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Lyrics By Sting: The Worst

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Simon Sweetman
Nov 26, 2016
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Someone once sent me a link to a story that announced the worst rock’n’roll lyricist of all time to be Sting. I thought that was quite funny, and quite possibly true. The man born Gordon Sumner has had a hard time from the music press for 30 years. Often deservedly. Sometimes not. But it’s fair to say that the erstwhile Police man seems to, erm, cop a l…

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