Zenyatta Mondatta
The Police (1980)
The third studio album from The Police is turning forty five years old today. Practically every song on this record was a hit, including Don't Stand So Close To Me, Driven To Tears, Canary In A Coal Mine, and Man In A Suitcase.
My favorite one of all, and probably my favorite song that the band ever put out, is the third song on the album. When I listened to this song in my 20's and 30's, it reminded me of Roland describing Mid-World in The Dark Tower by saying that "the world has moved on". When the pandemic began, and the effects of global climate change became harder to ignore in the years after the pandemic, it started to remind me of our world because all we can really do is make the best of what's still around.
Turn on my VCRSame one I've had for yearsJames Brown on the Tami showSame tape I've had for yearsI sit in my old carSame one I've had for yearsOld battery's running downIt ran for years and yearsTurn on the radioThe static hurts my earsTell me, where would I go?I ain't been out in yearsTurn on the stereoIt's played for years and yearsAn Otis Redding songIt's all I ownWhen the world is running downYou make the best of what's still aroundWhen the world is running downYou make the best of what's still aroundPlug in my MCITo exercise my brainMake records on my ownCan't go out in the rainPick up the telephoneI've listened here for yearsNo one to talk to meI've listened here for yearsWhen the world is running downYou make the best of what's still aroundWhen the world is running downYou make the best of what's still aroundWhen I feel lonely hereDon't waste my time with tearsI run Deep Throat againIt ran for years and yearsDon't like the food I eatThe cans are running outSame food for years and yearsI hate the food I eatWhen the world is running downYou make the best of what's still aroundWhen the world is running downYou make the best of what's still around
