Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 es un álbum de Sting, publicado en 1994. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «When We Dance», «If You Love Somebody Set Them Free», «Fields Of Gold» y «All This Time».
Listado de Canciones
- When We Dance
If he loved you like i love you i would walk away in shame i'd move town, i'd change my name When he watches you when he comes to buy your soul on your hand his golden rings like he owns the bird that sings When we dance angels will run and hide their wings The priest has said my soul salvation is in the balance of the angels and underneath the wheels of passion i keep my faith in my fashion When we dance angels will run and hide their wings (oooh) i'm still in love with you Chorus when we dance angels will run and hide their wings i'm gonna love you more than life if you'll only be my wife i'm gonna love you night and day i'm gonna try in every way when we dance angels will run and hide their wings i'm gonna find a place to live give you all i've got to give i would love you more than life if you'll only be my wife If i could break down these walls and shout my name at heaven's gate i'd take these hands and i'd destroy the dark machineries of fate, cathedrals are broken heaven's no longer above hellfire's a promise away i'd still be saying i'm still in love still in love still in love still in love... He won't love you like i love you he won't care for you this way he'll mistreat you with disdain Come and live with me we'll have children of our own i would love you more than life if you'll come and be my wife Chorus when we dance angels will run and hide their wings i'm gonna love you more than life if you'll only be my wife i'm gonna love you night and day i'm gonna try in every way when we dance angels will run and hide their wings i'm gonna find a place to live give you all i've got to give i would love you more than life if you'll only be my wife [etc...] When we dance... I had a dream last night dreamt you were by my side walking with me baby my heart was filled with pride i had a dream last night [fade...] - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Letra
If you need somebody, call my name if you want someone, you can do the same if you want to keep something precious you got to lock it up and throw away the key if you want to hold onto your possession don't even think about me If you love somebody, set them free If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes or a whipping boy, someone to despise or a prisoner in the dark tied up in chains you just can't see or a beast in a gilded cage that's all some people ever want to be If you love somebody, set them free You can't control an independent heart can't tear the one you love apart forever conditioned to believe that we can't live we can't live here and be happy with less so many riches, so many souls everything we see we want to possess If you need somebody, call my name if you want someone, you can do the same if you want to keep something precious you got to lock it up and throw away the key if you want to hold onto your possession don't even think about me If you love somebody, set them free - Fields Of Gold
You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we walk in the fields of gold So she took her love For to gaze awhile Upon the fields of barley In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold Will you stay with me, will you be my love Among the fields of barley We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we lie in the fields of gold See the west wind move like a lover so Upon the fields of barley Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth Among the fields of gold I never made promises lightly And there have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We'll walk in the fields of gold We'll walk in the fields of gold Many years have passed since those summer days Among the fields of barley See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You can tell the sun in his jealous sky When we walked in the fields of gold When we walked in the fields of gold When we walked in the fields of gold - All This Time
I looked out across The river today I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower Where the seagulls play. I saw the sad shire horses walking home In the sodium light I saw two priests on the ferry October geese on a cold winter's night And all this time the river flowed Endlessly to the sea. Two priests came round our house tonight One young one old to offer prayers for the dying To serve the final rite, One to learn, one to teach, Which way the cold wind blows Fussing and flapping in priestly black Like a murder of crows And all this time, the river flowed Endlessly to the sea If i had my way i'd take a boat from the river And i'd bury the old man, I'd bury him at sea Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle And as these words were spoken i swear i hear The old man laughing, 'what good is a used up world, and how could it be Worth having' And all this time the river flowed Endlessly like a silent tear And all this time the river flowed Father, if jesus exists, Then how come he never lived here. The teacher told us, the romans built this place They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire Garrison town, They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods But the stone gods did not make a sound And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left Were the stones the workmen found And all this time the river flowed In the falling light of a northern sun If i had my way i'd take a boat from the river Men go crazy in congregations But they only get better One by one One by one... - Fortress Around Your Heart
Letra
Under the ruins of a walled city crumbling towers in beams of yellow light no flags of truce, no cries of pity the siege guns had been pounding all through the night it took a day to build the city we walked through its streets in the afternoon as i returned across the fields i'd known i recognized the walls that i once laid i had to stop in my tracks for fear of walking on the mines i'd laid And if i have built this fortress around your heart encircled you in trenches and barbed wire then let me build a bridge for i cannot fill the chasm and let me set the battlements on fire Then i went off to fight some battle that i'd invented inside my head away so long for years and years you probably thought or even wished that i was dead while the armies all are sleeping beneath the tattered flag we'd made i had to stop in my tracks for fear of walking on the mines i'd laid This prison has now become your home a sentence you seem prepared to pay it took a day to build the city we walked through its streets in the afternoon as i returned across the lands i'd known i recognized the fields where i'd once played i had to stop in my tracks for fear of walking on the mines i'd laid And if i have built this fortress around your heart encircled you in trenches and barbed wire then let me build a bridge for i cannot fill the chasm and let me set the battlements on fire - Be Still My Beating Heart
Letra
Be still my beating heart it would be better to be cool it's not time to be open just yet a lesson once learned is so hard to forget be still my beating heart or i'll be taken for a fool it's not healthy to run at this pace the blood runs so red to my face i've been to every single book i know to soothe the thoughts that plague me so I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean my logic has drowned in a sea of emotion stop before you start be still my beating heart Be still my beating heart you must learn to stand your ground it's not healthy to run at this pace the blood runs so red to my face i've been to every single book i know to soothe the thoughts that plague me so stop before you start be still my beating heart Never to be wrong never to make promises that break it's like singing in the wind or writing on the surface of a lake and i wriggle like a fish caught on dry land struggle to avoid any help at hand I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean my logic has drowned in a sea of emotion stop before you start be still my beating heart - They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)
- If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
You could say i lost my faith in science and progress you could say i lost my belief in the holy church you could say i lost my sense of direction you could say all of this and worse, but if i ever lose my faith in you there'd be nothing left for me to do Some would say i was a lost man in a lost world you could say i lost my faith in the people on tv you could say i'd lost my belief in our politicians yhey all seemed like game show hosts to me if i ever lose my faith in you there'd be nothing left for me to do i could be lost inside their lies without a trace but every time i close my eyes i see your face I never saw no miracle of science that didn't go from a blessing to a curse i never saw no military solution that didn't always end up as something worse, but let me say this first if i ever lose my faith in you there'd be nothing left for me to do - Fragile
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one Drying in the colour of the evening sun Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away But something in our minds will always stay Perhaps this final act was meant To clinch a lifetime's argument That nothing comes from violence And nothing ever could For all those born beneath an angry star Lest we forget how fragile we are On and on the rain will fall Like tears from a star Like tears from a star On and on the rain will say How fragile we are How fragile we are On and on the rain will fall Like tears from a star Like tears from a star On and on the rain will say How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are How fragile we are - Why Should I Cry For You?
Letra
Under the dog star sail Over the reefs of moonshine Under the skies of fall North, north west, the stones of faroe Under the artic fire Over the seas of silence Hauling on frozen ropes For all my days remaining But would north be true? All colours bleed to red Asleep on the ocean's bed Drifting in empty seas For all my days remaining But would north be true? Why should i? Why should i cry for you? Dark angels follow me Over the godless sea Mountains of endless falling For all my days remaining What would be true? Sometimes i see your face The stars seem to lose their place Why must i think of you? Why must i? Why sould i? Why should i cry for you? Why would you want me to? And what would it mean to say That, i loved you in my fashion? What would be true? Why should i? Why should i cry for you? - Englishman In New York
I don't drink coffee I take tea, my dear. I like my toast done on one side. And you can hear it in my accent when I talk, I'm an Englishman in New York. You see me walking down Fifth Avenue, A walking cane here at my side. I take it everywhere I walk, I'm an Englishman in New York. Whoa. I'm an alien. I'm a legal alien. I'm an Englishman in New York. Whoa. I'm an alien. I'm a legal alien. I'm an Englishman in New York. If "manners maketh man" as someone said, He's the hero of the day. It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile. Be yourself no matter what they say. Whoa. I'm an alien. I'm a legal alien. I'm an Englishman in New York. Whoa. I'm an alien. I'm a legal alien. I'm an Englishman in New York. Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety, But you could end up as the only one. Gentleness, sobriety are so rare in this society. At night a candle's brighter than the sun. Takes more than combat gear to make a man. Takes more than a license for a gun. Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can. A gentleman will walk but never run. If "manners maketh man" as someone said, He's the hero of the day. It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. Be yourself no matter what they say. - We'll Be Together
- Russians
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 - This Cowboy Song
Letra
We rode all night across an endless desert We had no moon to light our way And though a million stars were slowly turning We lacked the consciences to pray Our horses running like a devil chase us Their feet they hardly touched the ground Yes i'm familiar with a grey wolf howling But i'm certain i never heard that sound Devil to pay on judgement day Would jesus strike me down if i should pray? This cowboy song is all i know To bring me back into your arms Your distant sun, your shining light You'll be my dog-star shining tonight I've been the lowest of the low on the planet I've been a sinner all my days When i was living with my hand on the trigger I had no sense to change my ways The preacher asked if i'd embrace the resurrection To suck the poison from my life Just like an existential cowboy villain His words were balanced on my knife Devil to pay, on judgement day Would jesus strike me down if i should pray? This cowboy song is all i know To bring me back into your arms Your distant sun, your shining light You'll be my dog-star shining tonight Every night Every night All my distances afar This cowboy song, is all i know To bring me back into your arms This cowboy song, this cowboy life I'll be your dog-star shining tonight