Sting - The Book Of My Life Lyrics

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Let me watch by the fire and remember my days 
And it may be a trick of the firelight 
But the flickering pages that trouble my sight 
Is a book I'm afraid to write 

It's the book of my days, it's the book of my life 
And it's cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife 
And it's all there to see as the section reveals 
There's some sorrow in every life 

If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze
Then I won't understand 'til the end of my days 
I'm still forced to remember, 
Remember the words of my life 

There are promises broken and promises kept 
Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept 
There's a chapter of secrets, and words to confess 
If I lose everything that I possess 
There's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die 
There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry 
There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies 

Though the pages are numbered 
I can't see where they lead 
For the end is a mystery no one can read 
In the book of my life 

There's a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons 
There are pages of conflicts that nobody won 
And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat 
There's a page where we fail to meet 

There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned 
There's a chapter on God that I don't understand 
There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see 

Though the pages are numbered 
I can't see where they lead 
For the end is a mystery no one can read 
In the book of my life 

Now the daylight's returning 
And if one sentence is true 
All these pages are burning 
And all that's left is you 

Though the pages are numbered 
I can't see where they lead 
For the end is a mystery no one can read 
In the book of my life 

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lyrics corrected by gfaith on 22-03-2006