Moon Over Bourbon Street Lyrics - Dream Of The Blue Turtles - Sting

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 

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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 

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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 moonlight 

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