Don't Stand So Close To Me Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Booyacka 

Cover art for Don't Stand So Close To Me lyrics by Police, The

I also think he wants to save him from himself. Like the man in 'Lolita', he knows if he keeps getting tempted he might not be able to stop himself. Even if he wasn't a teacher he knows it'd still be wrong, so he has to repeat the chorus line over and over and over again, pleading for her to keep away from him, for his own sanity.