Moon Over Bourbon Street | Sting (Song)
- Jan 3, 2025
- 1 min read
RIP all those who lost their lives on Bourbon Street, New Orleans on New Year’s Day – 2025. Prayers for their bereaved families & friends, and for all those who were injured or affected by this tragedy 😢🙏
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 all
I pray everyday to be strongFor I know what I do must be wrong
Oh, you’ll never see my shadeOr hear the sound of my feetWhile there’s a moon Over Bourbon Street
It was many years agoThat I became what I amI was trapped in this lifeLike an innocent lambNow I can never show my face at noonAnd you’ll only see me walkingBy the light of the moon
The brim of my hatHides the eye of a beastI’ve the face of a sinnerBut the hands of a priest
Oh, you’ll never see my shadeOr hear the sound of my feetWhile there’s a moon over Bourbon Street
She walks everydayThrough the streets of New OrleansShe’s innocent and youngFrom a family of meansI have stood many timesOutside her window at nightTo struggle with my instinctIn the pale moonlight
How could I be this wayWhen I pray to God above?I must love what I destroyAnd destroy the thing I love
Oh, you’ll never see my shadeOr hear the sound of my feetWhile there’s a moon over Bourbon Street
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Songwriter: Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner)
℗ An A&M Records Release; ℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Content Source/Artist: Sting
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