Sting & Police - Fall Out

The Police Live! / 1985-05-01 1. Be My Girl - Sally 2. Born In The 50's 3. Bring On The Night 4. Can't Stand Losing You 5. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 6. Don't Stand So Close To Me 7. Every Breath You Take 8. Fall Out 9. Hole In My Life 10. King Of Pain 11. Landlord 12. Message In A Bottle 13. Next To You 14. O My God 15. Peanuts 16. Roxanne 17. So Lonely 18. Spirits In The Material World 19. Synchronicity I 20. Synchronicity II 21. Tea In The Sahara 22. The Bed's Too Big Without You 23. Truth Hits Everybody 24. Walking In Your Footsteps 25. Walking On The Moon 26. Wrapped Around Your Finger

Fall Out

Written by Stewart Copeland

(this is the version that appears in the
Message In A Box Complete Transcriptions)

I never followed leaders
I got no machine
An' I paid my dues all along
Always says your freakin'
When I mess with other people
'Cause I knew that I was really alone

Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys

I saw my education
It was my indoctrination
Just to be another parking machine
Always says your freakin'
When I mess with other people
'Cause I knew that I was not very clean

Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Henri!
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall out, fall out with all the leaders and guys
Fall Out!

And after listening to a lot of different live
versions (and the original!) this is what we
think the lyrics actually are. Take your pick!
I never followed leaders
I've got my own team
And I've paid my dues all along
Always had to fake it
When I mixed with other people
'Cause I knew that I was really alone

Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs

I sold my education
It was my indoctrination
Just to be another cog in the machine
Always had to fake it
When I mixed other people
'Cause I knew that I was not very clean

Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Henri!
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall out, fall out all the leaders and gangs
Fall Out!