STING - Moon Over Bourbon Street lyrics

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There's a moon over bourbon street tonight<br>I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight<br>I've no choice but to follow that call<br>The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all<br>I pray everyday to be strong<br>For I know what I do must be wrong<br>Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet<br>While there's a moon over bourbon street<br><br>It was many years ago that I became what I am<br>I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb<br>Now I can only show my face at noon<br>And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon<br>The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast<br>I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest<br>Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet<br>While there's a moon over bourbon street<br><br>She walks everyday through the streets of new orleans<br>She's innocent and young from a family of means<br>I have stood many times outside her window at night<br>To struggle with my instinct in the pale moon light<br>How could I be this way when I pray to God above<br>I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love<br>Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet<br>While there's a moon over bourbon street