Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sting
Guitar
Branford Marsalis
Saxophone
Darryl Jones
Bass
Dolette McDonald
Background Vocals
Eddy Grant
Congas
Janice Pendarvis
Background Vocals
Kenny Kirkland
Keyboards
Omar Hakim
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sting
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sting
Producer
Pete Smith
Producer
Jim Scott
Engineer
Lyrics
You can't stay there
You can't stay thereㅤ
You can't stay there
You can't stay there
There were rooms of forgiveness
In the house that we share
But the space has been emptied
Of whatever was there
There were cupboards of patience
There were shelf-loads of care
But whoever came calling
Found nobody there
After today
After today
Consider me gone
You can't stay there
You can't stay there
You can't stay there
You can't stay there
Roses have thorns
In shining water's mud
Cancer lurks deep
In the sweetest bud
Clouds and eclipses
Stain the moon and the sun
And history reeks
Of the wrongs we have done
After today
After today
Consider me gone
I've spent too many years
At war with myself
The doctor has told me
It's no good for my health
To search for perfection
Is all very well
But to look for Heaven
Is to live here in Hell
After today
After today
After today
Consider me gone
Consider me gone
Consider me, consider me
Consider me gone, gone, gone, gone
Writer(s): Gordon Matthew Sumner
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