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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sting
Performer
Manu Katché
Drums
Kenny Kirkland
Keyboards
Dominic Miller
Guitar
Branford Marsalis
Guitar
Kathryn Tickell
Pipe
Paola Paparelle
Oboe
David Sancious
Keyboards
Ray Cooper
Percussion
Vinx
Percussion
Bill Summers
Percussion
Munyungo Jackson
Percussion
Skip Burney
Percussion
Tony Vacca
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sting
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sting
Producer
Hugh Padgham
Producer
Simon Osborne
Assistant Recording Engineer
Yves Jajaget
Assistant Engineer
Bruce Keen
Assistant Recording Engineer
Al Stone
Assistant Engineer
Brian Scheuble
Assistant Recording Engineer
Efren Herrera
Assistant Recording Engineer
Brian Cowieson
Assistant Recording Engineer
Scott Willing
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
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
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 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
And if the drink leaves me standing
A soul shall go free
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
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 Newcastle 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
Writer(s): Gordon Matthew Sumner
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