Escrita por Sting, está dirigida a una prostituta ficticia, llamada Roxanne. El origen de la canción viene porque un día Sting deambulaba por el barrio rojo de París en octubre de 1977, pues la banda se encontraba en París para tocar en un club llamado “The Nashville“. Sting vio prostitutas por primera vez y cerca de ese lugar se encontraba un cartel que anunciaba la obra de teatro “Cyrano de Bergerac”, en la que una de sus protagonistas se llamaba “Roxanne“. El cantante pensó lo que sería enamorarse de una de ellas y bajo esta premisa, escribiría “Roxanne” utilizando el nombre de la protagonista de la obra. El cantante le canta declarándole su amor y pidiéndole que “no se ponga en la luz roja“ (refiriéndose al barrio rojo de París).
Esta canción ha sido incluida en el Grammy Hall of Fame y ha sido bautizada como un clásico por su melodía, su interpretación vocal, su orquestación y los timbres instrumentales, pero también es única por una razón diferente.
//Lyrics//
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
Roxanne
You don’t have to put on the red light
-Roxanne- put on the red light,
-Roxanne- put on the red light
-Roxanne- put on the red light,
-Roxanne- put on the red light
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
-Roxanne- put on the red light
-Roxanne- put on the red light
-Roxanne- put on the red light
-Roxanne- put on the red light
-Roxanne- you don’t have to put on the red light
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