The Police

Released: October 2, 1980

Songwriter: Sting

Producer: Nigel Gray The Police

[Verse 1]
How can you say
That you're not responsible?
What does it have to do with me?
What is my reaction?
What should it be?
Confronted by this latest atrocity

[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears

[Verse 2]
Hide my face in my hands
Shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced
To a shallow, meaningless party
Seems that when some innocents die
All we can offer them
Is a page in a some magazine
Too many cameras
And not enough food
Cause this is what we've seen

[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears

[Bridge]
Wo, oh oh
Wo, oh oh
Wo, oh oh
Wo, oh oh

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 3]
Protest is futile
Nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world?
Who knows what to do?

[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears

[Instrumental outro]

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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