Friday night I’d just got back
I had my eyes shut
Was dreaming about the past

I thought about you while the radio played
I should have got moving
For some reason I stayed

I started drifting to a different place,
I realized I was falling off the face of your world.
And there was nothing left to bring me back

I’m a million miles away
A million miles away
A million miles away
And there’s nothing left to bring me back today

I took a ride, I went downtown
Streets were empty
There was no one around
All the faces that we used to know
Gone from the places that we used to go

I’m at the wrong end of the looking glass..
Trying to hold on to the hands of the past and you.
And there’s nothing left to bring me back

I’m a million miles away
A million miles away
A million miles away
And there’s nothing left to bring me back today
bring me back today

GUITAR SOLO

I started drifting to a different place,
I realized I was falling off the face of your world.
And there was nothing left to bring me back

I’m a million miles away
A million miles away
A million miles away
And there’s nothing left to bring me back today
bring me back today
bring me back today
bring me back today

Slaves, Hebrews born to serve
To the Pharaoh
Heed to his every word
Live in fear

Faith, of the unknown one
The deliverer
Wait, something must be done
For hundred years

So let it be written
So let it be done
I’m sent here by the chosen one

So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I’m creeping death

Now, let my people go
Land of Goshen
Go, I will be with thee
Bush of fire

Blood, running red and strong
Down the Nile
Plague, darkness three days long
Hail to fire

So let it be written
So let it be done
I’m sent here by the chosen one

So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I’m creeping death

Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first-born man

Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first-born man

I, rule the midnight air
The destroyer
Born, I shall soon be there
Deadly mass

I, creep the steps and floor
Final darkness
Blood, lambs blood painted door
I shall pass

So let it be written
So let it be done
I’m sent here by the chosen one

So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born Pharaoh son
I’m creeping death

You stir my natural emotions
You make me feel I’m dirt
And I’m hurt
And if I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that’s worse

Ever fallen in love with someone?
Ever fallen in love?
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love? (Love…)
In love with someone
You shouldn’t've fallen in love with

I can’t see much of a future
Unless we find out what’s to blame
What a shame
And we won’t be together much longer
Unless we realize that we are the same

Ever fallen in love with someone?
Ever fallen in love?
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love? (Love…)
In love with someone
You shouldn’t've fallen in love with

You disturb my natural emotions
You make me feel I’m dirt
And I’m hurt
And if I start a commotion
I’ll only end up losing you
And that’s worse

Ever fallen in love with someone?
Ever fallen in love?
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love? (Love…)
In love with someone
You shouldn’t've fallen in love with

Ever fallen in love with someone?
Ever fallen in love?
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love? (Love…)
In love with someone
You shouldn’t've fallen in love with

Ever fallen in love?
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love? (Love…)
In love with someone
You shouldn’t've fallen in love with

Fallen in love with
Ever fallen in love with someone
You shouldn’t've fallen in love with…

Well, someone told me yesterday
That when you throw your love away
You act as if you just don’t care
You look as if you’re going somewhere
But I just can’t convince myself
I couldn’t live with no one else
And I can only play that part
And sit and nurse my broken heart, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely

Now no-one’s knocked upon my door
For a thousand years, or more
All made up and nowhere to go
Welcome to this one man show
Just take a seat, they’re always free
No surprise, no mystery
In this theatre that I call my soul
I always play the starring role, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
So lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely

* We play this in G, which is a lot lower than the original version, but is the version The Police played on their reunion tour. The high notes of the original are brutal. We have changed the recording to the key we play it in, which is why it sounds completely odd.

We have also removed the rap that Sting does before the last chorus, because it looks weird on the monitor and we are trying to make the song easy for everyone to sing.

You can hear the original here or check out the live version here.

Another suburban family morning
Grandmother screaming at the wall
We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies
We can’t hear anything at all
Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration
But we know all her suicides are fake
Daddy only stares into the distance
There’s only so.much heartache he can take
Many miles away
Something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake

Another industrial ugly morning
The factory belches filth into the sky
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today
He doesn’t think to wonder why
The secretaries pout and preen like
cheap tarts in a red light street
But all he ever thinks to do is watch
And every single meeting with his so-called superior
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch
Many miles away
Something crawls to the surface
Of a dark Scottish loch

Another working day has ended
Only the rush hour hell to face
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
Contestants in a suicidal race
Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now looming in his headlights
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
Many miles away
There’s a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake
Many miles away, many miles away

Poster by Chepo Peña.

18 AND LIFE – SKID ROW
20th CENTURY BOY – T-REX
99 RED BALLOONS – NENA
ACE OF SPADES – MOTORHEAD
AIN’T TALKIN BOUT LOVE – VAN HALEN
ALONE – HEART
ANY WAY YOU WANT IT – JOURNEY
ANYTHING ANYTHING – DRAMARAMA
BAD REPUTATION – JOAN JETT
BALL AND CHAIN – SOCIAL DISTORTION
BALLROOM BLITZ – SWEET
BARRACUDA – HEART
BASKET CASE – GREEN DAY
BREAKING THE LAW – JUDAS PRIEST
BREED – NIRVANA
BRINGING ON THE HEARTBREAK – DEF LEPPARD
BUDDY HOLLY – WEEZER
CELEBRITY SKIN – HOLE
CHERRY BOMB – THE RUNAWAYS
CRAZY TRAIN – OZZY OSBOURNE
CREEP – RADIOHEAD
DANCING WITH MYSELF – BILLY IDOL
DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP – AC/DC
DO YOU WANNA TOUCH – JOAN JETT
ENTER SANDMAN – METALLICA
EVERLONG – FOO FIGHTERS
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS – QUEEN
FROM OUT OF NOWHERE – FAITH NO MORE
GIGANTIC – PIXIES
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – SEX PISTOLS
HEARTBREAKER – PAT BENETAR
HERE I GO AGAIN – WHITESNAKE
HOLY DIVER – DIO
I WANNA BE SEDATED – RAMONES
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG – THE STOOGES
I WANT YOU TO WANT ME – CHEAP TRICK
INSTITUTIONALIZED – SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
IRON MAN – BLACK SABBATH
JUST WHAT I NEEDED – THE CARS
KICK OUT THE JAMS – MC5
KISS ME DEADLY – LITA FORD
LAST CARESS – MISFITS
LIMELIGHT – RUSH
LITHIUM – NIRVANA
LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT – JUDAS PRIEST
LOOKS THAT KILL – MOTLEY CRUE
MAN IN THE BOX – ALICE IN CHAINS
MONKEYWRENCH – FOO FIGHTERS
MOTHER – DANZIG
MY BEST FRIENDS GIRL – THE CARS
MY HERO – FOO FIGHTERS
NEW ROSE – THE DAMNED
NEXT TO YOU – THE POLICE
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER – BLONDIE
OUTSHINED – SOUNDGARDEN
PARANOID – BLACK SABBATH
PHOTOGRAPH – DEF LEPPARD
POSSUM KINGDOM – TOADIES
REBEL YELL – BILLY IDOL
ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE – KISS
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE – SCORPIONS
ROUND AND ROUND – RATT
RUN TO THE HILLS – IRON MAIDEN
RUNNIN WITH THE DEVIL – VAN HALEN
SABOTAGE – BEASTIE BOYS
SAY IT AIN’T SO – WEEZER
SEARCH AND DESTROY – THE STOOGES
SHOUT AT THE DEVIL – MOTLEY CRUE
SONG 2 – BLUR
SONIC REDUCER – DEAD BOYS
SOUTH OF HEAVEN – SLAYER
SURRENDER – CHEAP TRICK
TALK DIRTY TO ME – POISON
THE TROOPER – IRON MAIDEN
TOM SAWYER – RUSH
UNSUNG – HELMET
VIOLET – HOLE
VOLCANO GIRLS – VERUCA SALT
WAR PIGS – BLACK SABBATH (short version)
WE GOT THE BEAT – THE GO-GO’s
WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT – TWISTED SISTER
WHAT DO I GET – BUZZCOCKS
WHERE EAGLES DARE – THE MISFITS
WHERE IS MY MIND – PIXIES
YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMING – JUDAS PRIEST
ZIGGY STARDUST – DAVID BOWIE

how could it be
I’m the only one who sees
your rehearsed insanity
yeah

I still refused
all the methods you abused
it’s alright if you’re confused
let me be

I’ve been around
all the pawns you’ve
gagged and bound
they’ll come back and
knock you down
and I’ll be free

I’ve taken all and I’ve endured
one day this all will fade I’m sure

I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything

I had no hand
in your ever desperate plan
it returns and when it lands
words are due

I should’ve known
we were better off alone
I looked and I was shown
you were too

I’ve taken all and I’ve endured
one day it all will fade I’m sure

I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything
I don’t owe you anything

I’ll stick around, I’ll stick around
learn from all, came from it
I’ll stick around, I’ll stick around
learn from all, came from it
I’ll stick around, I’ll stick around
learn from all, came from it
I’ll stick around, I’ll stick around
learn from all, came from iiiiitttt
yeeeeeah