JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada 1987, musikus asal Inggris Sting mengeluarkan lagu "Conversation With a Dog".
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album studio keempatnya yang bertajuk Nothing Like the Sun.
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Conversation With a Dog" dari Sting:
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu La Belle Dame Sans Regrets - Sting feat. Chris Botti, dan Dominic Miller.
[Verse 1]
E E E A B
I asked my dog what he thought the best in man
E E E B A
He said, "The love you dispense to me twice daily from a can."
E E E A B
I said, "Why do you think my question funny?
E E E B A
And where would you be without my money?"
E E E A B
I said, "There may be some quality in us you must treasure."
E E E A#
"It's despair," he said, "of which your money is the measure."
[Chorus]
E E E A B
Walk like a dog, talk like a man
E E E A#
Walk like a dog, like anybody can
[Verse 2]
E E E A B
I said, "What about our politics, philosophy, our history?"
E E E B A
He said, "If there is something admirable in these it is a mystery."
E E E A B
"But there must be something in our system tell me at your leisure."
E E E A#
"It's despair," he said, "of which your borders are the measure."
[Chorus]
E E E A B
Walk like a dog, talk like a man
E E E A#
Walk like a dog, like anybody can
[Verse 3]
E E E A B
I said, "What about technology, computers, nuclear fission?"
E E E B A
"I'm terrified of radiation, hate the television."
E E E A B
I said, "There must be something in our scientific treasure."
E E E A#
"It's despair," he said, "of which your weapons are the measure."
[Chorus]
E E E A B
Walk like a dog, talk like a man
E E E A#
Walk like a dog, like anybody can
[Verse 4]
E E E A B
"Feed me, you can beat me. I will love you till I die
E E E B A
But don't ask for admiration and don't ever ask me why."
E E E A B
I said, "Why wait till now to demonstrate displeasure?"
E E E A#
"It's despair," he said, "of which my silence was the measure."
[Chorus]
E E E A B
Walk like a dog, talk like a man
E E E A#
Walk like a dog, like anybody can
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