Released: September 27, 1999
Featuring: David Hartley (soundtrack)
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Kipper Sting
[Verse 1]
I sat down and wrote this letter
Telling you that I felt better
Since you'd gone and I was free
I'm so happy
I have so little time to spare now
I'm wanted almost everywhere now
I make out like Casanova
Friends are always coming over
I signed my name as if I meant it
Sealed it with a kiss and sent it
The letter had improved my mood
Happy in my solitude
But halfway home I changed my tune
And when I saw my lonely room
The mirror caught my eye
When I sat down, I cried
[Chorus]
Big lie, small world
It was a big lie, small world
[Verse 2]
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 missed the bus, I missed the train
I end up walking in the rain
Big dog chased me down the street
Hadn't had a bite to eat
Feeling sorry for myself
And wishing I was someone else
I walked across the city
Because I couldn't stand your pity
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
The place you live looks opulent
And obviously a higher rent
Than our cozy little room
I have this sense of doom
Your landlord says you're out of town
But your new boyfriend's always around
The hour is 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
But 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
They said they'd like to question me
Now 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
[Outro]
Big lie, small world [x2]
It was a big lie, small world
Big lie, small world
I sat down and wrote this letter
Telling you that I felt better
Since you'd gone and I was free
I'm so happy
I have so little time to spare now
I'm wanted almost everywhere now
I make out like Casanova
Friends are always coming over
I signed my name as if I meant it
Sealed it with a kiss and sent it
The letter had improved my mood
Happy in my solitude
But halfway home I changed my tune
And when I saw my lonely room
The mirror caught my eye
When I sat down, I cried
[Chorus]
Big lie, small world
It was a big lie, small world
[Verse 2]
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 missed the bus, I missed the train
I end up walking in the rain
Big dog chased me down the street
Hadn't had a bite to eat
Feeling sorry for myself
And wishing I was someone else
I walked across the city
Because I couldn't stand your pity
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
The place you live looks opulent
And obviously a higher rent
Than our cozy little room
I have this sense of doom
Your landlord says you're out of town
But your new boyfriend's always around
The hour is 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
But 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
They said they'd like to question me
Now 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
[Outro]
Big lie, small world [x2]
It was a big lie, small world
Big lie, small world
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Brand New Day (1999)
Sting popular songs
- Shape of My Heart
- Englishman in New York
- Desert Rose
- Fields of Gold
- Fragile
- Russians
- It’s Probably Me
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
- Brand New Day
- Seven Days
- Mad About You
- A Thousand Years
- Soul Cake
- I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
- All This Time
- When We Dance
- If It’s Love
- The Last Ship
- Fortress Around Your Heart
- Children’s Crusade
- Moon Over Bourbon Street
- Synchronicity I
- Giacomo’s Blues