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Man in a Suitcase

The Police
Track 9 on Zenyattà Mondatta 

Produced by

The Police & Nigel Gray
In an interview regarding the song, The interviewer asked if it was about being on tour. Sting replied, “No, it’s really about a ventriloquist’s dummy.” Which, as it… Read More 
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Man in a Suitcase Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'd invite you back to my place
It's only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks like home to me alright
But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night

[Chorus]
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?

[Verse 2]
Another key for my collection
For security I race for my connection
Bird in a flying cage you'll never get to know me well
The world's my oyster, my hotel room's a prison cell

[Chorus]
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?

[Verse 1]
I'd invite you back to my place
It's only mine because it holds my suitcase
It looks like home to me alright
But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night
[Chorus]
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?

[Chorus]
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?
Must I be the man in a suitcase?
Is it me, the man with the stranger's face?

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In an interview regarding the song, The interviewer asked if it was about being on tour. Sting replied, “No, it’s really about a ventriloquist’s dummy.”

Which, as it happens, really kind of works out well.

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Zenyattà Mondatta (1980)
The Police
  1. 1.
    Don’t Stand So Close to Me
  2. 2.
    Driven to Tears
  3. 3.
    When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around
  4. 4.
    Canary in a Coalmine
  5. 5.
    Voices Inside My Head
  6. 6.
    Bombs Away
  7. 7.
    De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
  8. 8.
    Behind My Camel
  9. 9.
    Man in a Suitcase
  10. 10.
    Shadows in the Rain
  11. 11.
    The Other Way of Stopping
Credits
Produced By
Written By
Recorded At
Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, North Holland, the Netherlands
Release Date
October 2, 1980
Man in a Suitcase Covers
Tags
RockIn EnglishBritish RockSkaPost-PunkNew WaveUK
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