Jeremiah Blues, Pt. 1 Lyrics - Sting

It was midnight midnight at noon 

Everyone talked in rhyme 

Everyone saw the big clock ticking 

Nobody knew nobody knew the time 

Elegant debutantes smiled 

Everyone fought for dimes 

Newspapers screamed for blood 

It was the best of times 

Every place around the world it seemed the same 

Can't hear the rhythm for the drums 

Everybody wants to look the other way 

When something wicked this way comes 

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Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree 

Sometimes i stare 

Sometimes it's me 

Everyone told the truth 

All that we heard were lies 

A pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past 

This was a big surprise 

Everyone fell in love 

A cardinal's wife was jailed 

The government saved a dying planet 

When popular icons failed 

Every place around the world it seemed the same 

Can't hear the rhythm for the drums 

Everybody wants to look the other way 

When something wicked this way comes 

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Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree 

Sometimes i stare 

Sometimes it's me 

Sometimes i stare 

Sometimes it's me