And Yet

And Yet - Sting

This town this stain on the sunrise

Disguised in the mist this morning

It's 8AM a seagull shouts a sailor's warning

This sky this bend in the river

Slows down and delivers me the tide rolls back

And all my memories fade to black

And yet and yet I'm back

This town has a strange magnetic pull

Like a homing signal in your skull

And you sail by the stars of the hemisphere

Wondering how in the Hell did ye end up here

It's like an underground river or a hidden stream

That flows through your head and haunts your dreams

And you stuffed those dreams in this canvas sack

And there's nothing round here that the wide world lacks

And yet and yet You're back

Some nights I'd lie on the deck

And I'd stare at the turning of the stars

Those constellations hanging up

There from the cables and the rigging

I'd wonder if she saw the same

Or managed to recall my name

But why would she ever think of me

Some boy she loved who fled to sea

And why waste time debating

Whether she'd be waiting for the likes of me

So ye drift into port with the scum of the seas

To the dance halls and the brothels where you took your ease

And the ship's left the dock but you're half past caring

And ye haven't got a clue whose bed you're sharing

And your head's like a hammer on a bulkhead door

And it feels like somebody might have broken your jaw

And there's bloodstains and glass all over the floor

And ye swear to God ye'll drink no more

And yet and yet

In truth it's too late to find her

Too late to remind her at some garden gate

Where a servant tells me I should wait

And perhaps a door's slammed in my face

My head must be in outer space

And yet and yet

Before the sun has set

Before the sea

There may be something else that's waiting for

The likes of me

This town this stain on the sunrise