love as time runs through my hand

Sweet desert roseEach of her veils, a secret promiseThis desert flowerNo sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

Sweet desert roseThis memory of Eden haunts us allThis desert flower, this rare perfumeIs the sweet intoxication of the fall

6- Brand New Day

How many of you people out thereBeen 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 sayLove is a cruel and bitter way ofPaying you back for all the faith you ever had in your brainHow could it be that what you need the mostCan 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 weatherYou see a picture of her smiling at you When you were still togetherOr 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 honeyI'll sell the stock we'll spend all the moneyWe're starting up a brand new dayTurn the clock all the way back I wonder if she'll take me backI'm thinking in a brand new way

Turn the clock to zero sisterYou'll never know how much I missed herI'm starting up a brand new dayTurn the clock to zero bossThe rivers wide we'll swim acrossWe're starting up a brand new day

It could happen to youJust like it happened to meThere is simply no immunityThere's no guaranteeI say love is such a force if you find yourself in itYou need some time for reflectionYou say, baby wait a minute, wait a minute

Turn the clock to zero honey I'll sell the stock we'll spend all the moneyWe're starting up a brand new dayTurn the clock to zero MacI'm begging her to take me back I'm thinking in a brand new way

Turn the clock to zero bossThe river's wide we'll swim acrossWe're starting up a brand new dayTurn the clock to zero buddyDon't wanna be no fuddy duddyWe're Starting up a brand new day

I'm the rhythm in your tune I'm the sun and you're the moonI'm the bat and you're the cave

You're the beach and I'm the waveI'm the plough and you're the landYou're the glove and I'm the handI'm the train and you're the stationI'm the flagpole to your nation

I'm the present to your futureYou're the wound and I'm the sutureYou're the magnet to my poleI'm the devil in your soulYou're the pupil I'm the teacherYou're the church and I'm the preacherYou're the flower I'm the rainYou're the tunnel I'm the train

Stand up all you lovers in the worldStand up and be counted, every boy and every girlStand up all you lovers in the worldWe're starting up a brand new day

You're the crop to my rotationYou're the sum of my equationI'm the answer to your questionIf you follow my suggestionWe can turn this ship aroundWe'll go up instead of downYou're the pan and I'm the handleYou're the flame and I'm the candleI'm the bee and your the flowerYou're the princess in the towerI'm the mast and your the sailI'm the hammer your the nail)

Stand up, all you lovers in the worldStand up and be counted, every boy and every girlStand up, all you lovers in the worldWe're starting up a brand new day

7- Send Your Love

Finding the world in the smallness of a grain of sand And holding infinities in the palm of your hand And Heaven's realms in the seedlings of this tiny flowerAnd eternities in the space of a single hour

Send your love into the futureSend your love into the distant dawn

Inside your mind is a relay stationA mission probe into the unknowingWe send a seed to a distant futureThen we can watch the galaxies growing

This ain't no time for doubting your powerThis ain't no time for hiding your care You're climbing down from an ivory towerYou've got a stake in the world we ought to share

You see the stars are moving so slowlyBut still the earth is moving so fastCan't you see the moon is so lonelyShe's still trapped in the pain of the past

This is the time of the worlds collidingThis is the time of kingdoms fallingThis is the time of the worlds dividingTime to heed your call

Send your love into the futureSend your precious love into some distant time And fix that wounded planet with the love of your healing Send your love Send your love

There's no religion but sex and musicThere's no religion but sound and dancingThere's no religion but line and colourThere's no religion but sacred trance

There's no religion but the endless ocean There's no religion but the moon and starsThere's no religion but time and motionThere's no religion, just tribal scars

Throw a pebble in and watch the oceanSee the ripples vanish in the distanceIt's just the same with all the emotionsIt's just the same in every instance

There's no religion but the joys of rhythmThere's no religion but the rites of SpringThere's no religion in the path of hateNo prayer but the one I sing

Send your love into the futureSend your precious love into some distant time And fix that wounded planet with the love of your healing Send your love Send your love There's no religion but sex and music

There's no religion that's right or winningThere's no religion in the path of hatredAin't no prayer but the one I'm singing

Send your loveSend your love

8- Whenever I Say Your Name

Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your faceWhatever bread's in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine that I tasteWhenever your memory feeds my soul, whatever got broken becomes wholeWhenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together

Wherever I lay me down, wherever I put my head to sleepWhenever I hurt and cry, whenever I got to lie awake and weepWhenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a way I'm calling out your name

Whenever those dark clouds hide the moonWhenever this world has gotten so strangeI know that something's gonna change Something's gonna change

Whenever I say your name, Whenever I say your name, I'm already praying, I'm already prayingI'm already filled with a joy that I can't explainWherever I lay me down, wherever I rest my weary head to sleepWhenever I hurt and cry, whenever I got to lie awake and weep Whenever I'm on the floorWhatever it was that I believed beforeWhenever I say your name, whenever I say it loud, I'm already praying

Whenever this world has got me down, whenever I shed a tearWhenever the TV makes me mad, whenever I'm paralyzed with fear Whenever those dark clouds fill the sky, whenever I lose the reason whyWhenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together

Whenever the sun refuse to shine, whenever the skies are pouring rainWhatever I lost I thought was mine whenever I close my eyes in painWhenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a wayI'm calling out your name

Whenever this dark begins to fallWhenever I'm vulnerable and smallWhenever I feel like I could dieWhenever I'm holding back the tears that I cry

Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your faceI'm already prayingWhatever bread's in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine that I tasteWherever I lay me down, wherever I rest my weary head to sleepWhenever I hurt and cry, whenever I'm forced to lie awake and have to weep Whenever I'm on the floorWhatever it was that I believed beforeWhenever I say your name, whenever I say it loud, I'm already praying

Whenever I say your name, No matter how long it takes,One day we'll be together

Whenever I say your name, let there be no mistakethat day will last forever

9- Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)

Late at night in summer heat. Expensive car, empty streetThere's a wire in my jacket. This is my tradeIt only takes a moment, don't be afraidI can hotwire an ignition like some kind of starI'm just a poor boy in a rich man's carSo I whisper to the engine, flick on the lightsAnd we drive into the night

Oh the smell of the leather always excited my imaginationAnd I picture myself in this different situationI'm a company director, two kids and a wifeI get the feeling that there's more to this one's lifeThere's some kind of complication, he tells her he's aloneSpends the night with his lover, there's a trace of her cologneAnd the words of his mistress, as she whispers them so near Start ringing in my ear

Please take me dancing tonight I've been all on my ownYou promised one day we could its, what you said on the phoneI'm just a prisoner of love always hid from the lightTake me dancing, please take me dancing tonight

I imagine his wife, she don't look nothing like a foolShe picks the kids up form some private schoolShe remembers what he told her, he was late and worked aloneBut there's more than a suspicion in this lingering cologneAnd the kid's just won't be quiet and she runs a traffic lightAnd she drives into the night

Please take me dancing tonight I've been all on my ownYou promised one day we could it's what you said on the phoneI'm just a prisoner of love always hid from the lightTake me dancing, please take me dancing tonight

So here am I in a stolen car at a traffic lightThey go form red to green and so I just drive into the night

Please take me dancing tonight I've been all on my ownYou promised one day we could it's what you said on the phoneI'm just a prisoner of love always hid from the lightTake me dancing, please take me dancing tonight

10- End Of The Game

The fox has done runningAnd the beast is at bayWe'd run them in circlesBy the end of the dayThey chased him through bramblesThey chased him through the fieldsThey'd chased him for everBut the fox would not yield

And some saw her shadowOn the crest of a hillWhen the hounds were distractedAway from the kill

One day we'll reach a great oceanAt the end of a pale afternoonAnd we'll lay down our heads just like we were sleepingAnd be towed by the drag of the moon

We ran through the forestWe ran through the streamsWe ran through the heather'Til we ran in our dreams

You were my loverAnd I was your beauWe ran like the riverFor what else did we know?

One day we'll reach a great oceanAt the end of a pale afternoon

The dogs are all worn outAnd the horses are lameThe hunters and huntedAt the end of the game

Our love was a riverA wild mountain streamIn a tumbling furyOn the edge of a dream

They chased us through bramblesThey chased us through fieldsThey'd chased us foreverBut the heart would not yield

When the fox had done runningAt the end of the dayI'm ready to answerI'm ready to pay

And this rivers still runningAnd time will come soonCarried to the great oceanBy the drag of the moon

11- Never Coming Home

Well it's five in the morning and the light's already broken And the rainy streets are empty for nobody else has woken Yet you turn towards the window as he sleeps beneath the coversAnd you wonder what he's dreaming in his slumbers

There's a clock upon the table and it's burning up the hourAnd you feel your life is shrinking like the petals of a flowerAs you creep towards the closet you're so careful not to wake himAnd you choose the cotton dress you bought last summer

There's a time of indecision between the bedroom and the doorBut the part of you that knows that you can't take it any moreThere's the promise of the future in the creaking of the floor And you're torn if you should leave him with a number

And in your imagination you're a thousand miles awayBecause too many of his promises got broken on the waySo you write it in a letter all the things you couldn't say And you tell him that you're never coming home

She starts running for the railway station praying that her calculation's rightAnd there's a train just waiting there to get her to the city before nightA place to sleep a place to stay will get her through another day She'll take a job she'll find a friend she'll make a life that's better

The passengers ignore her just a girl with an umbrella And there's nothing they can do for her, there's nothing they can tell herThere's nothing they could ever say would change the way she feels todayShe'd live the life she'd always dreamed if he had only let her

Now in her imagination she's a million miles awayWhen too many of his promises got broken on the waySo she wrote it in a letter all the things she couldn't sayAnd she told him she was never coming homeShe told him she was never coming home

I wake up in an empty bed a road drill hammers in my head I call her name there's no reply it's not like her to let me lieIt's time for work it's time to go but something's different I don't knowI need a cup of coffee I'll feel better

I stumble to the bathroom door, her make up bag is on the floorIt really is a mess this place it takes some time to shave my faceI'm not really thinking straight she never lets me sleep this lateI'm almost done and then I see the letter

In his imagination she's a universe awayToo many of his promises got broken on the waySo she wrote it in a letter all things she couldn't sayAnd she told him she was never coming home,She told him she was never coming home,She told him she was never coming home

I'm gonna live my lifeAnd she told him she was never coming homeI'm gonna live my life in my own way

12- Russians

In Europe and America there's a growing feeling of hysteriaConditioned to respond to all the threatsIn the rhetorical speeches of the SovietsMister Krushchev said, 'We will bury you'I don't subscribe to this point of viewIt'd be such an ignorant thing to doIf the Russians love their children too

How can I save my little boy From Oppenheimer's deadly toy?There is no monopoly on common senseOn either side of the political fenceWe share the same biologyRegardless of ideologyBelieve me when I say to youI hope the Russians love their children too

There is no historical precedent to put Words in the mouth of the presidentThere's no such thing as a winnable warIt's a lie we don't believe anymoreMister Reagan says 'We will protect you'I don't subscribe to this point of viewBelieve me when I say to youI hope the Russians love their children tooWe share the same biologyRegardless of ideologyWhat might save us, me and youIs if the Russians love their children too

13- Message In A Bottle

Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, ohAnother lonely day, with no one here but me, ohMore loneliness than any man could bearRescue me before I fall into despair, oh

I'll send an S.O.S. to the worldI'll send an S.O.S. to the worldI hope that someone gets myI hope that someone gets myI hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle, yeahMessage in a bottle, yeah

A year has passed since I wrote my noteBut I should have known this right from the startOnly hope can keep me togetherLove can mend your life but Love can break your heartI'll send an S.O.S. to the worldI'll send an S.O.S. to the worldI hope that someone gets myI hope that someone gets myI hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle, yeahMessage in a bottle, yeahMessage in a bottle, yeahMessage in a bottle, yeah

Walked out this morning, don't believe what I sawHundred billion bottles washed up on the shoreSeems I'm not alone at being aloneHundred billion castaways, looking for a homeI'll send an S.O.S. to the worldI'll send an S.O.S. to the worldI hope that someone gets myI hope that someone gets myI hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle, yeahMessage in a bottle, yeahMessage in a bottle, yeahMessage in a bottle, yeah

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14- Demolition Man

Oh! Demolition, demolitionDemolition, demolitionTied to the tracks and the train's fast comingStrapped to the wing with the engine runningYou say that this wasn't in your planAnd don't mess around with the demolition man

Tied to a chair, and the bomb is tickingThis situation was not of your pickingYou say that this wasn't in your planAnd don't mess around with the demolition man

I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doomI kill conversation as I walk into the roomI'm a three line whip, I'm the sort of thing they banI'm a walking disaster, I'm a demolition manDemolition, demolitionDemolition, demolition

You come to me like a moth to the flameIt's love you need but I don't play that game'Cause you could be my greatest fanBut I'm nobody's friend, I'm a demolition man

I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doomI kill conversation as I walk into the roomI'm a three line whip, I'm the sort of thing they banI'm a walking disaster, I'm a demolition manDemolition, demolitionDemolition, demolition

Tied to the tracks and the train's fast comingStrapped to the wing with the engine runningYou say that this wasn't in your planAnd don't mess around with the demolition man

Tied to a chair, and the bomb is tickingThis situation was not of your pickingYou say that this wasn't in your planAnd don't mess around with the demolition man

15- Heavy Cloud No Rain

Turned on the weather man just after the newsI needed sweet rain to wash away my bluesHe looked at the chart, but he looked in vainHeavy cloud, but no rainBack in time with Louis XVIAt the court of the people he was number oneHe'd be the bluest blood they'd ever seenWhen the king said, 'Hi' to the guillotineThe royal astrologer was run out of breathHe thought that maybe the rain would postpone his deathHe look in the sky, but he look in vainHeavy cloud, but no rain

Well the land was cracking and the river was dryAll the crops were dying when they ought to be highSo to save his farm from the banker's draftThe farmer took out a book on some old witchcraftHe made a spell and a potion on a midsummer's nightHe killed a brindled calf in the pale moonlightHe prayed to the sky, but he prayed in vainHeavy cloud, but no rain

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

I asked my baby if there'd be some wayShe said she save her love for a rainy daySo I look in the sky, but I look in vainHeavy cloud, but no rain