"What Say You Meg?" lyrics

"What Say You Meg?"
(from "The Last Ship" play)

There's a house on the hill that's come off for sale
It's a place I have known since I was a lad
And it needs a lick of paint and a hammer and a nail
But it's part of the boyhood dream I've always had

I climb up the hill with the evening news
I've been sent from the town to deliver
And I stand in the porch and gaze at the views
'Til my eyes are bruised by the sunset's glow on the river

I'd imagine a girl who would share my life
As dreamers all tend to do
And the face I always conjured up
Was no one else but you

What say you, Meg?
How's this story shaping?
I want you, Meg, by my side
What's the use, Meg
To gaze at a view on your own?

For rich or for poorer
In sickness and health
I will see this through, Meg
No chance of this ending
Such a view, Meg
As we gaze from our house on the hill

To love and to cherish
To have and to hold
I'm a hard man to beat
If I may be so bold

And I promise it all by the sweat of my brow
Tell me what say you, Meg, now?

What say you, Meg?
What's this story's ending?
I want you, Meg
We can gaze from our house on the hill

For rich or for poorer
In sickness and health
I'll be hard to replace
If I say so myself
And I promise it all by the sweat of my brow
Tell me what say you, Meg, now?


Thanks to Nofunk for adding these lyrics.
Thanks to Nofunk, MaryP, Gordon brooker, Derik Nelson for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Gordon Matthew Sumner
album: "The Last Ship" (2013)
Sting - The Last Ship album cover
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