[00:01.150]All This Time -Sting [00:17.380]I looked out across [00:21.150]The river today [00:25.270]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower [00:28.780]Where the seagulls play [00:32.750]I saw the sad shire horses walking home [00:36.650]In the sodium light [00:40.490]Two priests on the ferry [00:42.40]October geese on a cold winter's night [00:47.989]And all this time the river flowed [00:56.109]Endlessly to the sea [01:03.159]Two priests came round our house tonight [01:11.149]One young one old to offer prayers for the dying [01:14.389]To serve the final rite [01:18.229]One to learn one to teach [01:21.999]Which was the cold wind blows [01:26.489]Fussing and flapping in priestly black [01:28.999]Like a murder of crows [01:33.349]And all this time the river flowed [01:41.369]Endlessly to the sea [01:48.118]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river [01:56.198]I'd bury the old man [01:59.478]I'd bury him at sea [02:03.878]Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth [02:12.138]Better to be poor than a fat man [02:14.378]In the eye of a needle [02:18.927]And as these words were spoken I swore [02:22.737]I hear The old man laughing [02:26.257]'What good is a used up world and how could it be [02:29.937]Worth having' [02:33.786]And all this time the river flowed [02:41.936]Endlessly like a silent tear [02:48.705]And all this time the river flowed [02:56.494]Father if Jesus exists [02:59.204]Then how come he never lived here [03:15.673]The teachers told us [03:19.493]The Romans built this place [03:23.473]They built a wall and a temple [03:25.593]An edge of the empire [03:27.153]Garrison town [03:30.842]They lived and they died they prayed to their gods [03:34.692]But the stone gods did not make a sound [03:38.972]And their empire crumbled 'til all that was left [03:42.302]Were the stones the workmen found [03:46.82]And all this time the river flowed [03:53.822]In the falling light of a northern sun [04:00.831]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river [04:08.951]Men go crazy in congregations [04:10.740]But they only get better [04:11.870]One by one [04:16.920]One by one [04:20.00]One by one [04:24.00]One by one [04:27.330](I looked out across) [04:31.339]The river today [04:35.268]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower [04:37.987]Where the seagulls play [04:42.787]I saw the sad shire horses walking home