Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings
The Police Lyrics

A Sermon When you reach number ten and think the struggle ends But…
Behind My Camel (Instrumental)…
Bombs Away The general scratches his belly and thinks His pay is good…
Born In The 50's We were born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Bo…
Bring On The Night The afternoon has gently passed me by The evening spreads it…
Can't Stand Losing You I called you so many times today And I guess it's…
Canary In A Coalmine First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than…
Contact I've got a lump in my throat about the note…
Darkness I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my…
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Don't think me unkind Words are hard to find They're only ch…
Dead End Job I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be…
Deathwish Deathwish in the fading light Headlight pointing through the…
Demolition Man Tied to the tracks and the train's just coming Strapped to…
Does Everyone Stare I change my clothes ten times before I take you…
Don't Stand So Close to Me Young teacher, the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants h…
Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 Young teacher the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants hi…
Driven To Tears How can you say that you're not responsible? What does it…
Every Breath You Take Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you…
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Though I've tried before to tell her Of the feelings I…
Fall Out I never thought of leading. I've got my own machine, And I'v…
Friends I likes to eat my friends and make no bones…
Hole In My Life Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah There's a hole In m…
I Burn For You Now that I have found you In the coolth of your…
Invisible Sun One, two, three, four, five, six Whoa-oh, oh, whoa-oh Whoa-o…
It's Alright For You Wake up Make up Bring it up Shake up Stand by Don't cry Watc…
King of Pain There's a little black spot on the sun today It's the…
Landlord I don't want to rent a house from you I don't…
Low Life Fatal fascination for the seedy part of town Walk down the…
Man In A Suitcase I'd invite you back to my place It's only mine because…
Masoko Tanga One, two, one, two, three, four Ohhhhh da la la Don't ba…
Message in a Bottle Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh Another lonely…
Miss Gradenko Don't tell the director I said so But are you safe…
Mother Well the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the…
Murder By Numbers Once that you've decided on a killing First you make a…
Next To You I can't stand it for another day When you live so…
No Time This Time No time for the complexities of conversation No time smiles,…
Nothing Achieving My daddy's boots don't fit me 'Cause I'm bigger than him He…
O My God Everyone I know is lonely With God so far away And my…
Omegaman The night came down, jungle sounds were in my ears City…
On Any Other Day The other ones are complete bullshit You want something corn…
Once Upon A Daydream Once upon a daydream I fell in love with you Once upon…
One World (Not Three) One world (not three) One world is enough For all of us One…
Peanuts It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The pri…
Reggatta De Blanc One, two, one, two, three, four Bamba, arriba Dos cervezas A…
Rehumanize Yourself He goes out at night with his big boots on None…
Roxanne Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Those days…
Secret Journey Upon a secret journey I met a holy man His blindness was…
Shadows In The Rain Woke up in my clothes again this morning Don't know exactly…
So Lonely Well someone told me yesterday That when you throw your love…
Someone To Talk To Though it's me that's on fire not this cigarette I was…
Spirits in the Material World There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Hav…
Synchronicity I With one breath, with one flow You will know Synchronicity …
Synchronicity II Another suburban family morning Grandmother screaming at the…
Tea In The Sahara My sisters and I Have one wish before we die And it…
The Bed's Too Big Without You Bed's too big without you The cold wind blows right through…
Too Much Information Too much information running through my brain Too much infor…
Truth Hits Everybody Sleep lay behind me like a broken ocean Strange waking dream…
Visions Of The Night Gazed into the visions of the night Seen the darkness fall I…
Voices Inside My Head Voices inside my head Echoes of things that you said Voices…
Walking In Your Footsteps Fifty million years ago You walked upon the planet so Lord o…
Walking on the Moon Giant steps are what you take Walking on the moon I hope…
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…
Wrapped Around Your Finger You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scyl…