The Police - Every Breath You Take (The Singles)

Roxanne

Roxanne
you don't have to put on the red light
those days are over
you don't have to sell you 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 makeup
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

Can't Stand Losing You

 

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 bother's going to 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 can't stand losing you
I see you've sent my letters back
and my LP records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
when nobody listens to a word I say
you can call it lack of confidence
but to carry on living doesn't make no sense
I can't stand losing you
I guess this is our last goodbye
and you don't care so I won't cry
but you'll be sorry when I'm dead
and all this guilt will be on you head
I guess you'd call it suicide
but I'm too full to swallow my pride
I can't stand losing you

Message in a Bottle

Just a castaway
an island lost at sea
another lonely day
no-one here by me
more loneliness
than any man could bear
rescue me before I fall into despair

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world

I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle

A year has passed since I wrote my note
but I should have known this right from the start
only hope can keep me together
love can mend your life
but love can break your heart

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world

I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle

Walked out this morning
don't believe what I saw
a hundred billion bottles
washed up on the shore
seems I'm not alone in being alone
a hundred billion castaways
looking for a home

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world

I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle

Sending out an SOS
sending out an SOS


Walking on the Moon

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 you house
walking on the moon
walking back from you house
walking on the moon

feet they hardly touch the ground
walking on the moon
my feet don't hardly make no sound
walking on, walking on the moon

Some may say
I'm wishing my days away
no way
and if it's the price I pay
some say
tomorrow's another day
you stay
I may as well pay

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

Some may say
I'm wishing my days away
no way
and if it's the price I pay
some say
tomorrow's another day
you stay
I may as well pay

Keep it up, keep it up

Don't Stand so Close to Me '86

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 so close to me

Her friends are so jealous
you know how bad girls get
sometimes it's not so easy
to be the teacher's pet
temptation, frustration
so bad it makes him cry
wet bus stop, she's waiting
his car is warm and dry

Don't stand so close to me

Loose talk in the classroom
to hurt they try and try
strong words in the staffroom
the accusations fly
it's no use
he sees her
he starts to shake and cough

just like the old man in
that famous book by Nabakov

Don't stand so close to me

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da


Don't think me unkind 
words are hard to find
they're 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 da da

their innocence will pull me through

de do do do de da da da
is all I want to say to you
de do do do de da da da

they're meaningless and all that's true
Poets priests and politicians
have words to thank for their positions
words that scream for you submission
and no-one's jamming their transmission
'cos when their eloquence escapes you
their logic ties you up and rapes you

De do do do de da da da
is all I want to say to you
de do do do de da da da

their innocence will pull me through

de do do do de da da da
is all I want to say to you
de do do do de da da da

they're meaningless and all that's true

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic


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 was tragic
now I know my love for her goes on

Do I have to tell the story
of a thousand rainy days since we first met
it's a big enough umbrella
but it's always me that ends up getting wet

Every little thing she does is magic
everything she do just turns me on
even though my life before was tragic
now I know my love for her goes on

I resolved to call her up a thousand times a day
and ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way
but my silent fears have gripped me
long before I reach the phone
long before my tongue has tripped me
must I always be alone

Every little thing she does is magic
everything she do just turns me on
even though my life before was tragic
now I know my love for her goes on

Every little thing
every little thing
every little thing
every little thing she do is magic magic magic
magic magic magic

Invisible Sun

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
looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
of a statistic on a government chart

There has to be an invisible sun
it gives its heat to everyone
there has to be an invisible sun
that gives us hope when the whole day's done

It's dark all day and it glows all night
factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with my head caved in
looking like something that the cat dragged in

There has to be an invisible sun
it gives its heat to everyone
there has to be an invisible sun
that gives us hope when the whole day's done

And they're only going to change this place
by killing everybody in the human race
and they would kill me for a cigarette
but I don't even want to die just yet

There has to be an invisible sun
it gives its heat to everyone
there has to be an invisible sun
that gives us hope when the whole day's done

Spirits in the Material World


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

Our so-called leaders speak
with words they try to jail you
they subjugate the meek
but it's the rhetoric of failure

We are spirits in the material world

Where does the answer lie?
Living from day to day
if it's something we can't buy
there must be another way

We are spirits in the material world

Every Breath You Take


Every breath you take
every move you make
every bond you break
every step you take

I'll be watching you

Every single day
every word you say
every game you play
every night you stay

O can't you see

you belong to me
how my poor heart breaks
with every step you take

Every move you make
every vow you break
every smile you fake
every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby please

O can't you see
you belong to me
how my poor heart breaks
with every step you take

Every move you make
every vow you break
every smile you fake
every claim you stake
Every move you make
every step you take

I'll be watching you

King of Pain


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

I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain

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
that's my soul up there

I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain

There's a fossile that's trapped in a high cliff wall
that's my soul up there
there's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
that's my soul up there
there's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb

that's my soul up there
there's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
that's my soul up there
I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain

There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
there's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
there's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
there's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

King of Pain

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack
that's my soul up there
there's a black winged gull with a broken back
that's my soul up there
there's a little black spot on the sun today
it's the same old thing as yesterday

I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain

King of Pain
King of Pain
King of Pain

I'll always be King of Pain

Wrapped Around Your Finger

 

You consider me the young apprentice
caught between the Scylla and Charibdes.
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
staring at the ring around your finger
I have only come here seeking knowledge,
things the wouldn't teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
turned into a shining band of gold
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
Mephistopheles is not your name
but I know what you're up to just the same

I will listen hard to your tuition
and you will see it come to its fruition

I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger

Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your face to alabaster
then you will find your servant is your master,
And you'll be wrapped around my finger
you'll be wrapped around your finger
you'll be wrapped around your finger

So Lonely


Well someone told me yesterday
That when you throw your love away
You act as if you 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 my broken heart

So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely

Now no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
All made up and nowhere to go
Welcome to this one man show
Just take a seat they're always free
No surprise no mystery
In this theatre that I call my soul
I always play the starring role

So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely

(guitar solo)

So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely
So lonely

(ad lib vocals) [These are the true lyrics]

Lonely, I'm so lonely
I feel so alone
I feel low
I feel so
Feel so low
I feel low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
I feel low, low, low
Low, I feel low

I feel low
I feel low

I feel so lonely
I feel so lonely
I feel so lonely, lonely, lonely, lone

Lonely, lone
I feel so alone, yeah
So lonely...