Released: May 6, 2003
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Sean O’Keefe
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
[Verse 2]
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up (oh)
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
[Chorus]
[Chorus 1]
(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light[x2]
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light
(Roxanne)
Put on the red light
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
Put on the red light
Put on the red light
[Chorus 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
[Verse 2]
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up (oh)
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
[Chorus]
[Chorus 1]
(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light[x2]
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light
(Roxanne)
Put on the red light
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
Put on the red light
Put on the red light
[Chorus 1]
Covers
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- The Night Begins to Shine
- Ghostbusters (I’m Not Afraid)
- I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
- Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
- Mr. Brightside
- So Sick
- Only The Bulls
- What’s This?
- Turnpike Gates
- Save Your Generation
- Start Today
- Roxanne
- I Write Sins Not Tragedies
- Beat It
- Basket Case
- American Boy
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- Covers
- Take This to Your Grave (2003)
- ¡Policia! A Tribute To The Police (2005)
- Sugar, We’re Goin Down
- Centuries
- Uma Thurman
- Thnks fr th Mmrs
- My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ’Em Up)
- The Last of the Real Ones
- Immortals
- Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea
- Dance, Dance
- Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)
- The Kids Aren’t Alright
- HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON’T
- The Phoenix
- Young and Menace
- Irresistible
- Champion
- Church
- Alone Together
- 20 Dollar Nose Bleed
- Champion (Remix)
- What a Catch, Donnie
- Just One Yesterday
- Heaven’s Gate
- This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race