Artist: The Police Album: Outlandos D'Amour {1978}

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

So many times I used to give a sign
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 - 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 - 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 - 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

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 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
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, 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

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
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light

I loved you since I knew you, I wouldn't talk down to you
I have to tell you just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up so put away your make up
Told you once, I won't tell you again - it's a bad way

Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light
You don't have to put on the red light - Roxanne
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light
You don't have to put on the red light - Roxanne
Roxanne - put on the red light
You don't have to put on the red light - Roxanne
Roxanne - put on the red light
Roxanne - put on the red light

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 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 hate this disease
I shake like an incurable, God help me, please
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

There's something missing from my life
Cuts me open like a knife
It leaves me vulnerable, I hate 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
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
In my life, in my life, in my life, in my life
In my life, in my life, in my life

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
The songs, they're wrong, the bread has gone

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 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 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

Peanuts, peanuts, peanuts
Oh, no, no, oh, no, no, oh, no, no, oh, no, no, oh, no, no

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 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'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, 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, 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 guess this is our last goodbye
And you don't care, so I won't cry
And 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, can't stand losing you

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, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, truth hits everyone, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, 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, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, truth hits everyone, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, truth hits everyone

Where you want to be
Won't you ever see

Truth hits everybody, truth hits everyone, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, truth hits everyone, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, truth hits everyone, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, truth hits everyone, whoa, oh
Truth hits everybody, whoa, oh, truth hits everyone now

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 cos 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 aunt, then we messed in our pants, oh
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 GCE'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
Born, born in the fifties
Born, born in the fifties

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 me 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 said she was and I wear a permanent grin
And I only have to worry in case my girl wears pins

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

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