[00:00.000] 作词 : Sting
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Sting
[00:15.62]I  looked  out  across
[00:16.34]The  river  today
[00:23.40]I  saw  a  city  in  the  fog  and  an  old  church  tower
[00:26.81]Where  the  seagulls  play
[00:30.46]I  saw  the  sad  shire  horses  walking  home
[00:34.73]In  the  sodium  light
[00:38.54]I  saw  two  priests  on  the  ferry
[00:40.51]October  geese  on  a  cold  winter's  night
[00:46.20]And  all  this  time  the  river  flowed
[00:50.62]Endlessly  to  the  sea
[01:01.29]Two  priests  came  round  our  house  tonight
[01:08.81]One  young  one  old  to  offer  prayers  for  the  dying
[01:12.56]To  serve  the  final  rite
[01:16.48]One  to  learn,one  to  teach
[01:20.34]Which  way  the  cold  wind  blows
[01:23.99]Fussing  and  flapping  in  priestly  black
[01:27.09]Like  a  murder  of  crows
[01:31.51]And  all  this  time,the  river  flowed
[01:39.03]Endlessly  to  the  sea
[01:46.34]If  I  had  my  way  I'd  take  a  boat  from  the  river
[01:54.53]And  I'd  bury  the  old  man
[01:56.25]I'd  bury  him  at  sea
[02:02.40]Blessed  are  the  poor,for  they  shall  inherit  the  earth
[02:10.42]Better  to  be  poor  than  a  fat  man  in  the  eye  of  a  needle
[02:17.18]And  as  these  words  were  spoken  I  swear  I  hear
[02:20.94]The  old  man  laughing
[02:25.21]'What  good  is  a  used  up  world
[02:26.43]And  how  could  it  be  worth  having
[02:31.91]And  all  this  time  the  river  flowed
[02:40.09]Endlessly  like  a  silent  tear
[02:46.90]And  all  this  time  the  river  flowed
[02:55.02]Father,if  Jesus  exists
[02:57.05]Then  how  come  he  never  lived  here
[03:13.96]The  teacher  told  us,the  Romans  built  this  place
[03:21.43]They  built  a  wall  and  a  temple,an  edge  of  the  empire
[03:25.39]Garrison  town
[03:28.84]They  lived  and  they  died,they  prayed  to  their  gods
[03:32.91]But  the  stone  gods  did  not  make  a  sound
[03:36.92]And  their  empire  crumbled,'til  all  that  was  left
[03:40.68]Were  the  stones  the  workmen  found
[03:44.39]And  all  this  time  the  river  flowed
[03:51.96]In  the  falling  light  of  a  northern  sun
[03:59.12]If  I  had  my  way  I'd  take  a  boat  from  the  river
[04:07.14]Men  go  crazy  in  congregations
[04:08.56]But  they  only  get  better
[04:11.46]One  by  one
[04:18.16]One  by  one
[04:22.48]One  by  one
[04:26.08]One  by  one...
[04:27.05]I  looked  out  across
[04:28.93]The  river  today
[04:33.45]I  saw  a  city  in  the  fog  and  an  old  church  tower
[04:36.65]Where  the  seagulls  play.
[04:40.16]I  saw  the  sad  shire  horses  walking  home
[04:44.88]In  the  sodium  light....