"Moon Over Bourbon Street" (Sting) performed by pianist / singer Rodric White

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Rodric White's albums "As Beautiful As Day" (2022), "The Sea Of Tranquility" (2006) & "New Jazz Directions" (1996) are available through iTunes & from Newmarket Music (Melbourne, Australia)

MOON OVER BOURBON STREET
[From the 1985 album ‘Dream Of The Blue Turtles’]
Music & lyrics by 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 every day 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

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

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
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street