The Police

Released: October 2, 1981

Songwriter: Sting

Producer: The Police Hugh Padgham

[Verse 1]
There is no political solution
To our troubled evolution
Have no faith in constitution
There is no bloody revolution

[Chorus]
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world

[Verse 2]
Our so-called leaders speak
With words they try to jail you
They subjugate the meek
But it's the rhetoric of failure

[Chorus]
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world

[Verse 3]
Where does the answer lie?
Living from day to day
If it's something we can't buy
There must be another way

[Chorus]
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world

The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first new wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz.

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