The Police – When the world is running down

Esta canción pertenece al tercer álbum del grupo británico The Police llamado Zenyattà Mondatta. Fue el eleé de su consagración como uno de los grupos más importantes, influyentes y con ventas millonarias de la primera mitad de la década de los ochenta del siglo pasado.

Es una canción muy simple, de solo tres acordes y utilizando el viejo truco de cambiar la melodía para hacer un estribillo sin variar la armonía ni los acordes. Se puede escuchar perfectamente en este tema uno de los ganchos del grupo: la extraña, aguda y penetrante voz de Sting, una voz que nos pilló  a todos por sorpresa.

When the world is running down (3:07)

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Turn on my V.C.R.
Same one I’ve had for years
James Brown on the T. A. M. I. show
Same tape I’ve had for years
I sit in my old car
Same one I’ve had for years
Old battery’s running down
It ran for years and years

Turn on the radio
The static hurts my ears
Tell me where would I go
I ain’t been out in years
Turn on the stereo
It’s played for years and years
An Otis Redding song
It’s all I own

When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around

Plug in my M.C.I
To exercise my brain
Make records on my own
Can’t go out in the rain
Pick up the telephone
I’ve listened here for years
No one to talk to me
I’ve listened here for years

When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around

When I feel lonely here
Don’t waste my time with tears
I run ‘Deep Throat’ again
It ran for years and years
Don’t like the food I eat
The cans are running out
Same food for years and years
I hate the food I eat

When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around

When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what’s still around