Esta canción, “Roxanne”, fue compuesta por Sting, cuando formaba parte del grupo británico The Police.
Fue lanzado como sencillo en 1978 y sin duda uno de los más famosos del grupo. Sting la ha seguido interpretando en multitud de ocasiones.
Parece que está dedicada a una prostituta llamada Roxanne y según dicen, podría basarse en un personaje del mismo nombre de la obra del dramaturgo francés Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac.
Canción muy versionada, quizás una de las que más me gusta es la de George Michael de su disco Songs from the last century (1999).
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
those days are over
you don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
you don't have to wear that dress tonight
walk the streets for money
you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have to tell you just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
so put away your make up
told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
those days are over
you don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
you don't have to wear that dress tonight
walk the streets for money
you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have to tell you just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
so put away your make up
told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
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