All This Time Lyrics - All This Time - Sting

I looked out across 

The river today 

I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower 

Where the seagulls play 

Saw the sad shire horses walking home 

In the sodium light 

Saw two priests on the ferry 

October geese on a cold winter's night 

And all this time 

The river flowed 

Endlessly 

To the sea 

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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 

Fussing and flapping in priestly black 

Like a murder of crows 

And all this time, the river flowed 

Endlessly 

to the sea 

If I had my way, I'd take a boat from the river 

And I'd bury the old man 

I'd bury him at sea 

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Blessed are the poor 

for they shall inherit the earth 

(One is) Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle 

And as these words were spoken i swear i hear 

The old man laughing, 

'what good is a used up world, and how could it be 

Worth having' 

And all this time the river flowed 

Endlessly like a silent tear 

And all this time the river flowed 

Father, if jesus exists, 

Then how come he never lived here? 

Yeah, yeah 

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 

'Til all that was left 

Were the stones the workmen found 

And all this time the river flowed 

In the falling light of a northern sun 

If i had my way 

I'd take a boat from the river 

Men go crazy in congregations 

But they only get better 

One by one 

One by one, by one 

One by one 

I looked out across 

The river today 

I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower 

Where the seagulls play 

Saw the sad shire horses walking home 

In the sodium light 

Saw two priests on the ferry 

October geese on a cold winter's night