Alek, if the song had been country, you might have gotten away with polite, as I believe it's pronounced this way in some areas of the US (in vernacular speech).

But the correct pronunciation is with the accent on the second syllable: polite.
Here's a link you can check out for the pronunciation of various words.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/british/polite

Donna

Honour the Earth. Without it, we'd be nowhere.

Life is too important to take seriously.