英國靈魂歌姬［麗莎．史坦菲爾德］──靈魂流行放克佳作──律動的〔The Line〕

I look at the sky to where my futures lying

And I almost start to cry

Blinded by the sun Im trying to hold onto

The very last of precious time

Then I start to thinking what a mess were making

And it wont get better by & by

Well we can paint it up and make it pretty but

We cannot overstep the line

Chorus:

We cannot overstep

We cannot overstep the

We cannot overstep the line

So many babys arms with nothing to hold onto

But just a precious flake of life

You think you care about them

They think you care about them

But thinkings only wasting time

If we really want to say the things we want to

It takes a bigger man to try

Well we can paint it up and make it pretty but

We cannot overstep the line

[Chorus:]

Well politicians sit and pretend they give a shit while

Little men go out to die

The only arms theyre hugging are the ones theyre running

Later to be justified

I say I dont mind

You say you dont mind

But what about the babies and what about the sunshine

Well we can paint it up and make it pretty but

We cannot overstep the line

[Chorus:]

Say I dont mind

You say you dont mind

But what about the babies and what about the sunshine

Well we can point it up and make it pretty but

We cannot overstep the line

[Chorus:]

Songwriters: IAN OWEN DEVANEY, LISA JANE STANSFIELD, T. GAMWELLS

The Line lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

１９９７年９月　３１歲的英國歌姬麗莎史坦菲爾德（Lisa Stansfield）發行同名專輯［Lisa Stansfield］的歐洲第三單曲──也是大碟總數第四首主打〔The Line〕

此曲由麗莎與丈夫製作人Ian Devaney, Terry Gamwell合寫

Ian Devaney與Peter Mokran共同製作成一首R&B／靈魂放克曲

在律動的中板Funk節拍間  麗莎盡情其寬廣的靈魂唱腔

頗獲樂評稱讚

MV選在一處工地拍攝

〔The Line〕登上英國榜＃６４　

宣傳期結束後  １９９７年秋天　史坦菲爾德在英國舉行迷你巡迴

這是麗莎又一首耐聽的靈魂放克佳作

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAq8cvKEpYU

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqLxWveScGM

TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxrrfcqg2vM

Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5OIQg83A6Y

Loop Da Loop Uptown Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU6akdqcSmA