Straight To My Heart

It's certainly a romantic song but the first couple of verses can be taken quite literally. With all the drugs out there today, I wouldn't be surprised if some pharmacuetical company came up with a pill that makes it unnecessary to have romantic relationships with other people. This premise would make a great sci-fi movie!

"...he said, lady, find some other guy to play your dumb heart part" ? No. Well, it's not like I can stop sweeping ... True. It's just that your sweeping is tough to watch ...

But seriously, let’s see. This could be the story of an welcomed love affair—the man of the tale perhaps felt love was going out of fashion. I’m stumped on “the million deadly spores” that sound nasty but are “formed by lovers’ ancient art”, suggesting something far more pleasing.

The lady is evidently a hard worker and the man is hoping if she marries him, she can give up her house cleaning. Although we aren’t sharing her thoughts, there seems to be reason for the man to insist he will be true—as if the lady is a skeptic. He’s also reminding the lady she has a choice—“For you can hold them in your hand or let them fall into the sand.”

The man perhaps knows what the lady does not in that “they only dealt one card, so for me it is not hard. You’re the bright star in my chart. You go straight to my heart.”

A very sweet song ...

A Trudie song from “Nothing Like the Sun” released in 1987. I’m sure she loved it and as the bright spot in his chart—this time his horoscope was accurate—leaving his first wife for her was obviously a favorable development in his life. The floor sweeping must have been some private joke between the two of them or perhaps she worked as a housekeeper to supplement her acting and deejay gigs.

Curiously he waited ten years to marry her after inviting her to be his wife here but I believe he said he was afraid that if they did marry, it might end in divorce and given his circumstances, this would have been a valid fear.

[Sting]: "Someone today said: 'what have you done to your hair?'. Nothing. This is what it looks like. A sheep-dog. This song is called Straight To My Heart. Any music students here? You are all music students. This is in 7/4. It's fun if you count. Listen", Sting started to count. "Some people say it's dance proof. It's not. Watch", Sting started to dance to the music of the intro of the song.

Years after their marriage Sting and Trudie's love affair is still happily going strong and yet I can't help but notice that she does get chewed up quite a bit by the media and weird people who like to cast aspersions at her online. Must be part of her balance to offset her many delightful gifts. Just saw her on Katie Couric's show. Lovely, well-dressed, trim and fit, as well as a little powerhouse when it comes to positive earth projects. Thought I'd toss in something bright to offset some of her undeserved bad press.