- Mariposa Libre
Yo la veo caminarPor las nubes va¿Donde andara?Mariposa libre que sueñaQue quiere serY no piensa en nada mãsSolo en vivirSi estoy triste viene a miMil sonrisas traeLas dã porque siY me dice estã, bien, todo...
- Perfect Love...Gone Wrong
I've had a question that's been preying on my mind for some timeI won't be wagging my tail for one good reasonIt has to be a crimeThis doghouse never was the place for me, Runner up and second best just ain't my...
- Hole In My Life
Yeah, yeah, yeahThere's a hole in my lifeThere's a hole in my lifeShadow in my heartIs tearing me apartOr maybe it's just something in my starsThere's a hole in my lifeThere's a hole in my lifeBe a happy manI try the...
- Behind My Camel
written by Andy Summers Instrumental
- Angel Eyes
written by Matt Dennis & Earl Brent Have you ever had the feelingThat the world's gone and left you behindHave you ever had the feelingThat you're that close to losing your mindYou look around each cornerHoping that...
- Moonlight
written by John Williams, Alan Bergman and Marilyn BergmanIn the moonlightWhen the shadows playWhen the thought of what could happenTakes your breath awaySighs and whispersQuiet laughter in the airUnspoken invitations...
- Contact
Written by Stewart CopelandI've got a lump in my throat about the note you wroteI'd come on over but I haven't got a raincoatHave we got contact, you and me?Have we got touchdownCan't we be?I've got contacts in my...
- A Thousand Years
Music by Sting & Kipper, Lyrics by StingA thousand years, a thousand more, A thousand times a million doors to eternity I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand timesAn endless turning stairway climbs To a tower...
- Ain't No Sunshine
written by Bill WithersAin't no sunshine when she's goneIt's not warm when she's awayAin't no sunshine when she's goneAnd she's always gone too long anytime she goes awayWonder this time where she's goneWonder if...
- Invisible Sun
I don't want to spend the rest of my lifeLooking at the barrel of an ArmaliteI don't want to spend the rest of my daysKeeping out of trouble like the soldiers sayI don't want to spend my time in hellLooking at the...
- Synchronicity II
Another suburban family morningGrandmother screaming at the wallWe have to shout above the din of our Rice CrispiesWe can't hear anything at allMother chants her litany of boredom and frustrationBut we know all her...
- O My God
Everyone I know is lonelyAnd God's so far awayAnd my heart belongs to no one,So now sometimes I prayPlease take the space between usAnd fill it up some wayTake the space between usAnd fill it up some wayO my God you...
- Fill Her Up
Mobil station where I stand This old gas pump in my hand My boss don't like me, got a face like a weasel Oil on my hands and the smell of dieselHere come a big shot from the cityV8 engine, she runs so pretty 'Fill her...
- Peanuts
Written by Sting & Stewart CopelandIt's all a gameYou're not the sameYour famous nameThe price of fameOh no, try to liberate meI said oh no, stay and irritate meI said oh no, try to elevate meI said oh no, just a...
- Desert Rose
I dream of rainI dream of gardens in the desert sandI wake in painI dream of love as time runs through my handI dream of fireThose dreams are tied to a horse that will never tireAnd in the flames Her shadows play in...
- Si Estamos Juntos
Me veo aquà alli siempre junto a tÃEn todo lo que pienso tu estasQue importa el tiempo si los dos estamos juntosSi contigo puedo soñarAcercate a mà y en mis sueño dime sÃY pide lo que quieras de mi Mi amor es...
- The Wild Wild Sea
I saw it again this evening,Black sail in a pale yellow skyAnd just as before in a moment,It was gone where the grey gulls flyIf it happens again I shall worryThat only a strange ship could flyAnd my sanity scans the...
- All For Love
Words and music by Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/StingWhen it's love you give (I'll be a man of good faith)Then in love you live (I'll make a stand, I won't break)I'll be the rock you can build onBe there when you're old,...
- The Soul Cages
The boy child is locked in the fisherman's yardThere's a bloodless moon where the oceans dieA shoal of night stars hang fire in the nestAnd the chaos of cages where the crayfish lieWhere is the fisherman, where is the...
- So Lonely
Well, someone told me yesterdayThat when you throw your love awayYou act as if you don't careYou look as if you're going somewhereBut I just can't convince myselfI couldn't live with no one elseAnd I can only play...
- King Of Pain
There's a little black spot on the sun todayIt's the same old thing as yesterdayThere's a black hat caught in a high tree topThere's a flag-pole rag and the wind won't stopI have stood here before inside the pouring...
- On Any Other Day
Written by Stewart CopelandThe other ones are complete bullshitYou want something corny?You got itThere's a house on my streetAnd it looks real neatI'm the chap who lives in itThere's a tree on the sidewalkThere's a...
- Deathwish
Written by Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers & StingDeathwish in the fading lightHeadlight pointing through the nightNever thought I'd see the dayPlaying with my life this wayGotta keep my foot right downIf I had wings...
- Masoko Tanga
No lyrics - this song is just ad-libbed chanting, with a good deal of Caribbean dialect swearing in it. Take Sting's comments about the song with a pinch of salt - Professor Blockson indeed! Some journo's are just...
- Message In A Bottle
Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, ohAnother lonely day, with no one here but me, ohMore loneliness than any man could bearRescue me before I fall into despair, ohI'll send an S.O.S. to the worldI'll send an...
- Bombs Away
Written by Stewart CopelandThe general scratches his belly and thinksHis pay is good but his officers stinkGuerilla girl, hard and sweetA military man would love to meetThe President looks in the mirror and speaksHis...
- Walking On The Moon
Giant steps are what you takeWalking on the moonI hope my legs don't breakWalking on the moonWe could walk for everWalking on the moonWe could live togetherWalking on, walking on the moonWalking back from your...
- Someone To Talk To
Words & Music by Andy SummersThough it's me that's on fire not this cigaretteI was stabbed in the back by that young suffragetteAnd what do I care if she leaves me aloneIf I need somebody I'll pick up the phoneI'll...
- Mad About You
A stone's throw from JerusalemI walked a lonely mile in the moonlightAnd though a million stars were shiningMy heart was lost on a distant planetThat whirls around the April moonWhirling in an arc of sadnessI'm lost...
- Mother
Words & Music by Andy SummersWell, the telephone is ringing,Is that my mother on the phone?Telephone is ringingIs that my mother on the phone?The telephone is screamingWon't she leave me alone?The telephone is...
- Ghost Story
I watch the western skyThe sun is sinkingThe geese are flying southIt sets me thinkingI did not miss you muchI did not sufferWhat did not kill meJust made me tougherI feel the winter comeHis icy sinews,Now in the...
- Born In The 50's
We were born, born in the fiftiesBorn, born in the fiftiesBorn, born in the fiftiesBorn, born in the fiftiesMy mother criedWhen president Kennedy diedShe said it was the communistsBut I knew betterWould they drop the...
- Fr¨¢gil (Portuguese)
E amanha a chuva levaraO sangue que a luta deixou derramarNa pele a dor do aco tao cruelJamais a nossa voz vai calar Um ato assim pode acabarCom uma vida e nada maisPorque nem mesmo a violencia Destroi ideaisTem gente...
- Man In A Suitcase
I'd invite you back to my placeIt's only mine because it holds my suitcaseIt looks like home to me alrightBut it's a hundred miles from yesterday nightMust I be the man in a suitcaseIs it me, the man with the...
- Reggatta De Blanc
Written by Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy SummersRio Rio RiooRio Rio RiooRio Riay RiayoRio Riay RiayoRio Riay RiayoRio Riay RiayoRio Riay Riayo Riayo,Riayo, Riayo, Riay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
- It's Alright For You
Written by Sting & Stewart CopelandWake upMake upBring it upShake upStand byDon't cryWatching while the world diesBig carMovie starHot tipGo farBlind dateToo lateTake a busDon't waitIt's alright for youIt's alright...
- A Sermon
Written by Stewart Copeland When you reach number tenAnd think the struggle endsBut it ain't the endIt's only a trendYou have to unbend'Cause it's only a trendDon't lose all your friendsDon't make your heroes endWhen...
- Shadows In The Rain
I woke up in my clothes again this morningI don't know exactly where I amAnd I should heed my doctor's warningHe does the best with me he canHe claims I suffer from delusionBut I'm so confident I'm saneIt can't be an...
- Every Breath You Take
Every breath you takeAnd every move you makeEvery bond you break, every step you takeI'll be watching youEvery single dayAnd every word you sayEvery game you play, every night you stayI'll be watching youOh, can't you...
- Does Everyone Stare
Written by Stewart CopelandI change my clothes ten times Before I take you on a dateI'm in a cold sweat, my panic it makes me lateI know you never asked for thisI knowMy shots will always missMy shots will always...
- Shape Of My Heart
Written by Sting & Dominic MillerHe deals the cards as a meditationAnd those he plays never suspectHe doesn't play for the money he winsHe don't play for respectHe deals the cards to find the answerThe sacred geometry...
- Need Your Love So Bad
Written by Willie Dixon.I need someone's hand, to lead me through the night I need someone's arms, to hold and squeeze me tightNow when the night begins, I'm at an endBecause I need your love so bad. I need some lips,...
- Next To You
I can't stand it for another dayWhen you live so many miles awayNothing here is gonna make me stayYou took me over, let me find a wayI sold my houseI sold my motor, tooAll I want is to be next to you.I'd rob a...
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Though I've tried before to tell herOf the feelings I have for her in my heartEvery time that I come near herI just lose my nerve as I've done from the startEvery little thing she does is magicEverything she do just...
- Big Lie, Small World
I sat down and wrote this letterTelling you that I felt betterSince you¡¯d gone and I was freeI¡¯m so happyI have so little time to spare nowI¡¯m wanted almost everywhere nowI make out like CasanovaFriends are...
- Fall Out
Written by Stewart Copeland (this is the version that appears in the Message In A Box Complete Transcriptions)I never followed leadersI got no machineAn' I paid my dues all alongAlways says your freakin' When I mess...
- Canary In A Coalmine
First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfectYour sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defectYou live you life like a canary in a coalmineYou get so dizzy even walking in a straight lineYou say you...
- Someone To Watch Over Me
Written by George and Ira GershwinThere's a saying old says that love is blind,Still were often told, "seek and you shall find"So I'm going to seek a certain girl I've had in mindLooking everywhere, haven't found her...
- Can't Stand Losing You
I've called you so many times todayAnd I guess it's all true what your girl-friends sayThat you don't ever want to see me againAnd your brother's gonna kill me and he's six feet tenI guess you'd call it cowardiceBut...
- Nothing Achieving
Written by Stewart CopelandMy daddy's boots don't fit me'Cause I'm bigger than himHe says I make him sick nowI'm bigger than himYou see there's nothing worth achievingAll your dreams are just deceivingYou've locked...
- Brand New Day
How many of you people out thereBeen hurt in some kind of love affair?And how many times did you swear That you¡¯d never love again?How many lonely, sleepless nights?How many lies, how many fights?And why would you...
- Walking In Your Footsteps
Fifty million years agoYou walked upon the planet soLord of all that you could seeJust a little bit like meWalking in your footstepsWalking in your footstepsWalking in your footstepsWalking in your footstepsHey Mr....
- Truth Hits Everybody
Sleep lay behind me like a broken oceanStrange waking dreams before my eyes unfoldYou lay there sleeping like an open doorwayI stepped outside myself and felt so coldTake a look at my new toyIt'll blow your head in...
- The Other Way Of Stopping
written by Stewart Copeland Instrumental
- Wrapped Around Your Finger
You consider me the young apprenticeCaught between the Scylla and CharybdisHypnotized by you if I should lingerStaring at the ring around your fingerI have only come here seeking knowledgeThings they would not teach...
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Don't think me unkindWords are hard to findThey're only cheques I've left unsignedFrom the banks of chaos in my mindAnd when their eloquence escapes meTheir logic ties me up and rapes meDe do do do, de da da daIs all...
- Don't Stand So Close To Me
Young teacher the subjectOf schoolgirl fantasyShe wants him so badlyKnows what she wants to beInside her there's longingThis girl's an open pageBook marking - she's so close nowThis girl is half his ageDon't stand,...
- Visions Of The Night
Gazed into the visions of the nightSeen the darkness fallI've heard a mountain fall away from sightHeard the thunder callSeen the beast I call my fatherCreature of the nightI feel the creeping darkness closethat [I...
- Synchronicity I
With one breath, with one flowYou will knowSynchronicityA sleep trance, a dream danceA shared romanceSynchronicityA connecting principleLinked to the invisibleAlmost imperceptibleSomething inexpressibleScience...
- Tomorrow We'll See
The streets are wetThe lights have yetTo shed their tawdry lustre on the sceneMy skirt¡¯s too shortMy tights have runThese new heels are killing meMy second pack of cigarettes It¡¯s a slow night but there¡¯s...
- Once Upon A Daydream
Written by Sting & Andy SummersOnce upon a daydream I fell in love with youOnce upon a moonbeam I gave that love to youOnce upon a lifetime I know it must be trueWhen the months had turned us I'd have to marry you...
- Be My Girl - Sally
Written by Sting & Andy SummersWon't you be my girlWon't you be my girlWon't you be my, be my, be my girlWon't you be my girlWon't you be my girlWon't you be my, be my, be my girlWon't you be my girlWon't you be my...
- No Time This Time
[Note the lyrics are as per the Message In A Box The Complete Transcriptions, but the words in red are what we believe is actually sung]No time for complexities [the niceties] of conversation No time for smiles, no...
- Landlord
Written by Sting & Stewart CopelandI don't want to rent your house from youI don't know how you can expect me toI ain't moving 'cause I know my rightsToo many homeless on the streets at nightYou own a street and a...
- Ellas Danzan Solas (Cueca Solas)
¿Por qué están aquÃ, danzando solas?¿Por qué hay tristeza en sus miradas?Hay soldados tambiénIgnoran su dolorPorque desprecian el amor Danzan con los muertosLos que yá no estánAmores invisiblesNo dejan de...
- After The Rain Has Fallen
The palace guards are all sleeping Their fires burn into the night There's a threat of rain on the dark horizon And all that¡¯s left is a quarter moon of lightHe climbs up through the darkness No weapon but his...
- Miss Gradenko
Words & Music by Stewart CopelandDon't tell the director I said soBut are you safe Miss Gradenko?We were at a policy meetingThey were planning new ways of cheatingI didn't want to rock your boatBut you sent this...
- Dead End Job
Written by Sting, Stewart Copeland & Andy SummersI don't want no dead end jobI don't wanna be no numberI don't want no dead end jobI don't wanna be no numberThe queue gets longer everydayI just ain't no time to stayI...
- Voices Inside My Head
Voices inside my headEchoes of things that you saidVoices inside my headEchoes of things that you saidVoices inside my headEchoes of things that you saidVoices inside my headEchoes of things that you said
- Roxanne
Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red lightThose days are overYou don't have to sell your body to the nightRoxanne, you don't have to wear that dress tonightWalk the streets for moneyYou don't care if it's wrong...
- Friends
Written by Andy Summers I likes to eat my friends And make no bones about itI likes to eat my friends I couldn't do without itAin't a man or poet, friend I know just how you'll tasteYour limbs go sliding down my...
- Murder By Numbers
Written by Sting & Andy SummersOnce that you've decided on a killingFirst you make a stone of your heartAnd if you find that your hands are still willingThen you can turn a murder into artThere really isn't any need...
- Island Of Souls
Billy was born within sight of the shipyardFirst son of a riveter's sonAnd Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadowHer great hull would blot out the light of the sunAnd six days a week he would watch his poor...
- The Bed's Too Big Without You
Bed's too big without youCold wind blows right through my open doorI can't sleep with your memoryDreaming dreams of what used to beWhen she left I was cold insideThat look on my face was just prideNo regrets, no love,...
- My One And Only Love
written by Robert Mellin & Guy WoodThe very thought of you makesMy heart singLike an April breezeOn the wings of springAnd you appear in all your splendourMy one and only loveThe shadows fallAnd spread their mystic...
- Spirits In The Material World
There is no political solutionTo our troubled evolutionHave no faith in constitutionThere is no bloody revolutionWe are spirits in the material worldAre spirits in the material worldAre spirits in the material...