The Sting - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover & Leland Chen

No earthly church has ever blessed our union No state has ever granted us permission No family bond has ever made us two No company has ever earned commission No debt was paid no dowry to be gained No treaty over border land or power No semblance of the world outside remained To stain the beauty of this nuptial hour The secret marriage vow is never spoken The secret marriage never can be broken No flowers on the alter No white veil in your hair No maiden dress to alter No bible oath to swear The secret marriage vow is never spoken The secret marriage never can be broken

I don't drink coffee, I take tea, my dear I like my toast done on one side And you can hear it in my accent when I talk I'm an Englishman in New York See me walking down Fifth Avenue A walking cane here at my side Take it everywhere I walk I'm an Englishman in New York Woah, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York Woah, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York If manners maketh man, as someone said He's that hero of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say Woah, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York Woah, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety You could end up as the only one Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society At night a candle's brighter than the sun Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run If manners maketh man, as someone said He's that hero of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say Be yourself no matter what they say...

No earthly church has ever blessed our union No state has ever granted us permission No family bond has ever made us two No company has ever earned commission No debt was paid no dowry to be gained No treaty over border land or power No semblance of the world outside remained To stain the beauty of this nuptial hour The secret marriage vow is never spoken The secret marriage never can be broken No flowers on the altar No white veil in your hair No maiden dress to alter No bible oath to swear The secret marriage vow is never spoken The secret marriage never can be broken

The boy child was locked in the fisherman's yard A bloodless moon where the oceans die A shoal of night stars hang fire in the nets And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie Where is the fisherman? Where is the goat? Where is the keeper in his carrion coat? Eclipse on the moon when the dark bird flies Where is the child with his father's eyes? He's the king of the ninth world Twisted son of the fog bells toll In each and every lobster cage A tortured human soul These are the souls of the broken factories Subject slaves of the broken crown Dead accounting of old guilty promises These are the souls of the broken town These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages "I'll have a wager", the brave child spoke The fisherman laughed, though disturbed at the joke "You will drink what I drink, but you must equal me If the drink leaves me standing A soul should go free" I'll have here a cask of most magical wine A vintage that blessed every ship in the line It's wrung from the blood of the sailors who died Young white bodies adrift in the tide What's in it for me, my pretty young thing? Why should I whistle, when the caged bird sings? If you lose a wager with the king of the sea You'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with me These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages A body lies open in the fisherman's yard Like the side of a ship where the iceberg rips One less soul in the soul cages One last curse on the fisherman's lips These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages These are the soul cages And he dreamed of the ship on the sea It would carry his father and he To a place they could never be found To a place far away from this town A new castle ship without coals They would sail to the island of souls These are the soul cages (these are the soul cages) These are the soul cages (these are the soul cages) These are the soul cages (these are the soul cages) These are the soul cages (these are the soul cages) These are the soul cages