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All This Time
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All This Time was released on January 17, 1991 by A&M as a part of the album The Soul Cages
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sting
Sting
Bass Guitar
Manu Katché
Manu Katché
Drums
Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
Keyboards
Dominic Miller
Dominic Miller
Electric Guitar
David Sancious
David Sancious
Keyboards
Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper
Percussion
Vinx
Vinx
Percussion
Bill Summers
Bill Summers
Percussion
Munyungo Jackson
Munyungo Jackson
Percussion
Skip Burney
Skip Burney
Percussion
Tony Vacca
Tony Vacca
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sting
Sting
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sting
Sting
Producer
Simon Osborne
Simon Osborne
Assistant Engineer
Yves Jajaget
Yves Jajaget
Assistant Engineer
Bruce Keen
Bruce Keen
Assistant Engineer
Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham
Producer
Al Stone
Al Stone
Assistant Engineer
Brian Scheuble
Brian Scheuble
Assistant Engineer
Efren Herrera
Efren Herrera
Assistant Engineer
Brian Cowieson
Brian Cowieson
Mixing Engineer
Scott Willing
Scott Willing
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I looked out across the river today
Saw a city in the fog, an old church tower where the seagulls play
Saw the sad Shire horses walkin' home in the sodium light
Two priests on the ferry, October geese on a cold winter's night
[Chorus]
All this time, the river flowed endlessly to the sea
[Verse 2]
Two priests came round our house tonight
One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying, to serve the final rite
One to learn, one to teach which way the cold wind blows
And fussing and flapping in priestly black, like a murder of crows
[Chorus]
All this time, the river flowed endlessly to the sea
If I had my way, take a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old man, I'd bury him at sea
[Verse 3]
Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor than be a fat man in the eye of a needle
As these words were spoken, I swear I hear the old man laughin'
What good is a used up world, and how could it be worth having?
[Chorus]
All this time, the river flowed endlessly, like a silent tear
All this time, the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists, then how come He never lives here?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 4]
Teachers told us the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple on the edge of the Empire garrison town
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled till all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found
[Chorus]
All this time, the river flowed in the falling light of a Northern sun
If I had my way, take a boat from the river
Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one
[Outro]
One by one, one by one by one
One by one
I looked out across the river today
Saw a city in the fog, an old church tower where the seagulls play
Saw the sad Shire horses walkin' home in the sodium light
Written by: Sting

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