Landlord

"Landlord"
Cover of the 1979 Message In A Bottle US single featuring Landlord as a b-side.
Recorded by The Police
Released:	1979
Recorded:	??
Length:	3:09
Album(s):	Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings, Propaganda
Label(s):	A&M
Writer(s):	Stewart Copeland, Sting
Producer(s):	The Police, Nigel Gray
Studio(s):	Surrey Sound Studios
Released as single?	B-SIDE

"Landlord" is a song written by Stewart Copeland and Sting and recorded by The Police in YYYY.

About the song

This was one of the earliest songs Sting co-wrote for The Police. It was already performed in early 1977 when Andy Summers was not yet a member of the band.

Personnel

Sting - bass and vocals

Stewart Copeland - drums

Andy Summers - guitar

Nigel Gray - co-producer

Release History

Albums

"Landlord" appears on the following album releases:

Cover art	Album title	Release date	Release country
	Propaganda	1979-01-01	United Kingdom
	Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings	1993-09-30	United Kingdom
	The Police Live!	1995-06-13	United Kingdom

Singles

7" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song/B-side song	Release date	Release country
	AMS 7474	"Message In A Bottle"/"Landlord"	1979	UK
	A&M 2190	"Message In A Bottle"/"Landlord (live)"	1979	United States
	Catalog no.	"Message In A Bottle"/"Landlord" (Disc 4 of Six Pack)	1980-05-01	United Kingdom

Lyrics

Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.

I don't want to rent a house from you
I don't know how you can expect me to
I ain't moving 'cause I know my rights
Too many homeless on the streets at night

You own a street and a block of flats
You earn your living like the other rats
You've no morality, what do you care
You deal in poverty, you buy despair

I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

You go and call yourself a business man
You're just a parasite on Pyllosan
You're just a middle class middle aged shit
You sold your granny for a three-penny bit

You own a street and a block of flats
You earn your living like the other rats
You've no morality, what do you care
You deal in poverty, you buy despair

I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

You go and call yourself a business man
You're just a parasite on Pyllosan
You're just a middle class middle aged shit
You sold your granny for a three-penny bit

You own a street and a block of flats
You earn your living like the other rats
You've no morality, what do you care
You deal in poverty, you buy despair

I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some
I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes
I've got no weapons, gonna get me some

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

• Landlord (live) - recorded at The Bottom Line in New York on 1979-04-04

released as the b-side for the US 7" Message In A Bottle, on the LP Propaganda and on Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings

See also

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External links

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References

• ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 24 Jun 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=174>
• ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 24 Jun 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=340>