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Lyrics
of Sting
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I Burn For You I Hung My Head I Miss You, Kate (instrumentaal) I Need You Like This Hole In My Head I Need Your Love So Bad* I Saw Three Ships* I Shall Be Released* I Was Brought To My Senses If I Ever Lose My Faith In You If You Love Somebody Set Them Free --------------------------------------------------------------------- I Burn For You Now that I have found you In the coolth of your evening smile The shade of your parasol And your love flows through me Though I drink at your pool I burn for you I burn for you You and I are lovers And nighttime falls around our bed In peace we sleep entwined And your love flows through me Though an ocean soothes me head I burn for you I burn for you Stars will fall from dark skies As ancient rocks are turning Quiet fills the room And your love flows through me Though I lie here so still I burn for you I burn for you --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 lands 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 piece 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 done We'll ride together 'Til kingdom come I pray for God's mercy For soon I'll be dead I hung my head I hung my head --------------------------------------------------------------------- I Need You Like This Hole in My Head Lady Dolphin and her dolphin beau Were swimming out to sea one day All the other lady dolphins smiled But they were smiling in that subtle dolphin way So they pretended that they'd pay it no mind But she was female, of the jealous kind She couldn't stand it not to ask him why She could see that he was flattered by the twinkle in his eye She said, "How much do you need me? How much do you need me? Would you stay with me 'til this ocean floor is dry? But if you cannot find the words that say I'm the only one you love that way I guess we'll have to say goodbye" He said, "My love for you is wider than the wide Sargasso Sea There ain't no bigger number I know, but I never counted every ripple on the sea." He said that words had never failed him yet "But before our future course is set I have to find a way to win you dear But there's two atmospheres of pressure on me here" "How much do I need you? How much do I need you? Can't seem to find the words to make you stay But remember all the things I've said That I'll love you 'til the day I'm dead 'Cause I need you like this hole in my head I need you like this hole in my head" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I Need Your Love so Bad Sting's version: Need some one's hands to help me through the night Need some one's arms to hold and squeeze me tight 'Cause when the night begins and I'm at an end That's when I need your love so bad Need your sweet voice to whisper in my ear Need your gentle fingertips babe to wipe away my tears Cause when the lights are low and it's time to go That's when I need your love so bad Why don't you give it up And bring it all back home to me baby write it on a piece of me paper So it can be read to me Tell me that you love me Cause you're allmost driving me mad Oh, because I need, I need your love so bad Need your sweet voice to help me through the night You don't have to worry baby Cause you know everything is gonna be all right When the lights are low and it's time to go That's when I need your love so bad I need.... solo Why don't you give it up And bring it all back home to me baby Write it on a piece of me paper So it can be read to me Tell me that you love me Cause you're allmost driving me mad Oh, because I need, I need your love so bad Need your sweet lipos to help me through the night You don't have to worry baby Cause you know everything is gonna be all right Listen to my plea bring it to me Because I need your love so bad --------------------------------------------------------------------- I Saw Three Ships 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I Shall Be Released They say ev'rything can be replaced Yet every distance is not near, So I remember every face Of everyman 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 his voice shouting out 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 dryness in my mouth Came a dryness in my mouth For then without rhyme or reason The two birds 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 had been removed from Before my eyes For the first time I saw the work of heaven In the line where the hill 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 things 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's 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (Prologue) 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 They 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 If you love someone If you love somebody If you love someone, set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes Or a whipping boy, someone to despise Or a prisoner in the dark Tied up in chains you just can't see Or a beast in a gilded cage That's all some people ever want to be If you love somebody If you love someone If you love somebody If you love someone, set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free 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 that 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 If you love someone If you love somebody If you love someone set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free Set them free |