Message In A Box

The Police Message In A Box Lyrics
1.A Kind Of Loving


2.A Sermon

Written:stewart copeland

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 your heroes end

When you reach number eight
It ain't no pearly gate
'cause it won't satiate
Your growing appetite
You can ply your trade
And push your crusade
Emancipate or indoctrinate, but the
Traps are all laid for any honest crusade
Your old values will fade
As you struggle to make the grade
As you struggle to make the grade
You needn't bother!
When you hit number four
You're almost through the door
But there's a whole lot
More you just can't ignore
The telephone's sure, you know the score
But don't let this uproar
Dissipate your encore
It's written in the news
How you paid your dues
But you've no excuse
For the people you abuse

When you reach number one
You can beat your drum
You can sack your roadies in birmingham
When your record is platinum
To the wall like you've always planned
It's written in the news how you paid your dues
But you've no excuse for the people you abuse
When you reach number ten
The people you abuse
No excuse
For the people you abuse
You've got no excuse
For the people you abuse


3.Behind My Camel

Written:andy summers

Instrumental


4.Be My Girl - Sally

Written:sting & andy summers

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

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, a brand new start in life
Somewhere to place affection, but i didn't want a wife
And then by lucky chance i saw in a special magazine
An ad that was unusual, the like i'd never seen
'experience something different with our new imported toy
She's loving, warm, inflatible and a guarantee of joy.'
She came all wrapped in cardboard, all pink and shrivelled down
A breath of air was all she needed to make her lose that frown
I took her to the bedroom and pumped her with some life
And later in a moment that girl became my wife
And so i sit her in the corner and sometimes stroke her hair
And when i'm feeling naughty i blow her up with air
She's cuddly and she's bouncy, she's like a rubber ball
I bounce her in the kitchen and i bounce her in the hall
And now my life is different since sally came my way
I wake up in the morning and have her on a tray
She's everything they say she was and i wear a permanent grin
And i only have to worry in case my girl wears thin

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


5.Bombs Away

Written:stewart copeland

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 afghanistan hills

Bombs away
But we're o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay

The general only wants to teach france to dance
His army life doesn't give him any romance
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet
The general scratches his belly and thinks
His pay is good but his company stinks
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet

Bombs away
But we're o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
Bombs away
But we're o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
Bombs away
But we're o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
Bombs away
But we're o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay


6.Born In The 50's

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 beach
We were the class they couldn't teach
'cause we knew better

We were born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties

They screamed
When the beatles sang
And they laughed when the king fell down the stairs
Oh they should've known better
Oh we hated our aunts
Then we messed in our pants
Then we lost our faith and prayed to the tv
Oh we should've known better

We were born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties

We freeze like statues on the pages of history
Living was never like this when we took all those g.c.e.'s
Oh, you opened the door for us
And then you turned to dust
You don't understand us
So don't reprimand us
We're taking the future
We don't need no teacher
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties


7.Bring On The Night

The afternoon has gently passed me by
The evening spreads its sail against the sky
Waiting for tomorrow, just another day
God bid yesterday good-bye

Bring on the night
I couldn't spend another hour of daylight
Bring on the night
I couldn't stand another hour of daylight

The future is but a question mark
Hangs above my head, there in the dark
Can't see for the brightness is staring me blind
God bid yesterday good-bye

Bring on the night
I couldn't spend another hour of daylight
Bring on the night
I couldn't stand another hour of daylight

I couldn't spend another hour of daylight
I couldn't stand another hour of daylight


8.Can't Stand Losing You

I've called you so many times today
And i guess it's all true what your girl-friends 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 can't, i can't, i can't stand losing
I can't, i can't, i can't stand losing
I can't, i can't, i can't, i can't stand losing you
I can't stand losing you
I can't stand losing you
I can't stand losing you

I see you sent my letters back
And my l.p. 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, i can't, i can't stand losing
I can't, i can't, i can't stand losing
I can't, i can't, i can't stand losing
I can't, i can't stand losing you
I can't, i can't, i can't stand losing
I can't, i can't, i can't stand losing

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 your head
I guess you'd call it suicide
But i'm too full to swallow my pride
I can't, i can't, i can't stand losing
I can't, i can't...


9.Canary In A Coalmine

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 firenza
You're so afraid to catch a dose of influenza
You live your life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine

Now if i tell you that you suffer from delusions
You pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions
You live your life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine

First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect
Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect
You live your life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine


10.Contact

Written:stewart copeland

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
Have we got contact, you and me?
Have we got touchdown
Can't we be?

I've got a list of the people i have known
I'm never alone on the end of a phone
Have we got contact, you and me?
Have we got touchdown
Can't we be?

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
I'd come on over but i haven't got a raincoat
Have we got touchdown, can't we be?
Have we got contact, you and me?
Have we got touchdown, can't we be?
Have we got contact, you and me?


11.Darkness

Written:stewart copeland

I can dream up schemes when i'm sitting in my seat
I don't see any flaws 'til 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 makes me fumble
For a key, to a door that's wide open

Instead of worrying about my clothes
I could be someone that nobody knows
I wish i never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring

I can dream up schemes when i'm sitting in my seat
I don't see any flaws 'til i get to my feet
I wish i never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring
I wish i never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring


12.Dead End Job

Written:sting, stewart copeland & andy summers

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 wanna be no teacher
I don't wanna be no slave
I don't wanna work no assembly line
Like my uncle dave

The queue gets longer everyday
I just ain't got time to stay
I ain't gonna run away
All i wanna do is play

I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job

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
All i wanna do is play
I just ain't got time to stay
But i ain't gonna run away

Don't wanna be no millionaire
Don't wanna own no mint
I don't wanna be no tax exile
And i don't mind being skint

The queue gets longer every day
I just ain't got time to stay
I ain't gonna run away
All i wanna do is play

I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job

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 wanna be no millionaire
Don't wanna own no mint
I don't wanna be no tax exile
And i don't mind being skint

The queue gets longer every day
I just ain't got time to stay
All i wanna do is play
I ain't gonna run away

I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job


13.Deathwish

Written:stewart copeland, andy summers & sting

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
Burning in the outside lane
People think that i'm insane

The day i take a bend too fast
Judgement that could be my last
I'll be wiped right off the slate
Don't wait up 'cause i'll be late
I'll be late...


14.Demolition Man

Oh! demolition, demolition
Demolition, demolition
Tied to the tracks and the train's fast 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
You say that this wasn't in your plan
And don't mess around with the demolition man

I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom
I kill conversation as i walk into the room
I'm a three line whip, i'm the sort of thing they ban
I'm a walking disaster, i'm a demolition man
Demolition, demolition
Demolition, demolition

You come to me like a moth to the flame
It's love you need but i don't play that game
'cause you could be my greatest fan
But i'm nobody's friend, i'm a demolition man

I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom
I kill conversation as i walk into the room
I'm a three line whip, i'm the sort of thing they ban
I'm a walking disaster, i'm a demolition man
Demolition, demolition
Demolition, demolition
Tied to the tracks and the train's fast 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
You say that this wasn't in your plan
And don't mess around with the demolition man


15.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 poiticians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no-one's jamming their transmission
And 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

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


16.Does Everyone Stare

Written:stewart copeland

I change my clothes ten times
Before i take you on a date
I'm in a cold sweat, my panic it makes me late
I know you never asked for this
I know
My shots will always miss
My shots will always miss

Does everyone stare this way at you?
I only look this way at you

I change my clothes ten times
Before i take you on a date
I get the heebie-jeebies, and my panic makes me late
I break into a cold sweat reaching for the phone
I let it ring twice before
I chicken out and decide you're not at home

Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you

I never noticed the size of my feet
'til i kicked you in the shins
Will you ever forgive me for the shape i'm in
For the shape i'm in

Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you

I'm gonna write you a sonnet but i don't know where to start
I'm so used to laughing at the things in my heart
Last of all i'm sorry 'cos you never asked for this
I can see i'm not your type and my shots will always miss,
always miss

Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you
Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you
Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you
Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you
Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you
Does everyone stare the way i do?
I only stare this way at you


17.Don't Stand So Close To Me

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 me
Don't stand, don't stand so
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, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

Loose talk in the classroom
To hurt they try and try
Strong words in the staff room
The accusations fly
It's no use, he sees her
He starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in
That book by nabakov

Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me


18.Driven To Tears

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 comfortable existence is reduced
To a shallow, meaningless party
Seems that when some innocents die
All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine
Too many cam'ras and not enough food
'cause this is what we've seen
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears

Protest is futile
Nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world?
Who knows what to do?
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears


19.Every Breath You Take

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 belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
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've 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,
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
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
Every move you make, every step you take
I'll be watching you
I'll be watching you

In the late '80's sting recorded a new version of the song known
as 'every bomb
You make' which was played out over the closing credits of the
uk satirical tv show
'spitting image'. the rewritten lyrics were:
Every bomb you make
Every job you take
Every heart you break, every irish wake
I'll be watching you
Every wall you build
Every one you've killed
Every grave you've filled, all the blood you've spilled
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?


20.Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

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

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


21.Fall Out

Written:stewart copeland

(this is the version that appears in the
Message in a box complete transcriptions)

I never followed leaders
I got no machine
An' i paid my dues all along
Always says your freakin'
When i mess with other people
'cause i knew that i was really alone

Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys

I saw my education
It was my indoctrination
Just to be another parking machine
Always says your freakin'
When i mess with other people
'cause i knew that i was not very clean

Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Henri!
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out!

And after listening to a lot of different live
Versions (and the original!) this is what we
Think the lyrics actually are. take your pick!
I never followed leaders
I've got my own team
And i've paid my dues all along
Always had to fake it
When i mixed with other people
'cause i knew that i was really alone

Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs

I sold my education
It was my indoctrination
Just to be another cog in the machine
Always had to fake it
When i mixed other people
'cause i knew that i was not very clean

Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Henri!
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out!


22.Flexible Strategies


23.Friends

Written:andy summers

I likes to eat my friends
And 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 me
Until i grok your essence
I know your life was not in vain
When digestion is commencing
Consider this a celebration
And the deepest pact of friends
And i hope that you will dine on me
When i come to an end

Even friends may come to you
With a new found revelation
But think of it as life renewed
And not their termination
'to know you is to eat you,'
Should be the code of lovers
Death brings the highest act of love
Preserved for one another

People say that what you are
Is only what you eat
And my friends become a part of me
Oh it's then that life's complete
To know you is to eat you
The act of love supreme
Each one of us inside himself
Can appetise the dream


24.Hole In My Life

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 can
Or maybe i'm just looking for too much

There's something missing from my life
Cuts me open like a knife
It leaves me vulnerable
I have this disease
I shake like an incurable
God help me, please
Oh, there's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
Yeah, yeah, yeah
There's something missing from my life
Cuts me open like a knife
It leaves me vulnerable
I have this disease
I shake like an incurable
God help me, please
Oh, there's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life


25.How Stupid Mr Bates


26.Hungry For You(J'aurai Toujours Faim De Toi)

Rien de dormir cette nuit
Je veux de toi
Jusqu'?ce que je sois sec
Mais nos corps sont tous mouill
Complement couverts de sueur
Nous nous noyons dans la mar
Je n'ai aucun dir
Tu as ravag?mon coeur
Et moi j'ai bu ton sang
Mais nous pouvons faire ce que nous voulons
J'aurai toujours faim de toi
Mais nous pouvons faire ce que nous voulons
J'aurai toujours faim de toi
Tout le monde est ?moi
Je l'ai gagn?dans un jeu de cartes
Et maintenant je m'en fous
C'ait gagn?trop facilement
y est alors, ma belle traresse
Il faut que je bre de jalousie
Tu as ravag?mon coeur
Et moi j'ai bu ton sang
Mais nous pouvons faire ce que nous voulons
J'aurai toujours faim de toi
Mais nous pouvons faire ce que nous voulons
J'aurai toujours faim de toi

Mais nous pouvons faire ce que nous voulons
J'aurai toujours faim de toi
Mais nous pouvons faire ce que nous voulons
J'aurai toujours faim de toi
No matter what i do
I'm still hungry for you
No matter what i do
I'm still hungry for you

Rien de dormir cette nuit
Je veux de toi jusqu'?ce que je sois sec
Mais nos corps sont tous mouill
Complement couverts de sueur

I'm hungry for you
I'm hungry for you
I'm still hungry for you
I'm hungry for
I'm hungry for you


27.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 me head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought 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 wanna die just yet

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


28.It's Alright For You

Written:sting & stewart copeland

Wake up
Make up
Bring it up
Shake up
Stand by
Don't cry
Watching while the world dies

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 and you

It's alright for you
It's alright for you
It's alright for you
For you and you and you

Limp wrist
Tight fist
Contact
No twist
Black dress
No mess
People want no less, no less

Stand by
Don't cry
Watching while the world dies
Three lane
Fast lane
Standing in the cold rain

It's alright for you
It's alright for you
It's alright for you
For you and you and you and you and you

It's alright for you
It's alright for you
It's alright for you
For you

Headlight
High life
Can't sleep
Good night
Up tight
Big fight
Big deal
Too right, too right

Big town
Don't drown
Jump back
Turn around
No life
Flick knife
Finish off my life

It's alright for you
It's alright for you
It's alright for you
For you and you and you and you and you

It's alright for you
It's alright for you
It's alright for you
For you


29.I Burn For You

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 entwined
And your love flows through me
Though an ocean soothes my head
I burn for you, i burn for
Stars will fall from dark skies
As ancient rocks are turning
Quiet fills the room
And your love flows through me
Though i lie here so still
I burn for you, i burn for you
I burn...


30.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 inside 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 inside 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 fossil 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 springtime'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 inside 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 always thought you could 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


31.Landlord

Written:sting & stewart copeland

I don't want to rent your 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 do you care
You deal in poverty you buy despair

I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

You go and call yourself a business man
You're just a parasite on phylosan
You're just a middle-class middle-aged shit
You sold your granny for a three-penny bit

You own a street and a block of flats
You earn your living like the other rats
You've no morality what do you care
You deal in poverty you buy despair

I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

You go and call yourself a business man
You're just a parasite on phylosan
You're just a middle-class middle-aged shit
You sold your granny for a three-penny bit

You own a street and a block of flats
You earn your living like the other rats
You've no morality what do you care
You deal in poverty you buy despair

I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the bailiff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some


32.Low Life

Fatal fascination for the seedy part of town
Walk down the street and your head spins round
Don't be seen alone without your friends at night
Take a gun or a knife to the low life

Don't have to be born into this society
Pay for love but the hate comes free
Bring enough money for the rest of your life
Don't bring your wife to the low life

Bringing us there to the degredation
Always keep your back to the wall
No rewards for your infatuation
Low life
No life at all

Yeah, low life, low life

In here to long to be afraid anymore
You can't reach the bed so you sleep on the floor
You get so stoned you think you could fly
But you won't get high on the low life

Low life, low life
Low life, low life
Low life, low life
Low life, low life


33.Man In A Suitcase

I'd invite you back to my place
It's only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks like 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 it me, the man with the stranger's face

Another key for my collection
For security i race for my connection
Bird in a flying cage you'll never get to know me well
The world's my oyster, a hotel room's a prison cell

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 it me, the man with the stranger's face

I'd invite you back to my place
It's only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks like 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 it me, the man with the stranger's face
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 it me, the man with the stranger's face


34.Masoko Tanga

No lyrics - this song is just ad-libbed chanting,
With a good deal of caribbean dialect swearing in it.
Take sting's comments about the song with a
Pinch of salt - professor blockson indeed!
Some journo's are just gullible to a wind-up...


35.Message In A Bottle

Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day, with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before i fall into despair, oh

I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I'll send an s.o.s. 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, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah

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 s.o.s. to the world
I'll send an s.o.s. 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, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah

Walked out this morning, don't believe what i saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems i'm not alone at being alone
Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home
I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I'll send an s.o.s. 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, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Sending out at an s.o.s.
Sending out at an s.o.s.
Sending out at an s.o.s.
Sending out at an s.o.s.
Sending out at an s.o.s.
Sending out at an s.o.s...


36.Miss Gradenko

Words:stewart copeland
Music:stewart copeland

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 gradenko?
Miss gradenko are you safe?
Are you safe miss gradenko?
Miss gradenko are you safe?

Is anybody alive in here?
Is anybody alive in here?
Is anybody alive in here?
Nobody but us
Nobody but us
Is anybody alive in here?
Nobody but us

Your uniform doesn't seem to fit
You're much too alive in it
You've been letting your feelings show

Are you safe miss gradenko?
Miss gradenko are you safe?

Is anybody alive in here?
Is anybody alive in here?
Is anybody alive in here?
Nobody but us in here
Nobody but us

Nobody but us in here
Nobody but us


37.Mother

Words:andy summers
Music:andy summers

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 with
Becomes my mother in the end
Every girl i go out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Well, i hear my mother calling
But i don't need her as a friend

Oh, oh mother
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me
Oh mother dear please listen
Don't devour me
Oh women please have mercy
Let this poor boy be
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me


38.Murder By Numbers

Written:sting & andy summers

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
You just do it with a little more finesse
If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee
Then it avoids an awful lot of mess

It's murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your abc
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your abc

Now if you have a taste for this experience
And you're flushed with your very first success
Then you must try a twosome or a threesome
And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less

Because murder is like anything you take to
It's a habit-forming need for more and more
You can bump off every member of your family
And anybody else you find a bore

Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your abc
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your abc

Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious
In history's great dark hall of fame
All our greatest killers were industrious
At least the ones that we all know by name

But you can reach the top of your profession
If you become the leader of the land
For murder is the sport of the elected
And you don't need to lift a finger of your hand

Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your abc
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your a, b, c, d, e


39.Next To You

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 me over
Think i'm goin' insane

What can i do
All i want is to be next to you
What can i do
All i want is to be next to you

I've had a thousand girls or maybe more
But i've never felt like this before
But i just don't know what's come over me
You took me over, take a look at me

What can i do
All i want is to be next to you
What can i do
All i want is to be next to you

All i want is to be next to you
All i want is to be next to you
All i want is to be next to you

Saw my doctor he said give it time
Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind
When all it is is just a love affair
You took me over baby, take me there

What can i do
All i want is to be next to you
What can i do
All i want is to be next to you
What can i do
All i want is to be next to you
What can i do
All i want is to be next to you
All i want is to be next to you
All i want is to be next to you
All i want is to be next to you
All i want is to be next to you...


40.Nothing Achieving

Written:stewart copeland

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
You've got me backed into a corner
You're making me hate

I say there's nothing worth achieving
All your dreams are just deceiving

They say there's nothing worth achieving
All your dreams are just deceiving

Throwing stones that are reeling
From a reasonable light
You muscle in when i have a party
Ready to fight

I say there's nothing worth achieving
All your dreams are just deceiving

Nothing, nothing, nothing


41.No Time This Time

[note the lyrics are as per the message in a box the complete
transcriptions, but the words in red are what we believe is
actually sung]

No time for smiles, no time for knowing

If i could, i'd slow the whole world down
I'd bring it to it's knees
I'd stop it spinning round
But as it is, i'm climbing up an endless wall

No time at all
No time this time
No time at all
No time this time

No time for a suitcase, sandwich and a morning paper
Only time for time table calls and transportation
No time to think no time to dare

If i could, i'd slow the whole world down
I'd bring it to it's knees
I'd stop it spinning round
But as it is, i'm climbing up an endless wall

No time at all
No time this time
No time at all
No time this time

If i could, i'd slow the whole world down
I'd bring it to it's knees
I'd stop it spinning round
But as it is, i'm climbing up an endless wall

No time at all
No time this time
No time at all
No time this time
No time at all
No time this time
No time at all
No time this time
No time at all
No time at all


42.Omegaman

Written:andy summers

The night came down, jungle sounds were in my ears
City screams are all i've heard in twenty 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 on television sets
I walk the streets and seek another vision yet
The echo makes me turn to see that last frontier
The edge of time closes down as i disappear

I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman
Always talking to myself

The time that's best is when surroundings fade away
The presence of another world comes close to me
It's time for me to throw away this paper knife
I'm not alone in reaching for a perfect life

I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman
I'm the omegaman

I'm so tired
Of the omegaman
I'm so tired
Of the omegaman
I'm so tired
Of the omegaman
I'm so tired
Of the omegaman
I'm so tired
Of the omegaman...


43.Once Upon A Daydream

Written:sting & andy summers

Once upon a daydream
I fell in love with you
Once upon a moonbeam
I gave that love to you
Once upon a lifetime
I know it must be true
When the months had turned us
I'd have to marry you

Once upon a daydream
Doesn't happen anymore
Once upon a moonbeam
This is no place for tenderness

Once her daddy found out
He threw her to the floor
He killed her unborn baby
And kicked me from the door
Once upon a nightmare
I bought myself a gun
I blew her daddy's brains out
Now hell has just begun

Once upon a daydream
Doesn't happen anymore
Once upon a moonbeam
This is no place for sentiment

Once upon a lifetime
A lifetime filled with tears
The boy would pay for his crime
With all his natural years
Once upon a daydream
He'd make you his someday
Once upon a moonbeam
He'd dream his life away

Once upon a daydream
Doesn't happen anymore
Once upon a moonbeam
This is no place for miracles

Once upon a daydream
Once upon a daydream
Once upon a daydream
Once upon a day... dream


44.One World(Not Three)

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 world is enough, for all of us

The third world breathes our air tomorrow
We live on the time we borrow
In our world there's no time for sorrow
In their world there is no tomorrow
One world is enough, for all of us
One world is enough, for all of us

Lines are drawn upon the world
Before we get our flags unfurled
Whichever one we pick
It's just a self deluding trick
One world is enough, for all of us
One world is enough, for all of us

I don't want to bring a sour note
Remember this before you vote
We can all sink or we all float
'cause we're all in the same big boat
One world is enough for all of us
One world is enough for all of us
One world is enough for all of us
One world is enough for all of us
It may seem a million miles away
But it gets a little closer everyday
It may seem a million miles away
But it gets a little closer everyday


45.On Any Other Day

Written:stewart copeland

The other ones are complete bullshit

You want something corny?
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 wife has burned the scrambled eggs
The dog just bit my leg
My teenage daughter ran away
My fine young son has turned out gay

Cut off my fingers in the door of my car
How could i do it?
My wife is proud to tell me
Of her love affairs
How could she do this to me?

My wife has burned the scrambled eggs
The dog just bit my leg
My teenage daughter ran away
My fine young son has turned out gay
And it would be o.k. on any other day
And it would be o.k. on any other day

Throw down the morning papers
And spill my tea
I don't know what's wrong with me
The cups and plates are in a conspiracy
I'm covered in misery

My wife has burned the scrambled eggs
The dog just bit my leg
My teenage daughter ran away
My fine young son has turned out gay
And it would be o.k. on any other day
And it would be o.k. on any other day
And it would be o.k. on any other day
And it would be o.k. on any other day


46.O My God

Everyone i know is lonely
And god's 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

O my god you take the biscuit
Treating me this way
Expecting me to treat you well
No matter what you say
How can i turn the other cheek
It's black and bruised and torn
I've been waiting
Since the day that i was born

Take the space between us
And fill it up some way
Take the space between us
And fill it up some way

The fat man in his garden
The thin man at his gate
My god you must be sleeping
Wake up it's much too late

Take the space between us
And fill it up some way
Take the space between us
And fill it up some way

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


47.Peanuts

Written:sting & stewart copeland

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 about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking

You sang your song
For much too long
There's something wrong
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 about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking

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
Oh, you're just a fallen hero

Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking

Don't wanna find out what you've been taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking

Don't wanna find out what you've been taking
Don't wanna read about the love you're making
Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking
Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking

Peanuts, peanuts
Peanuts....


48.Reggatta De Blanc

Written:sting, stewart copeland and andy summers

Rio rio rioo
Rio rio rioo
Rio riay riayo
Rio riay riayo
Rio riay riayo
Rio riay riayo
Rio riay riayo riayo,
Riayo, riayo, riay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay


49.Rehumanize Yourself

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 humanize yourself

A policeman put on his uniform
He'd like to have a gun just to keep him warm
Because violence here is a social norm
You've got to humanize yourself

Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself

I work all day at the factory
I'm building a machine that's not for me
There must be a reason that i can't see
You've got to humanize yourself

Billy's joined the national front
He always was (just) a little runt
He's got his hand in the air with the other cunts
You've got to humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself

I work all day at the factory
I'm building a machine that's not for me
There must be a reason that i can't see
You've got to humanize yourself

A policeman put on his uniform
He'd like to have a gun just to keep him warm
Because violence here is a social norm
You've got to humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself
Re-humanize yourself


50.Roxanne

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
Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light
Put on the red light, put on the red light
Put on the red light, put on the red light
Put on the red light, oh

I loved you since i knew ya
I wouldn't talk down to ya
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
Put on the red light, put on the red light


51.Secret Journey

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 of this
And when you've made your secret journey
You will find this love you miss

And on the days that followed
I listened to his words
I strained to understand him
I chased his thoughts like birds

You will see light in the darkness
You will make some sense of this
And when you've made your secret journey
You will find this love you miss

You will see light in the darkness
You will make some sense of this
You will see joy in this sadness
You will find this love you miss

And when you've made your secret journey
You will be a holy man
And when you've made your secret journey
You will be a holy man
And when you've made your secret journey
You will be a holy man
And when you've made your secret journey
You will be a holy man


52.Shadows In The Rain

I woke up in my clothes again this morning
I 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 delusion
But i'm so confident i'm sane
It can't be an optical illusion
So how can you explain
Shadows in the rain

And if you see us on the corner
We're just dancing in the rain
I tell my friends there when i see them
Outside my window pane
Shadows in the rain


53.Shambelle


54.Someone To Talk To

Words:andy summers
Music:andy summers

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 bye to all that
Put on some music and pour out a drink
I'll go back to bed and i'll try not to think

Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to

She was a person i just couldn't see
And i tried to make her what she couldn't be
We tried and we tried, but of course in the end
I drove her crazy and right 'round the bend
Now it's too much to just sit here and cry
I can't be seen with a tear in my eye
Why am i standing right next to the phone?
When i kept on saying i must be alone

Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to

I love you, why didn't i say that before
I guess that it's safe now she's walked through the door
It's hard when you know that you've got to go on
Feeling so weak and pretending your strong
I didn't see her i only felt me
And one day i'll learn just which part of me bleeds
Now that she's gone i know she was great
But i fucked it up and now it's too late

Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to
Someone to talk to, someone to talk to


55.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
So lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
I feel lonely, i'm so lonely, i feel so low
I feel lonely, i'm so lonely, i feel so low


56.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
Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world

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

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
Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world


57.Synchronicity I

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
Causally connectible
Yet nothing is invincible

If we share this nightmare
Then we can dream
Spiritus mundi

If you act, as you think
The missing link
Synchronicity

We know you, they know me
Extrasensory
Synchronicity

A star fall, a phone call
It joins all
Synchronicity

It's so deep, it's so wide
Your inside
Synchronicity

Effect without a cause
Sub-atomic laws, scientific pause
Synchronicity......


58.Synchronicity Ii

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 stares into the distance
There's only so much more that he can take
Many miles away
Something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark scottish lake

Another industrial ugly morning
The factory belches filth into the sky
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today
He doesn't think to wonder why
The secretaries pout and preen like
Cheap tarts in a red light street
But all he ever thinks to do is watch
And every single meeting with his so-called superior
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch
Many miles away
Something crawls to the surface
Of a dark scottish lake

Another working day has ended
Only the rush hour hell to face
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
Contestants in a suicidal race
Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now looming in the headlights
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
Many miles away
There's a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark scottish lake
Many miles away, many miles away


59.Tea In The Sahara

My sisters and i
Have this 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
We want our tea in the sahara with you

The young man agreed
He would satisfy their need
So they danced for his pleasure
With a joy you could not measure
They would wait for him here
The same place every year
Beneath the sheltering sky
Across the desert he would fly

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you

The sky turned to black
Would he ever come back?
They would climb a high dune
They would pray to the moon
But he'd never return
So the sisters would burn
As their eyes searched the land
With their cups full of sand

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you


60.The Bed's Too Big Without You

Bed's too big without you
Cold wind blows right through 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 of my fears

Bed's too big without you
The bed's too big without you
The bed's too big without you

Since that day when you'd gone
Just had to carry on
I get through the day, but late at night
Made love to my pillow, but it didn't feel right

Every day just the same
Old rules for the same old game
All i gained was heartache
All i made was one mistake
Now the bed's too big without you
The bed's too big without you
The bed's too big without you


61.The Other Way Of Stopping

Written:stewart copeland

Instrumental


62.Too Much Information

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
I've seen the whole world six times over
Sea of japan to the cliffs of dover

Overkill, overview
Over my dead body
Over me, over you
Over everybody

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
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
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
I've seen the whole world six times over
Sea of japan to the cliffs of dover
Overkill, overview
Over my dead body
Over me, over you
Over everybody
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


63.Truth Hits Everybody

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, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone

I thought about it and my dream was broken
I clutch at images like dying breath
And i don't want to make a fuss about it
The only certain thing in life is death
Take a look at my new toy
It'll blow your head in two, oh boy
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone

Where you want to be, won't you ever see?
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone

Ah....now!


64.Visions Of The Night

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

They say the meek shall inherit the earth
How long will you keep it?
They sow a harvest but what's it worth?
There's no one left to reap it

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

They say the meek shall inherit the earth
How long will you keep it?
They sow a harvest but what's it worth?
There's no one left to reap it

Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night

They say the meek shall inherit the earth
How long will you keep it?
They sow a harvest but what's it worth?
There's no one left to reap it

Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night

I have gazed into the visions of the night
I have gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night
Gazed into the visions of the night...


65.Voices Inside My Head

Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said


66.Walking In Your Footsteps

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 ask for more
You were god's favourite creature
But you didn't have a future

Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps

Hey mighty brontosaurus
Don't you have a message for us
You thought your rule would always last
There were no lessons in your past
You were built three storeys high
They say you would not hurt a fly
If we explode the atom bomb
Would they say that we were dumb?

Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps

Fifty million years ago
They walked upon the planet so
They live in a museum
It's the only place you'll see 'em

Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps

They say the meek shall inherit the earth
They say the meek shall inherit the earth
Walking in your footsteps


67.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 for ever
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 from your 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'll stay
I may as well play

Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon
We could walk for ever
Walking on the moon
We could be 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'll stay
I may as well play


68.When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still
Around

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
Tell me, where would i go? i ain't been out in years
Turn on the stereo, it's played for years and years
An otis redding song, it's all i own

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

Plug in my m.c.i, to excercise my brain
Make records on my own, can't go out in the rain
Pick up the telephone, i've listened here for years
No one to talk to me, i've listened here for years

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When i feel lonely here, don't waste my time with tears
I run 'deep throat' again, it ran for years and years
Don't like the food i eat, the cans are running out
Same food for years and years, i hate the food i eat

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around


69.Wrapped Around Your Finger

wrapped around your finger
The police

You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the scylla and charybidis
Hypnotized by you if i should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger

I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they 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 intuition
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 flesh 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