All This Time
Sting"All This Time" is a song by Sting, released in 1994 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:42 long and contains 57 lines and 355 words.
Lyrics
0:17I looked out across
0:21The river today
0:25I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
0:28Where the seagulls play
0:32I saw the sad shire horses walking home
0:36In the sodium light
0:40Two priests on the ferry
0:42October geese on a cold winter's night
0:47And all this time the river flowed
0:56Endlessly to the sea
1:03Two priests came round our house tonight
1:11One young one old to offer prayers for the dying
1:14To serve the final rite
1:18One to learn one to teach
1:21Which was the cold wind blows
1:26Fussing and flapping in priestly black
1:28Like a murder of crows
1:33And all this time the river flowed
1:41Endlessly to the sea
1:48If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
1:56I'd bury the old man
1:59I'd bury him at sea
2:03Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth
2:12Better to be poor than a fat man
2:14In the eye of a needle
2:18And as these words were spoken I swore
2:22I hear The old man laughing
2:26'What good is a used up world and how could it be
2:29Worth having'
2:33And all this time the river flowed
2:41Endlessly like a silent tear
2:48And all this time the river flowed
2:56Father if Jesus exists
2:59Then how come he never lived here
3:15The teachers told us
3:19The Romans built this place
3:23They built a wall and a temple
3:25An edge of the empire
3:27Garrison town
3:30They lived and they died they prayed to their gods
3:34But the stone gods did not make a sound
3:38And their empire crumbled 'til all that was left
3:42Were the stones the workmen found
3:46And all this time the river flowed
3:53In the falling light of a northern sun
4:00If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
4:08Men go crazy in congregations
4:10But they only get better
4:11One by one
4:16One by one
4:20One by one
4:24One by one
4:27(I looked out across)
4:31The river today
4:35I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
4:37Where the seagulls play
4:42I saw the sad shire horses walking home
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 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 was 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 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 swore 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 teachers 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 One by one One by one (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
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