Sting - All This Time Lyrics
I looked out acrossThe river todayI saw a city in the fog and an old church towerWhere the seagulls playI saw the sad shire horses walking homeIn the sodium lightI saw two priests on the ferryOctober geese on a cold winters nightAnd all this time, the river flowedEndlessly to the seaTwo priests came round our house tonightOne young, one old, to offer prayers for the dyingTo serve the final riteOne to learn, one to teachWhich was the cold wind blowsFussing and flapping in priestly blackLike a murder of crowsAnd all this time, the river flowedEndlessly to the seaIf I had my way Id take a boat from the riverAnd Id bury the old man,Id bury him at seaBlessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earthBetter to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needleAnd as these words were spoken I swore I hearThe old man laughingwhat good is a used up world and how could it beWorth havingAnd all this time the river flowedEndlessly like a silent tearAnd all this time the river flowedFather, if jesus exists,Then how come he never lived hereThe teachers told us, the romans built this placeThey built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empireGarrison town,They lived and they died, they prayed to their godsBut the stone gods did not make a soundAnd their empire crumbled, til all that was leftWere the stones the workmen foundAnd all this time the river flowedIn the falling light of a northern sunIf I had my way Id take a boat from the riverMen go crazy in congregationsBut they only get betterOne by oneOne by one...
