I'm not promising the moon I'm not promising a rainbow just a practical solution to a solitary life

with one roof above our heads a warm house to return to you wouldn't have to cook for me you wouldn't have to learn to

I'm not suggesting that this proposition here could last forever I've no intention of deceiving you you're far too clever

but we could come to an arrangement a practical arrangement and perhaps you'd learn to love me given time

I forgot how touched I was when I heard this song way back then...

I liked the poetic introduction to the song (too)... From the 2013 album The Last Ship.

Lyrics:

[Sting]: Am I asking for the moon? Is it really so implausible? That you and I could soon Come to some kind of arrangement?

I'm not asking for the moon I've always been a realist When it's really nothing more Than a simple rearrangement

With one roof above our heads A warm house to return to We could start with separate beds I could sleep alone or learn to

I'm not suggesting that we'd find Some earthly paradise forever I mean, how often does that happen now? The answer's probably never

But we could come to an arrangement A practical arrangement And you could learn to love me, given time

[Jo Lawry]: Well, I like my independence I get by, I'm not greedy Do you see yourself as Galahad? Do I really look that needy?

I brought a child up on my own Takes me all my strength to face him The father upped and left me And I'm not desperate to replace him

Tell me what kind of catch Is a struggling single mother I respect you and I like you But I won't accept another

Empty promise when some grey And stormy rain cloud hangs above me When I've heard it all a hundred times From a man who said he loved me

But if we came to an arrangement A practical arrangement Then perhaps I'd learn to love you given time

[Sting]: I'm not promising the moon I'm not promising a rainbow Just a practical solution To a solitary life

I'd be a father to your boy A shoulder you could lean on How bad could it be To be my wife?

With one roof above our heads A warm house to return to You wouldn't have to cook for me You wouldn't have to learn to

I'm not suggesting that this proposition Here could last forever I've no intention of deceiving you You're far too clever

But we could come to an arrangement A practical arrangement And perhaps you'd learn to love me given time

[Sting & Jo Lawry]: It may not be the romance that you had in mind

[Sting]: But you could learn to love me Given time

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So this is not something new. It’s just something I stumbled upon.

Title: Practical Arrangemet Artist: Sting Album: The Last Ship Year: 2013

Romantic to the core.

Do you see the irony here? Entitled “Practical”, but the whole package of the song screams romantic. Very clever.

“I’m not promising the moon, I’m not promising a rainbow Just a practical solution to a solitary life. I’d be a father to your boy, A shoulder you could lean on, How bad could it be to be my wife?”