Released: October 2, 1980
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: The Police Nigel Gray
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Poets, priests, and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no one's jamming their transmission
Because when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Poets, priests, and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no one's jamming their transmission
Because when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
The Police
- Roxanne
- Bring on the Night
- Walking in Your Footsteps
- Tea in the Sahara
- Murder by Numbers
- Next to You
- So Lonely
- Hole in My Life
- Driven to Tears
- Canary in a Coalmine
- Voices Inside My Head
- Demolition Man
- Reggatta de Blanc
- Synchronicity I
- King of Pain
- Message in a Bottle
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Walking on the Moon
- Can’t Stand Losing You
- Don’t Stand So Close to Me
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Spirits in the Material World
- Every Breath You Take
- Wrapped Around Your Finger
- Invisible Sun
- Synchronicity II
- Truth Hits Everybody
- Zenyattà Mondatta (1980)
- The Last American Virgin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982)
- Every Breath You Take: The Singles (1986)
- Greatest Hits (1992)
- Every Breath You Take: The Classics (1995)
- At the Movies (1997)
- The Police (2007)
- Every Breath You Take
- Roxanne
- Don’t Stand So Close to Me
- Message in a Bottle
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Synchronicity II
- Wrapped Around Your Finger
- King of Pain
- Walking on the Moon
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Can’t Stand Losing You
- So Lonely
- Synchronicity I
- Murder by Numbers
- Bring on the Night
- Invisible Sun
- Spirits in the Material World
- Canary in a Coalmine
- The Bed’s Too Big Without You
- Driven to Tears
- Tea in the Sahara
- Next to You
- Walking in Your Footsteps
- I Burn for You