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Metric — Police and the Private
Album: Live It Out
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Released: 2005
Length: 3:36
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Get straight, wait here while I try to find the exit sign
When will you stop asking strangers?
No one wants what we want
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bag
Never expect to be sure

You're working for the police and the private
The pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted, waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the hairdresser
Felt up and fingerprinted, waiting for the train
Lord, lord, mother, we are all losing love
Lord, listen lover, we are all missing mama
Lord, lord, mother, we are all losing love
Lord, listen lover, we are all missing something (I don't got)

There's a place that ends here
I know when they close the gates, I'll cry
I'm so tired of never sleeping
The whole world wants what we're on
Didn't make this up, I learned
I learned it from a friend
My friend is coming clean, she told me
"Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bed
Never expect to be sure who you're working for."

You're working for the police and the private
The pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted, waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the garbage collector
Fingerprinted, waiting for the train
Lord, lord, mother, we are all losing love
Lord, listen lover, we are all missing mama
Lord, lord, mother, we are all losing love
Lord, listen lover, we are all missing mama
Lord, lord, mother, we are all losing love
Lord, listen lover, we are all missing mama
Lord, lord, mother, we are all losing love
Lord, listen lover, we are all missing love

Got to get out
Got to get to you, the orphanage is closing in an hour
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Get straight, wait here while I try to find the exit sign
When we stop asking strangers, no one wants what we want
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bag
Never expect to be sure

You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the hairdresser, 
Felt up and fingerprinted waiting for the train

Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing something I don't got

There's a place that ends here I know
When they close the gates I'll cry
I'm so tired of never sleeping
The whole world wants what we're on

Didn't make this up I learned, I learned it from a friend
My friend is coming clean, she told me
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bed
Never expect to be sure, who you're working for

You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pilots
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the garbage collector 
Fingerprinted waiting for the train

Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama

Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing mama
Lord lord mother, you're all losing love
Lord listen lover, you're all missing love

Got to get out
Got to get to you, the orphanage is closing in an hour
Posted 10 years ago by offroadbiker    [ Reply ]

Metric - New i by ~escape-is-at-hand
©2006-2010 ~escape-is-at-hand

Jimmy Shaw at the Carleton University Froshweek concert.

Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by milchschnitte    [ Reply ]
I don't understand this, but I like it.
Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
is that "chopsticks" on the piano?{#Tongue}
Posted 15 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
sharkey wrote:
Check out the playlist & you'll soon see you're in the wrong space.

Honestly!  I'm quite frankly sick and tired of all these (seemingly) older listeners complaining about the advancement of music.  Sorry folks, we're in 2008, check your calender and get with the times or invent a time machine to take you back to your beloved sixties and seventies.  {#Razz}
Posted 15 years ago by DELTA__9__FOOLS    [ Reply ]
Not as engaging or creative as Rock Me Now....
Posted 15 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
god its getting worse - where's the classic rock! how about some oldies! this indie pop crap.. wtf.. indie pop.. seriously..lol.. you should all seek help if you listen to indie pop.
Check out the playlist & you'll soon see you're in the wrong space.
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
+1
Posted 16 years ago by plaid    [ Reply ]
Annoying
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I think I understand why this follows Libertango. There's that one piece of background that sounds like a continuation of the theme.
Posted 16 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Yes its pop, and yes Metric was played to death on the radio, but I still can't get enough of that voice. Amazing live too.
Posted 16 years ago by pherthyl    [ Reply ]
Metric has such a great sound. This is the first I've heard from this album. Time to update the ol' collection!
Posted 16 years ago by ranwulf    [ Reply ]
Metric Fans truly want to hear:Monster Hospital or Poster Girl, or Dead Disco not whatever this is!
Posted 16 years ago by KarimMosna    [ Reply ]
Would luv to hear 'Poster of a Girl'!
Posted 17 years ago by Smutty    [ Reply ]
Musically, sounds like a long radio commercial.
Posted 17 years ago by absolutemotion    [ Reply ]
I just like the sound
Posted 17 years ago by jessenaiman    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
god its getting worse - where's the classic rock! how about some oldies! this indie pop crap.. wtf.. indie pop.. seriously..lol.. you should all seek help if you listen to indie pop.
I'm not crazy about this one either, but seriously, dude ... why are you here?
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
This band is so over-rated. Emily Haines has talent and her solo album comes out in Canada very soon. Stay tuned, it may be the best move she's ever made...
Posted 17 years ago by nickkuzyk    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
god its getting worse - where's the classic rock! how about some oldies! this indie pop crap.. wtf.. indie pop.. seriously..lol.. you should all seek help if you listen to indie pop.
wtf is right. Since when was RP an oldies, classic rock station? At least we've pinpointed the source of your error and our frustration. Now if you'd kindly seek out one of the hundreds of classic rock stations and leave us in peace... Likeable tune, and a new band by me.
Posted 17 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Jamoo2003 wrote:
Sounds a bit like jenny lewis.
Posted 17 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
was no other keyboardist available besides Wesley Willis?
Posted 17 years ago by stinkycheese    [ Reply ]
Delicious!
Posted 17 years ago by hujoppi    [ Reply ]
Nothing here to distinguish it from any number of unmemorable pop songs currently pumping from your local Hot 95 or 97 Jams or the like.
Posted 17 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
jgeyer wrote:
I like this song a lot. Any word on the rest of the album?
What can I say about the rest of the "live it out" album except "leave it out". Apart from that, this one song deserves an 8.
Posted 17 years ago by lixy    [ Reply ]
jgeyer wrote:
I like this song a lot. Any word on the rest of the album?
I like this album quite a bit, would recommend it. It's all I've listened to in my car for the last three days. I'm a fan of the really crunchy tunes, like Monster Hospital.
Posted 17 years ago by rjs    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys play in a farmers field in Rollo Bay, PEI last summer....it was amazing!
Posted 17 years ago by Yikim    [ Reply ]
metric mania
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
I thought for sure this was Frente.
Posted 17 years ago by SoundsGoodToMe    [ Reply ]
adroc wrote:
I've seen them live. They have GREAT energy on stage and Emily, the lead singer is insatiably sexy!
She's So Succexy! I've seen them live too, and they're fantastic
Posted 17 years ago by jfrankparnell    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
god its getting worse - where's the classic rock! how about some oldies! this indie pop crap.. wtf.. indie pop.. seriously..lol.. you should all seek help if you listen to indie pop.
That's why we're glad that Bill & Rebecca run this station and not you!
Posted 17 years ago by joelsephus    [ Reply ]
Its like Jimmy Walker----- EX- PLO- SIVE jgeyer wrote:
I like this song a lot. Any word on the rest of the album?
Posted 17 years ago by Wisercrowe    [ Reply ]
I've seen them live. They have GREAT energy on stage and Emily, the lead singer is insatiably sexy!
Posted 17 years ago by adroc    [ Reply ]
I like this song a lot. Any word on the rest of the album?
Posted 17 years ago by jgeyer    [ Reply ]
If everyone who didnt like the same music you do was forced to seek help.... just shut up tony620d wrote:
god its getting worse - where's the classic rock! how about some oldies! this indie pop crap.. wtf.. indie pop.. seriously..lol.. you should all seek help if you listen to indie pop.
Posted 17 years ago by shmiverson    [ Reply ]
MORE METRIC!!!!! there are even better songs
Posted 17 years ago by Wisercrowe    [ Reply ]
god its getting worse - where's the classic rock! how about some oldies! this indie pop crap.. wtf.. indie pop.. seriously..lol.. you should all seek help if you listen to indie pop.
Posted 17 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
This song could not be sillier - and yet her voice is cool, the melody is nice... It works.
Posted 17 years ago by formersnowbug    [ Reply ]
Jamoo2003 wrote:
Sounds a bit like jenny lewis.
Wrong. It sounds exactly like Jenny Lewis.
Posted 17 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Play more Metric!
Posted 17 years ago by pdxguy    [ Reply ]
This song is simply beautiful, like the Jeff Beck song that came after it.
Posted 17 years ago by razorwriter    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Hmmm. quote> HAHAHAH!
Posted 17 years ago by shmiverson    [ Reply ]
huebdoo wrote:
They have a real funky and quite attractive lead singer who makes parts of my body feel funny
Hmmm.
Posted 17 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
sweet band. vive le canada
Posted 17 years ago by Wisercrowe    [ Reply ]
Is this the girl from Frente! ?
Posted 17 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
I like 'em, even tho' she sounds like a Fiona Apple rip off
Posted 17 years ago by yclept    [ Reply ]
I love how the song stays suspended in that groove… the drummer doesn't hit the snare once… very cool.
Posted 17 years ago by markE    [ Reply ]
Meh.
Posted 17 years ago by olsaltybastard    [ Reply ]
Bizzarefall wrote:
No! I was referring to manchesters post - I was too slow...
Oh, ok.
Posted 18 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
Metric is one of those bands who have some pretty cool stuff but just havent gotten it together hit-wise They are from Canada but many canadians think they are British or American They have a real funky and quite attractive lead singer who makes parts of my body feel funny I love songs like "Combat Baby" for example which is a great song that I thought would have break them out
Posted 18 years ago by huebdoo    [ Reply ]
I thought the same - but it is growing on me - kind of sounds like Imogene Heap (the music) edit: the same meaning doing nothing for him..
Posted 18 years ago by Bizzarefall    [ Reply ]
Jamoo2003 wrote:
Sounds a bit like jenny lewis.
Not even close. Emily Haines has a rather nasal voice and her range is pretty limited.
Posted 18 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like jenny lewis.
Posted 18 years ago by Jamoo2003    [ Reply ]
did nothing for me !
Posted 18 years ago by ManchesterUK    [ Reply ]
smooth tune
Posted 18 years ago by figsout    [ Reply ]