The Police

Everyone I know is lonely My God’s so far away And my heart belongs to no one So now sometimes I pray Please take this space between us And fill it up some way I’ve been waiting for my brothers Since fucking Christmas day There’s a song that everyone’...

I read the news today oh boy About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was rather sad I just had to laugh I saw the photograph He blew is mind out in car He didn't notice that the lights had changed A crowd of people stood and stared They'd see...

When you reach number ten And think the struggle ends But it ain't the end It's only a trend You have to unbend 'Cause it's only a trend Don't lose all your friends Don't make heroes end When you reach number eight it ain't no pearly gate 'Cause it wo...

A thousand years, a thousand more A thousand times a million doors to eternity I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times An endless turning stairway climbs To a tower of souls If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars, The towers rise to...

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone. It's not warm when she's away. Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away. Wonder this time where she's gone, Wonder if she's gone to stay Ain't no sunshine when she's...

I looked out across The river today, I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower Where the seagulls play. I saw the sad shire horses walking home In the sodium light I saw two priests on the ferry October geese on a cold winter's night And all this...

As their wings go dark - up against the sun And their shadows pass - over everyone And time unfolds - to a beating drum I throw my clothes on a burning chair I paint my eyes with the cold night air The dreamer shouts - to an empty room And the sun will...

Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't...

The general scratches his belly and thinks His pay is good but his officers stink Guerilla girl, hard and sweet A military man would love to meet The President looks in the mirror and speaks His shirts are clean but his country reeks Unpaid bills In Af...

We were born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties My mother cried When president Kennedy died She said it was the communists But I knew better Would they drop the bomb on us While we made love on the...

How many of you people out there Been hurt in some kind of love affair? And how many times did you swear That you'd never love again? How many lonely, sleepless nights? How many lies, how many fights? And why would you want to Put yourself through all o...

The afternoon has gently passed me by The evening spreads its sail against the sky Waiting for tomorrow Just another day God bid yesterday goodbye Bring on the night I couldn't spend another hour of daylight Bring on the night I couldn't stand another...

I've called you so many times today And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say That you don't ever want to see me again And your brother's gonna kill me and he's six feet ten I guess you'd call it cowardice But I'm not prepared to go on like this I c...

First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect You live you life like a canary in a coalmine You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line You say you want to spend the winter in Firenz...

I'm 20 years old At the moment, no job My height is one eighteen Green eyes and blond hair... And sometimes I feel alone I love action movies I love racing sports But my hero is Elvis He's really my god Do you like my hero? Do you like rock n' roll...

I've got a lump in my throat about the note you wrote I'd come on over but I haven't got a raincoat Have we got contact You and me? Have we got touchdown Can't we be? I've got contacts in my book and in my eyes My good connection on the telephone never lies...

I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat I don't see any flaws till I get to my feet I wish I never woke up this morning Life was easy when it was boring I could make a mark if it weren't so dark I could be replaced by any bright spark But darkness...

Don't think me unkind Words are hard to find The only cheques I've left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da...

Words and music by The Police I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number The queue gets longer everyday I just ain't no time to stay I ain't gonna run away All I want to do is play Don't wann...

Deathwish in the fading light Headlight pointing through the night Never thought I'd see the day Playing with my life this way Gotta keep my foot right down If I had wings I'd leave the ground Buning in the outside lane People think that I'm insane The day I...

Tied to the tracks and the train's just coming Strapped to the wing with the engine running You say that this wasn't in your plan And don't mess around with the demolition man Tied to a chair, (and) the bomb is ticking This situation was not of your picking Y...

I change my clothes ten times before I take you on a date I'm in a cold sweat, I panic, and it makes me late I knew you never asked for this I know My shots will always misfire My shots will always miss Does everyone stare this way at you? I only look this wa...

Young teacher the subject of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly knows what she wants to be Inside her there's longing This girl's an open page Book marking she's so close now This girl is half his age Don't stand Don't stand so Don't stand so close to m...

How can you say that your not responsible? What does it have to do with me? What is my reaction, what should it be? Confronted by this latest atrocity Driven to tears Driven to tears Driven to tears Hide my face in my hands, shame wells in my throat My comfo...

"aser licks the lighting love And a phaser flicks in a phaser flood And you see my love ’ starting to see love How can you be my love ’ Found in a phaser love With a magical motion we dance in a dream Happy to be Electron Romance Magnetic mating danc...

Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I’ll be watching you Every single day And every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I’ll be watching you Oh, can’t you see You belon...

Though I've tried before to tell her Of the feelings I have for her in my heart Every time that I come near her I just lose my nerve As I've done from the start Every little thing she does is magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life before...

I never thought of leading I've got my own machine And I've paid my dues all along All set for breaking When I missed those other people Cause I knew that I was really alone Fall out Fall out with all the leaders and gangs Fall out Fall out with all the leade...

Four firemen scrambled aboard their engine And raced five miles, Blue and amber lights flashing Emergency call from the army But a surprise... Was waiting when they got there The bathroom of the sergeant's mess Was covered with water (covered with water...

In...an age...when peeeeeople say,..."I...can't face...another day." A fourpenny bus ride can take One hour away Out of his life 'Cause Johnny's a worker; He works from nine to five And home to the wife From his boring day He is far away... The sam...

Oh, let us adore him We need his sacrifice Oh, let us adore him We need all he has We need him to help We need all he has We need our God, we know Won't someone help me? We need our God We need our God, we know Won't someone help me? We need our God...

I likes to eat my friends, I make no bones about it I likes to eat my friends, I couldn't do without it Ain't a man or poet, friend, I know just how you'll taste Your limbs go sliding down my throat and never go to waste Your death, of course, will sadden...

[Zoot Money] Sometimes I'm old Sometimes I'm smiling I'm ever-changing, Turning like the sky [Eric Burdon] Sometimes I'm young Sometimes I frown [Zoot and Burdon] Well, sometimes I'm bold Sometimes I'm shy I never seem To compromise I'm always...

Good friends and I'm a stranger So hard to circulate Crowded streets, I see no faces No place for a changing soul Like a ship on an angry ocean Ferris wheel that spins too fast For a dog, snarling in a corner Heaven never seemed so far away Maybe the...

Four thousand people with flowers in their hair Walking around, just feeling the air People who looking for a new world Can't understand that it's here Can you imagine a world without love? No distant star or sky up above, No one to hold when the night b...

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah There's a hole In my life There's a hole In my life Shadow in my heart Is tearing me apart Or maybe it's just something In my stars There's a hole In my life There's a hole In my life Be a happy man I try the best I...

How insensitive I must have seemed When she told me that she loved me How unmoved and cold I must have seemed When she told me so sincerely Why she must have asked Did I just turn and stare in icy silence What was I to say What can you say When a lo...

Rien de dormier cette nuit Je veux de toi Jusque'a` ce que je sois sec Mais nos corps sont tout mouille's Comple'tement couvert de sueur Nous nous noyons dans la mare'e Je n'ai aucun de'sir Tu as ravage' mon coeur Et mois j'ai bu ton sang Mais non pouvons fai...

I'm stupid for you inner space man angel I should have cut the crap out but I was drinking too much Then she said Joan of arc was cool but she got burned like I'm burning after you I'm centrifugal I am the sun I am the sun I am the sun I am we had a minor...

Now that I have found you In the coolth of your evening smile The shade of your parasol And your love flows through me Though I drink at your pool I burn for you, I burn for You and I are lovers When night time folds around our bed In peace we sleep e...

Josie's on a vacation far away Come around and talk it over So many things that I'd like to say You know I like my girls a little bit older I just wanna use your love tonight I don't wanna lose your love tonight I ain't got many friends left to talk to No-one...

They say ev'rything can be replaced Yet every distance is not near, So I remember every face Of everyman who put me here I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now any way now, I shall be released. They say ev'ry man needs pro...

(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) (I'm an animal) (I'm an animal) (I'm an animal) (I'm an animal) (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) (I'm an animal,) Here to blow your mind (I'm an animal,) The English kind (I'm an animal) Gonna flip your wig...

Your beauty pulses like a distant star Once you were so near to me and now you've gone so far Wretched and asphyxed the word is in his stone (Rigid and as fixed, the words, as any stone?) Lying now - no move, nor speak no statue here alone (Lying now, don...

(One, two, three, four, five, six Oh oh oh oh oh oh) I don't want to spend the rest of my life Looking at the barrel of an Armalite I don't want to spend the rest of my days Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say I don't want to spend my time in hell Lo...

Wake up Make up Bring it up Shake up Stand by Don't cry Watching while the world die Big car Movie star Hot tip Go far Blind date Too late Take a bus Don't wait It's alright for you It's alright for you It's alright for you For you and you and you and you an...

It's a hard world to get a break in All the good things have been taken But girl there are ways to make certain things pay Though I'm dressed in these rags, I'll wear sable some day So hear what I say I'm gonna ride that serpent Yeah! No more time Swea...

There's a little black spot on the sun today That's my soul up there. It's the same old thing as yesterday That's my soul up there. There's a black hat caught in a high tree top That's my soul up there. There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop Th...

Just the kind of lady to really set you sailing On emotion's ocean Just like a river she's rolling on forever Got you running around now you've found She turns the tide of your tired heart Back to the place where you made a start She's got the power to b...

I don't want to rent a house from you I don't know how you can expect me to I ain't moving 'cause I know my rights Too many homeless on the streets at night You own a street and a block of flats You earn your living like the other rats You've no morality, what...

I'd invite you back to my place It's only mine because it holds my suitcase It looks home to me alright But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is...

Just a castaway An island lost at sea Another lonely day No one here but me More loneliness than any man could bear Rescue me before I fall into despair Chorus: I'll send an SOS to the world I'll send an SOS to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope...

Don't tell the director I said so But are you safe Miss Gradenko? We were at a policy meeting They were planning new ways of cheating. I didn't want to rock your boat, But you sent this dangerous note, You've been letting your feelings show. Are you safe Miss...

Well the telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone? Telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is screaming, Won't she leave me alone? The telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone? Well every girl that I go out...

When I walk down the street you point your ugly finger at me Then you turn to your friends and you laugh, "Hey, what can that be?" Well it's none of your business what I'm all about Why don't you watch where you're going and shut your mouth Just like a rob...

Once that you've decided on a killing First you make a stone of your heart And if you find that your hands are still willing Then you can turn a murder into art There really isn't any need for bloodshed Just do it with a little more finesse If you can sl...

I can't stand it for another day When you live so many miles away Nothing here is gonna make me stay You took me over, let me find a way I sold my house, I sold my motor too All I want is to be next to you I'd rob a bank, maybe steal a plane You took m...

No time for the complexities of conversation No time smiles, no time for knowing No time for the intricacies of explanation No time for sharing, even less for showing If I could I'd slow the whole world down I'd bring it to it's knees I'd stop it spinning rou...

My daddy’s boots don’t fit me ’Cause I’m bigger than him He says I make him sick now I’m bigger than him You see there’s nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving You’ve locked the doors on your good living And you told me to wait Yo...

Everyone I know is lonely And God is so far away, And my heart belongs to no one, So now sometimes I pray Please take the space between us And fill it up some way. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Oh my God you take the biscuit Treating me t...

The night came down, jungle sounds were in my ears City screams are all I've heard in tewnty years The razor's edge of night, it cuts into my sleep I sit upon the edge now Shall I make that leap? I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman The sky's alive with turned...

You got it. There's a house on my street And it looks real neat I'm the chap who lives in it There's a tree on the sidewalk There's a car by the door I'll go for a drive in it And when the wombat comes He will find me gone He'll look for a place to sit My w...

One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us It's a subject we rarely mention But when we do we have this little invention By pretending they're a different world from me I show my responsibility One world is enough For all of us One w...

Only the wind Can carry My message to you Only the wind Can say All that I wanted to I drown Beneath the ocean, Sinking fast I don't know Only the wind... Only the wind Can carry My message to you Only the wind Can say All that I wanted to I...

It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The price of fame Oh no Try to liberate me I said oh no Stay and irritate me I said oh no Try to elevate me I said oh no Just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read a...

Recapture the thrill Of yesterday... No, you never will, Try as you may... You're passing by a race and just by chance you happen to drop in for a moment Or two...Yeah You know the kind of thing,'cause every now and then you must have had it happen To...

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He goes out at night with his big boots on None of his friends know right from wrong They kick a boy to death 'cause he don't belong You've got to humanise yourself A policeman put on his uniform He'd like to have a gun just to keep him warm Because vio...

When you were a young girl, did you Have a ragged dog, The only dog you ever owned? You can treat me the way you used to treat that Ragged dog; But hurry up, 'cause I'm gettin' old And I get older, baby, Day by day, And it get's stronger, baby, Let me...

It begins to tell 'Round midnight, 'round midnight; I do pretty well 'Til after sundown; Supper time, I'm feelin' sad But it really gets bad 'Round midnight Mem'ries always start 'Round midnight, 'round midnight; Haven't got the heart To stand those...

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 do...

I was blue and lonely, I couldn't sleep a wink And I could only get unconscious if I'd had to much to drink. There was somehow, something wrong somewhere, and each day seemed grey and dead The seeds of desperation were growing in my head. I needed inspiration,...

Upon a secret journey I met a holy man His blindness was his wisdom I'm such a lonely man And as the world was turning It rolled itself in pain This does not seem to touch you He pointed to the rain You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense...

Woke up in my clothes again this morning Don't know exactly where I am And I should heed my doctor's warning He does the best with me he can He claims I suffer from delusions Yet I'm so confident I'm sane It can't be no optical illusion So how can you explain...

He deals the cards as a meditation And those he plays never suspect He doesn't play for the money he wins He doesn't play for respect He deals the cards to find the answer The sacred geometry of chance The hidden law of a probable outcome The num...

Well someone told me yesterday That when you throw your love away You act as if you just don't care You look as if you're going somewhere But I just can't convince myself I couldn't live with no one else And I can only play that part And sit and nurse...

Though it's me that's on fire not this cigarette I was stabbed in the back by that young suffragette And what do I care if she leaves me alone If I need somebody I'll pick up the phone I'll put on my good face, clean up the flat I'm starting all over good...

There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution We are spirits in the material world (Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world)...

With one breath, with one flow You will know Synchronicity A sleep trance, a dream dance, A shared romance, Synchronicity A connecting principle, Linked to the invisible Almost imperceptible Something inexpressible. Science insusceptible Logic so inflexible...

Another suburban family morning. Grandmother screaming at the wall. We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies We can't hear anything at all. Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration, But we know all her suicides are fake. Daddy only star...

My sisters and I Have one wish before we die And it may sound strange As if our minds are deranged Please don’t ask us why Beneath the sheltering sky We have this strange obsession You have the means in your possession We want our tea in the Sahara with you W...

Bed's too big without you Cold wind blows right thru' my open door I can't sleep with your memory Dreaming dreams of what used to be When she left I was cold inside That look on my face was just pride No regrets no love no tears Living on my own was the least...

You ask me how I've become mad now There was a day, I had so much say What of my feet? Life seemed to be sweet I was admired But I was so tired Go through the dam Lion and lamb Know what you're sayin'? Know what you're sayin'?!!!?! Things went ok...

Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane I've seen the whole world six times over Sea of Japan to the Cliffs of Dover Oh I've seen...

Towers tumbled - all the buildings crumbled Volcanoes rumbled Insurance salesman mumbled Ballerians bumbled - all the heroes stumbled Politicians fumbled Suddenly a hand held out - take a ticket tout It was a chart - it was a card And those are your in...

Sleep lay behind me like a broken ocean Strange waking dreams before my eyes unfold You lay there sleeping like an open doorway I stepped outside myself and felt so cold Take a look at my new toy It'll blow your head in two, oh boy Truth hits everybody...

Words and music by Sting Gazed into the visions of the night Seen the darkness fall I've heard a mountain fall away from sight Heard the thunder call Seen the beast I call my father Creature of the night I feel the creeping darkness close That electric light T...

Fifty million years ago You walked upon the planet so, Lord of all that you could see Just a little bit like me, Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Hey Mr. Dinosaur You really couldn't...

Giant steps are what you take Walking on the moon I hope my legs don't break Walking on the moon We could walk forever Walking on the moon We could live together Walking on, walking on the moon Walking back from your house Walking on the moon Walking back fro...

Turn on my V.C.R. Same one I've had for years James Brown on the Tammy show Same tape I've had for years I sit in my old car Same one I've had for years Old battery's running down It ran for years and years Turn on the radio The static hurts my ears...

World War Three Suddenly... Comes reality... All around, Burning ground... Just how far can you see?... How will you feel when you live underground? No longer free to move on No longer free of the things that brought you down (Above ground) Can thi...

You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis Hypnotized by you if I should linger Staring at the ring around your finger I have only come here seeking knowledge Things they would not teach me of in college I can see the destiny...