[00:07.38]Written by stewart copeland
[00:11.40]When you reach number ten
[00:12.66]And think the struggle ends
[00:14.01]But it ain't the end
[00:15.51]It's only a trend
[00:17.67]You have to unbend
[00:18.84]'cause it's only a trend
[00:24.06]Don't lose all your friends
[00:25.98]Don't make your heroes end
[00:29.64]When you reach number eight
[00:31.17]It ain't no pearly gate
[00:32.49]'cause it won't satiate
[00:33.78]Your growing appetite
[00:35.28]You can ply your trade
[00:37.05]And push your crusade
[00:38.58]Emancipate or indoctrinate, but the
[00:40.80]Traps are all laid for any honest crusade
[00:48.15]Your old values will fade
[00:49.53]As you struggle to make the grade
[01:03.12]As you struggle to make the grade
[01:08.49]You needn't bother!
[01:08.94]When you hit number four
[01:12.09]You're almost through the door
[01:14.37]But there's a whole lot
[01:14.79]More you just can't ignore
[01:15.75]The telephone's sure, you know the score
[01:19.47]But don't let this uproar
[01:20.82]Dissipate your encore
[01:23.13]It's written in the news
[01:26.01]How you paid your dues
[01:30.33]But you've no excuse
[01:30.78]For the people you abuse
[01:34.71]When you reach number one
[01:36.21]You can beat your drum
[01:38.43]You can sack your roadies in birmingham
[01:40.38]When your record is platinum
[01:42.12]You can stick it to the [band]
[01:44.25]To the wall like you've always planned
[01:47.52]It's written in the news how you paid your dues
[01:53.34]But you've no excuse for the people you abuse
[02:02.88]When you reach number ten
[02:03.72]The people you abuse
[02:09.33]No excuse
[02:09.63]For the people you abuse
[02:19.80]You've got no excuse
[02:20.25]For the people you abuse