[ti:Moon Over Bourbon Street] [ar:Sting] [al:Fifteen Healing Bites] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.26]There's a moon over bourbon street tonight [00:08.66]I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight [00:16.27]I've no choice but to follow that call [00:24.03]The bright lights the people and the moon and all [00:31.95]I pray everyday to be strong [00:39.19]For I know what I do must be wrong [00:46.80]Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet [00:54.23]While there's a moon over bourbon street [01:02.78] [01:14.70]It was many years ago that I became what I am [01:21.00]I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb [01:28.55]Now I can never show my face at noon [01:36.54]And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon [01:44.27]The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast [01:51.39]I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest [01:59.06]Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet [02:06.11]While there's a moon over bourbon street [02:15.01] [02:48.95]She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans [02:56.63]She's innocent and young from a family of means [03:03.55]I have stood many times outside her window at night [03:10.79]To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight [03:16.66] [03:19.61]How could I be this way when I pray to god above [03:26.74]I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love [03:34.10]Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet [03:41.65]While there's a moon over bourbon street