MOON OVER BOURBON STREET

[kavery]

Вот в этом сегодняшнем посте у lucydiam говорилось об одной песне, название которой я и вынесла в заголовок поста. Не могу удержатся и не привести здесь текст песни. Интересно, что сподвигло Стинга на ее написание?

Очень даже вампирская песня.

"Moon Over Bourbon Street" was inspired by Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice, a novel that was given to Sting by Andy Summers. Sting said the song was "written late one night ('83) in the French Quarter of New Orleans. You can't move for vampires after midnight."

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MOON OVER BOURBON STREET

There’s a moon over bourbon street tonight
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
I’ve no choice but to follow that call
The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all
I pray everyday to be strong
For I know what I do must be wrong
Oh you’ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there’s a moon over bourbon street

It was many years ago that I became what I am
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb
Now I can never show my face at noon
And you’ll only see me walking by the light of the moon
The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast
I’ve the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest
Oh you’ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there’s a moon over bourbon street

She walks everyday through the streets of new orleans
She’s innocent and young from a family of means
I have stood many times outside her window at night
To struggle with my instinct in the pale moon light
How could I be this way when I pray to God above
I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love
Oh you’ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
While there’s a moon over bourbon street