"Roxanne" adalah lagu ikonik yang dibawakan oleh Sting. Lirik lagu yang menyayat hati ini menceritakan tentang seorang pria yang jatuh cinta pada seorang pekerja seks komersial bernama Roxanne. Pria tersebut memohon kepada Roxanne untuk meninggalkan profesinya yang berbahaya dan menemukan keselamatan dalam pelukannya. Lagu ini mengeksplorasi tema-tema kompleks seperti cinta, kemiskinan, dan penebusan. Chorus yang berulang-ulang "Roxanne / Anda tidak harus mengenakan lampu merah" berfungsi sebagai seruan putus asa bagi Roxanne untuk melepaskan diri dari siklus penghancuran diri.
Roxanne Lyrics
Sting
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
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
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
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