Optimists say
The future's just a place we've never been,
Histories say
We're doomed to make the same mistakes again.
Between the two I can't decide,
Really I must choose a side,
I guess I'll wake up smarter
One fine day.
Apologists say
The weather's just a cycle we can't change,
Scientists say
We've pushed those cycles way beyond.
Dear leaders, please do something quick,
Time is up, the planet's sick.
But, hey, we'll all be grateful
One fine day?
Today the Northwest Passage just got found,
Three penguins and a bear got drowned,
The ice they lived on disappeared,
Seems things are worse than some had feared.
It's progress of a kind,
Who knows what else we're going to find?
So do you trust your head or heart
When things all seem to fall apart?
I guess we'll wake up smarter
One fine day.
Today it's raining dogs and cats,
Rabbits jumping out of hats,
And now what's got us all agog
Tomorrow it's a plague of frogs.
We must do something quick or die
When snakes can talk and pigs will fly,
And we'll all be so much wiser
One fine day...
Оптимисты говорят,
Что будущее — лишь место, в котором мы не бывали,
А история гласит,
Что мы обречены вновь повторять те же ошибки.
Я не могу выбрать одно из двух мнений,
Хотя и должен встать на чью-то сторону,
Думаю, я проснусь поумневшим
В один прекрасный день.
Апологеты говорят,
Что погода — лишь цикл, неподвластный нам,
А учёные говорят,
Что мы слишком сдвинули эти циклы.
Дорогие лидеры, пожалуйста, предпримите что-нибудь поскорее,
Время на исходе, планета больна.
Но, послушайте, будем же мы благодарны
В один прекрасный день?
Сегодня обнаружили Северо-Западный проход,
Утонули три пингвина и медведь:
Растаял лёд, на котором они жили,
Похоже, всё куда серьёзнее, чем опасения некоторых.
Это своего рода прогресс,
Кто знает, что ещё мы отыщем?
Когда кажется, что всё идёт прахом,
Ты доверишься разуму или сердцу?
Думаю, мы проснёмся поумневшими
В один прекрасный день.
Сегодня льёт как из ведра,
Кролики повыскакивали из шляп,
А нас взбудоражило, что
Завтра случится казнь жабами,
Нам нужно что-то срочно сделать или погибнуть,
Когда в четверг идут дожди и на горе свистят раки,
И все мы станем гораздо мудрее
В один прекрасный день...
![Sting – <p><span style="color: #252525;">British rock musician and actor, leader of The Police in 1976-1984. Since 1984 he has been performing solo.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">The musician was born on October 2, 1951 in the port town of Wallsend in the north of England.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">Ernest's father Matthew Sumner worked for many years as a fitter at a local engineering company. He later bought a small dairy shop. As a child, Sting often helped his father deliver milk in the morning.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">Audrey's mother worked as a hairdresser and nurse. She had a classical music education and was able to develop her son's natural abilities by teaching him to play the piano at home. Gordon was the eldest of four children in the family. He also has younger sisters Anita, Angela and brother Philip.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">In 1977 drummer Stuart Copeland, guitarist Andy Summers and Sting formed The Police. The first two singles, "Fall Out" and "Roxanne", were unsuccessful until they were heard by entrepreneur Miles Copeland (Stewart's older brother). Released in April 1979, "Roxanne" rose to number 12 in Britain and became a European hit. The first success was followed by the albums "Reggatta de Blanc", "Zenyattà Mondatta", "Ghost in the Machine" and "Synchronicity" (with the mega-hit "Every Breath You Take"). After a triumphant world tour in 1984, Sting decided that he had achieved everything he could with the group, and the group disbanded at the peak of its popularity.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">Sting's independent career was no less successful. His first album with jazz elements, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, went platinum. The single from this album was the song “Russians”.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">In 1987, after a tour with The Dream of the Blue Turtles, Sting recorded an album ... Nothing Like the Sun / The song "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" was especially popular. The Soul Cages (1991), which coincided with the loss of his parents, and Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) introduced Sting as a mature composer.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">In 1991 Sting released the autobiographical album The Soul Cages, from which the single "All This Time" took the fifth place in the top 100 of the Billboard magazine. He continues in that vein with Ten Summoner's Tales, which includes hits like If I Ever Lose My Faith in You and Fields of Gold. Mercury Falling was not as successful as Ten Summoner's Tales, but The title track from his new album Brand New Day proved that Sting is still capable of producing hits.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">The events of September 11, 2001, deeply affected Sting. Recorded in the first half of 2003 in Paris, the album "Sacred Love" bears a clear imprint of the events in the world at that time. Sting's lyrics touch upon the themes of war, religion, understanding and misunderstanding, but the main theme, as the album title suggests, was still love. The song "Send Your Love" from this album brought Sting another Grammy nomination.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #252525;">At the end of May 2013, Sting's official website announced the recording of the new album The Last Ship, which was released on September 24 of the same year [3]. This disc became the musician's first studio album in the last ten years.</span></p> – Стинг](/avatar/1/0/10ae2be81fbe87d45e09ac885a754174_40x40){kind=small}
