Spirits In The Material World

Album: Ghost in the Machine (1981)
Charted: 12 11
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  • There is no political solution
    To our troubled evolution
    Have no faith in constitution
    There is no bloody revolution

    We are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world

    Our so-called leaders speak
    With words they try to jail you
    They subjugate the meek
    But it's the rhetoric of failure

    We are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world

    Where does the answer lie?
    Living from day to day
    If it's something we can't buy
    There must be another way

    We are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world
    Are spirits in the material world Writer/s: Gordon Sumner
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Jorge from Bronx,nyThe Police were a great live band, but then they got so mellow it became boring.
  • Esskayess from Dallas, TxI always pictured Madonna singing 'We are spirits in the material world, and I am a material girl.'
  • Miz Lady from Oakland, CaI can hear that early native ska music expanding and evolving into the more modern punk ska all in one song. It's awesome!
  • Jen from Dover, Nhhttp://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/summer.html If you are looking for lyrics for old songs...this site is great...This song is on the site...go to the Main lyrics page...good luck and enjoy...
  • Matthew from Milford, MaO_O Darn it, doesn't anyone know the lyrics to this song?
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