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(Sting)
Saw an ad in the newspaper that caught my eye
I said to my baby this sounds like the ticket
for you and I
It said volunteers wanted for a very special trip
To commune with Mother Nature on a
big wooden ship
We took a taxi to the river in case any
places were free
There was an old guy with a beard
And every kind of creature as far as
the eye could see

This old guy was the boss, he said,
"I won't tell you no lie
But there's more to this journey
than is apparent to the eye"
He said he'd heard God's message on the radio
It was going to rain forever and he'd told him to go
"I'll protect you all don't worry I'll be father to you all
I'll save two of every animal, no matter how small
But I'll need some assistants to look after the zoo
I can't see nobody better so you'll just have to do"
I said, "Just tell me something before it's too late
and we're gone
I mean just how safe is this boat we'll be on?"

"It's Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady"

It rained for forty days and forty long nights
I'd never seen rain like it and it looked
like our old friend
Was being proved right
We had no time to worry though there was just
too much to do
Between the signified monkey and the kangaroo
We had to wash all the animals we had to
feed them too
We were merely human slaves in a big floating zoo
She said, "Hey baby I don't mean to be flip
But it seems this old man is on some power trip"
I said, "No, no sugar you must be wrong
I mean look at the size of this boat we're on.
We're as safe as houses, as safe as mother's milk
He's as cool as November and as
smooth as China silk
He's God's best friend, he's got a seat on the board
And life may be tough but we're
sailing with the lord."

Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady

Woke up this morning and something had changed
Like a room in my house had just been rearranged
She said, "It's stopped raining and
I know the guy's kind
But if we stay here much longer
I'm gonna lose my mind."
So we said we had a mission for his favorite dove
To see if there was any mercy
from this great God above
So to find dry land, away the white bird flew
We didn't need no country just a rock would do
When the dove came back to us
he threw down a twig
It was manna from heaven and meant we could
blow this gig
"But the rock's too small," he said, "can't you see?"
I said, "It's just perfect for her, it's perfect for me."

Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
Rock steady   Rock steady
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(Sting)
(live version released on Fields Of Gold single, June 1993; remixed vesion released as Roxanne '97 with Puff Daddy, December 1997)
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night

Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right

Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light

Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
Roxanne

I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have to tell you just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy

I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way

Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light

Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
Roxanne  (Put on the red light)
song list Sting: Letter S previous song Very Best Of Sting & The Police Sting: Fields Of Gold Sting: Dream Of The Blue Turtles Russians
(Sting)
In Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russains love their children too

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy
There is no monopoly of common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

There is no historical precedent
To put words in the mouth of the president
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie we don't believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us me and you
Is that the Russians love their children too