Protect and Survive   (Runrig) - STING 21613   (Uli Schingen)

(Opener): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE:

The red hot sun - burns up the hill
The winter's bride - the summer's king
I tramp these acres and I feel - once upon a
- ALLEMANDE LEFT and WEAVE THE RING

Then it seemed that everything - you saw and touched
SWING and PROMENADE
You turned the tap - you turned the wheel - Breathing free

(Figure): HEADS PROMENADE you travel HALFWAY around - LEAD RIGHT - RIGHT AND LEFT THRU

FLUTTERWHEEL across - VEER LEFT - CHAIN DOWN THE LINE and turn that darling in time

TOUCH A QUARTER - CIRCULATE the BOYS RUN RIGHT - SWING the darling ‘round and PROMENADE

(Figures 1 & 4): Once in a moment, the sun goes down - Protect and survive

(Figure 2): And you beat your ploughshares into swords - Breathing free

(Figure 3): Where the lovers love and the dreamers dream

- You stand and dream alone

(Middle Break & Closer): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE

Once in a lifetime - you live and love
Once in a lifetime - you die
Once in a moment - the sun goes down
Protect and - ALLEMANDE LEFT and WEAVE THE RING

Once in a lifetime - you live and love
Once in a lifetime - SWING and PROMENADE
Once in a moment - the sun goes down
Protect and - you SWING the darling ‘round

(Tag): Protect and surv - i - i - ve

ORIGINAL LYRICS:

The red hot sun burns up the hill
The winter's bride, the summer's king
I tramp these acres and I feel
Once upon a time

Then it seemed that everything
You saw and touched and felt was real
You turned the tap and you turned the wheel
Breathing free

Once in a lifetime - You live and love
Once in a lifetime - You die
Once in a moment - The sun goes down
Protect and survive

Now you search the open evening sky
Trace the memories in your eyes
For the prophet's hard rain and the deluge
Lie in tears around your door

Once there were trees and livestock here
A mother's love, the warnings clear
But you chose to turn away from fear
Breathing free

Now there's a faceless cross on a distant hill
A wasted voice, a silent scream
Where the lovers love and the dreamers dream
You stand and dream alone

You took your sacrifice to the gods of war
Traded your children's lives for a mess of gold
And you beat your ploughshares into swords
Breathing free