Lyrics to
Next To You

This version of Next To You was released by The Police in 1978.

Visit the The Police Lyrics profile at Decade Lyrics - it has the Next To You lyrics as well as the rest of the songs by The Police.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to The Police or about the 1970s in general.

I can’t stand it for another day
When you live so many miles away.
Nothing here is gonna make me stay,
(You) took me over, let me find a way.

I sold my house
I sold my motor, too.
All I want is to be Next To You.
I’d rob a bank
Maybe steal a plane.
You took me over,
Think I’m goin’ insane.

What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.
What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.

I’ve had a thousand girls or maybe more,
But I’ve never felt like this before.
But I just don’t know what’s come over me,
You took me over, take a look at me.

What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.
What can I do,
All I want is to be next to you.

All I want is to be next to you,
All I want is to be next to you,
All I want is to be next to you.

So many times I used to give a sign
Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind.
When all it is is just a love affair.
You took me over baby, take me there.

What can I do
All I want is to be next to you
What can I do
All I want is to be next to you
What can I do
All I want is to be next to you
What can I do
All I want is to be next to you.

All I want is to be next to you…

---

Want more lyrics and songs by The Police?

The Police has released many songs over the years besides Next To You. The Police released songs from 1978 to 1983 spanning across albums like Outlandos d'Amour, Reggatta de Blanc, Zenyatta Mondatta, Ghost In The Machine, and Synchronicity. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Police.

If you're a fan of the music of the 1970s looking for more songs from 1978 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Next To You by The Police

When you decide to study the lyrics to Next To You, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by The Police. Some of the lyrics to Next To You have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Police and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Next To You if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Next To You" means the words set to the music of Next To You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Police. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Next To You and the lyrics to Next To You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Police who came here looking just for the lyrics to Next To You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by The Police

Visit our The Police profile for more The Police songs, lyrics & info!

)