David Knopfler - Anna Tonight lyrics

The world was made flesh - Anna was leaving She belonged in songs I never wrote The sub-text was real it was "Someone to Believe In" When she waved from Saint Lucia, man I dived off the boat Goes to her palace of words and inventions Sows wild seeds from her rich inner life She unlocks the vaults of her darkest reflections Anna, my lover, my beautiful wife I'm seeking redemption with Anna Tonight I thought the song would be called Anna Leaving But you said the song was called Anna Begins I had the will and the rhyme and the reason When we traded hearts I was king of the hill But that's alright I'll call you Anna Tonight. Crossing the tao of past pleasure's future Here in the now of this soft silver light Salt wet bodies, nature's jungle hootchy kootchy Sensual Anna in the moonlight bright. I remember Tobago in sweet conversation She says words are her foreplay but where's her delight? Her brown eyes betray more than pa**ion for poetry As I watch myself watch over Anna, I might Find my redemption with Anna tonight And if I thought the song was called Anna Leaving I soon found the song was called Anna Begins You had the grace and the rhyme and the reason When we traded hearts I was king of the hill As colour recedes to a cool black on white I'll find my redemption with Anna Tonight. ©David Knopfler June 2002