Another New Orleans song

Carboanion says that posting song lyrics is blogging degree zero; she considers it lazy, a form of cheating. But I can't think of anything but Hurricane Katrina, and of the destruction it's bringing, and I don't want to do any political rants. So, song lyrics about New Orleans it will have to be.

This is one of the earliest Sting songs I remember. I was seven when the album came out, and my father was already a Police fan, so I became a Sting fan more or less at that time. Many, many years later I found out that the song was inspired by the book "Interview with the Vampire".

I can't accept that the places the song and the book mention don't exist any more.

Moon Over Bourbon Street.

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

It was many years ago that I became what I am
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb
Now I can only 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 moon light
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.