All This Time歌词

[00:01.150]All This Time -Sting
[00:17.380]I looked out across
[00:21.150]The river today
[00:25.270]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
[00:28.780]Where the seagulls play
[00:32.750]I saw the sad shire horses walking home
[00:36.650]In the sodium light
[00:40.490]Two priests on the ferry
[00:42.40]October geese on a cold winter's night
[00:47.989]And all this time the river flowed
[00:56.109]Endlessly to the sea
[01:03.159]Two priests came round our house tonight
[01:11.149]One young one old to offer prayers for the dying
[01:14.389]To serve the final rite
[01:18.229]One to learn one to teach
[01:21.999]Which was the cold wind blows
[01:26.489]Fussing and flapping in priestly black
[01:28.999]Like a murder of crows
[01:33.349]And all this time the river flowed
[01:41.369]Endlessly to the sea
[01:48.118]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
[01:56.198]I'd bury the old man
[01:59.478]I'd bury him at sea
[02:03.878]Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth
[02:12.138]Better to be poor than a fat man
[02:14.378]In the eye of a needle
[02:18.927]And as these words were spoken I swore
[02:22.737]I hear The old man laughing
[02:26.257]'What good is a used up world and how could it be
[02:29.937]Worth having'
[02:33.786]And all this time the river flowed
[02:41.936]Endlessly like a silent tear
[02:48.705]And all this time the river flowed
[02:56.494]Father if Jesus exists
[02:59.204]Then how come he never lived here
[03:15.673]The teachers told us
[03:19.493]The Romans built this place
[03:23.473]They built a wall and a temple
[03:25.593]An edge of the empire
[03:27.153]Garrison town
[03:30.842]They lived and they died they prayed to their gods
[03:34.692]But the stone gods did not make a sound
[03:38.972]And their empire crumbled 'til all that was left
[03:42.302]Were the stones the workmen found
[03:46.82]And all this time the river flowed
[03:53.822]In the falling light of a northern sun
[04:00.831]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
[04:08.951]Men go crazy in congregations
[04:10.740]But they only get better
[04:11.870]One by one
[04:16.920]One by one
[04:20.00]One by one
[04:24.00]One by one
[04:27.330]（I looked out across）
[04:31.339]The river today
[04:35.268]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
[04:37.987]Where the seagulls play
[04:42.787]I saw the sad shire horses walking home