Sting

Released: June 1, 1985

Songwriter: Sting

Producer: Sting Pete Smith

[Verse 1]
There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonight
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
I've no choice but to follow that call
The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all
I pray everyday to be strong
For I know what I do must be wrong

[Chorus]
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street

[Verse 2]
It was many years ago that I became what I am
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb
Now I can never show my face at noon
And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon
The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast
I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest

[Chorus]
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street

[Verse 3]
She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans
She's innocent and young from a family of means
I have stood many times outside her window at night
To struggle with my instinct in the pale moon light
How could I be this way when I pray to god above
I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love

[Chorus]
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, better known as Sting (b.1951 in Wallsend, England), is the former front man and bassist of The Police who since has had a long and successful solo career.

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