STING – Seven Days / Mad About You (Vinnie Colaiuta on drums)

Live at Glastonbury Festival, 29th June 1997. “Seven Days” is taken from Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993). “Mad About You” is taken from The Soul Cages (1991).

SEVEN DAYS

“Seven days”, was all she wrote A kind of ultimatum note She gave to me, she gave to me

When I thought the field had cleared It seems another suit appeared To challenge me, woe is me

Though I hate to make a choice My options are decreasing mostly rapidly Well, we’ll see

I don’t think she’d bluff this time I really have to make her mine It’s plain to see, it’s him or me

Monday, I could wait ’til Tuesday If I make up my mind Wednesday would be fine Thursday’s on my mind Friday’d give me time Saturday could wait But Sunday’d be too late

The fact he’s over six feet ten Might instill fear in other men But not in me, the mighty flea

Ask if I am mouse or man The mirror squeaked, away I ran He’ll murder me, in time for his tea

Does it bother me at all My rival is Neanderthal It makes me think, “Perhaps I need a drink”

IQ is no problem here We won’t be playing Scrabble for her hand I fear I need that beer

Monday, I could wait ’til Tuesday If I make up my mind Wednesday would be fine Thursday’s on my mind Friday’d give me time Saturday could wait But Sunday’d be too late

Seven days will quickly go The fact remains, I love her so Seven days, so many ways But I can’t run away I can’t run away

Monday, I could wait ’til Tuesday If I make up my mind Wednesday would be fine Thursday’s on my mind Friday’d give me time Saturday could wait But Sunday’d be too late yeah, yeah (Sunday’d be too late) Sunday’d be too late

Do I have to tell a story Of a thousand rainy days since we first met It’s a big enough umbrella But it’s always me that ends up getting wet yeah, yeah Ow

From Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993)

MAD ABOUT YOU

A un passo da Gerusalemme E a solo un miglio dalla luna Sotto un cielo di milioni di stelle Ho il cuore perso in un pianeta lontano Che gira intorno e cade giù Con archi di tristezza

Io muoio per te Muoio per te

E se il mio regno diventa sabbia E cade in fondo al mare Io muoio per te Muoio per te

From the dark secluded valleys I heard the ancient songs of sadness But every step I thought of you Every footstep only you

Every star a grain of sand The leavings of a dried up ocean Tell me, how much longer? How much longer?

C’è una città nel deserto e riposa La vanità di un antico re Ma la città riposa in pezzi Dove il vento urla all’avvoltoio

These are the works of man This is the sum of our ambition It would make a prison of my life If you became another’s wife Che i miei nemici siano liberi Io cado e sono qui Che muoio per te Muoio per te

And I have never in my life Felt more alone than I do now Although I claim dominions Cosa sono qui? Sono niente così Non ci sono vittorie Nelle nostre storie Senza amor

A stone’s throw from Jerusalem I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight And though a million stars were shining My heart was lost on a distant planet Che gira intorno e cade giù Con archi di tristezza

Io muoio per te I’m lost without you, I’m lost without you

And though you hold the keys to ruin Of everything I see With every prison blown to dust My enemies walk free I regni miei di sabbia che Che vanno in fondo al mare I’m about you Muoio per te

From The Soul Cages (1991)