Released: September 25, 1981
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Hugh Padgham The Police
[Intro]
One, two, three, four, five, six
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse 1]
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a government chart
[Chorus]
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope
When the whole day's done
[Verse 2]
It's dark all day and it glows all night
Factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with my head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
[Chorus]
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope
When the whole day's done
[Verse 3]
And they're only going to change this place
By killing everybody in the human race
They would kill me for a cigarette
But I don't even want to die just yet
[Chorus]
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope
When the whole day's done
One, two, three, four, five, six
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse 1]
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a government chart
[Chorus]
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope
When the whole day's done
[Verse 2]
It's dark all day and it glows all night
Factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with my head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
[Chorus]
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope
When the whole day's done
[Verse 3]
And they're only going to change this place
By killing everybody in the human race
They would kill me for a cigarette
But I don't even want to die just yet
[Chorus]
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope
When the whole day's done
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