Moon Over Bourbon Street

Information
Title: Moon Over Bourbon Street Version: Cornelius Singer: Sting Song writer: Sting Song music: Sting Theme song for: Loved to Love
 * NOTE 1: TBS never released a OST CD for Loved to Love.
 * NOTE 2: UICA-5006 is a Japanese import release.

Lyrics
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

Comments
'Moon Over Bourbon Street' was originally written to describe a character from Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire.

'Moon' appears on Sting's debut solo album, 1985's 'The Dream of the Blue Turtles'. The track became the fourth and final track from the album to be released as a single, peaking the #44 position in the UK. Played throughout the 1985/86 tour, a live version of the track recorded in Arnhem can be found on the 'Bring on The Night' album. The song made a surprise but welcome reappearance on the 'Brand New Day' tour, where it was given a new lease of life thanks to Chris Botti's trumpet and Sting's gravelly vocals - a cross between Tom Waits and Louis Armstrong.

In 2003, Sting re-recorded 'Moon' as a B-side on the CD-single 'Send Your Love', which hit as high as #30 in the UK music charts. The re-recording includes a solo acoustic guitar accompanying the vocals, giving the song a modern combination of blues and latino rhythms. TBS chose 'Moon' as the ending theme song for the Japanese drama Loved to Love, probably to fit the dancing style of Kuroki Hitomi's character in the series. --- written by groink