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Hey
This street honey is a mean street
Living in this street honey needs a mean streak
We've got criminals living in this street
But there's a heartbeat pulse that keeps on pumping
Like a jukebox playing the same dead record
Or a radio in the corner keeps blaring
I gotta feeling this world is using me
This town honey is a dead town
Living in this town honey is a let down
Coming to this town honey is a show down
But there's a heartbeat pulse that keeps on pumping
Some sunshine ray through a crack in the shutter
Or a sight of a light at the end of the tunnel
Still there's a feeling this world is using me
Ha
Action this day
Action this night
We've gotta learn to love to live
You can't say it ain't right
Action this day
Action this night
You've got the power
You've got the power
You've got the power to learn to love to live to love
You can't say it ain't right
Your mind honey is a bleak place
Living in you mind's living in a blank space, hah
Your mind is coming from a rat race
But there's a heartbeat pulse that keeps on pumping
Like a jukebox playing the same dead record
Or a radio in the corner keeps blaring
I gotta feeling that just won't quit, this world is using me
Action this day
Action this night
Oh we've gotta learn to love to live
You can't say it ain't right
Action this day, wow
Action this night, oh
You've got the power
You've got the power
You've got the power to learn to love to live to love
You can't say it ain't right
Hey
Alright
Hey
Action this day
Action this day, give it
Hey, hey, hey
Action this day
Living in this street, honey, living in this street, honey
Needs a mean streak, needs a mean streak, yeah babe
Action this day
Action this day
Action this day
Action this day
Ooooh
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Hah
Yeah, deh, deh, dah dap
Back chat, back chat
Now that's enough of that
Hit back at it, hit back
Let's see who's gonna crack
Back chat, back chat
Can take no more of that
Hit back, hit back
Get right back on your track
Hey, yeah
Oh yeah
Back off now baby
See what you done to me
Back chat
Now that's enough of that
It's a battle to the end
Knock you down you come again
Talk back, talk back
You've got me on the rack
Twisting every word I say
Wind me up you get your way
Fat chance I have
Of making no romance
If I'm ever going to win
Have to get the last word in
Take it from there
Oh yeah
Twisting every word I say
Wind me up and let me play
(Whispered: Back chat)
Back chat
Back chat
Come on back chat me
Don't you know
That's enough babe
Don't need any more of that rabbit, no more, no more, yeah
Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me
Blow
Back chat baby
Oh get down to me
Oh yeah, yeah
Come on now
Wake up, stand up
And drag yourself on out
Get down, get ready
Scream and shout
Back off baby, be cool
And learn to change your ways
'Cos you're talking in your sleep
And you're walking in a daze
Don't push you're luck with me
I'm ready to attack
'Cos when I'm trying to talk to you
All you do is just talk back
You stand so tall
You don't frighten me at all
Don't talk back, don't talk back, don't talk back
Just leave me alone, ha
Yeah
Leave me alone, baby
Back chat, back chat
Back chat, back chat
Back chat, back chat
Back chat, back chat, you know where it's at
Come on baby, hey, hit me
Go for it, go for it, go for it, baby, ha
Come on, you gotta tell me
Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, woh
Back, back, back, back chat
Oh, there she goes
Woh
Come on, come on, come on, come on baby
Yeah, ooooh, yeah
Ha
Chat
Demo With David Bowie
Length 3:30.
Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
ah
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) You're taking all the sunshine
away
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) Making out like you're the mainline -
I knew that
Cos you're a cool cat
Tapping on the toe with a new hat
Ooh, just cruising, driving along with the swing king
Feeling the beat of my heart, ah-ah
Feeling the beat of my heart
Ooh, you're a cool cat
Coming on strong with all the chit-chat
Ooh, you're alright
Hanging out and stealing all the limelight
Messing with the beat of my heart
Ooh, messing with the beat of my heart, yeah
Bowie: Up town beat, never seen a real life till you came into my life, came
into my life (oooh)
You used to be a mean kid (Bowie: mean kid)
Ooh, making such a deal of life
Bowie: I used to know that (I used to know that)
Ooh, you were wishing and hoping and waiting to really hit the big time
But did it happen, happen, no
You're speeding too fast
Slow down, slow down
You'd better slow down
Slow down
Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) ah you really know how to set
the mood
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) and you really get inside the groove,
yeah
Cool cat
Tapping on the toe with a new hat
Oooh, just cruising
Driving along like the swing king
Feeling the beat of my heart
Feeling the beat of my heart, yeah, yeah
Feeling the beat of my heart, can you feel it
Feeling the beat of my heart, yeah, yeah
Feeling the beat of my heart
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) oooh, ooooh, feeling
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) feeling, feeling, feeling
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) ooh, you're messing around,
messing around
(Bowie: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum) oooh-ooh, oooh-ooh, oooh-ooh,
oooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh
Dislocate your spine if you don't sign he says
I'll have you seeing double
Mesmerise you when he's tongue tied
Simply with those eyes (oooh, ooh, oooh)
Synchronise your minds and see
The beast within him rise
Don't look back
Don't look back
It's a rip off
Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you're mad (oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you've been had
Intoxicate your brain with what I'm saying
If not you'll lie in knee deep trouble
Prostitute yourself he says
Castrate your human pride (oooh, ooh, oooh)
Sacrifice your leisure days
Let me squeeze you till you've dried
Don't look back
Don't look back
Ooh, it's a rip off
Aahhh
Aahhh
Aahhh
Work my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression
Seduce you with his money make machine
Cross collateralise (big time money, money)
Reduce you to a muzak fake machine
Then the last goodbye (aah-ahh, aah-ahh, aah-ahh, aah-ahh)
It's a rip off
Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you're mad (oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you've been had
(also known as 'A Fiddley Jam')
Length 2:59.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hang on there
And now let's go, go
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
Hey
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
Now
Ba da, bop, be dop bop, bop, bop
Be bop, de bop, de bop, bop, hey
And let's go, let's go
OK, now do the change now
Yeah, hang in there
Yeah, hang on in there
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
Yeah
(Ad-libbed lyrics) hey
Make it a whole, a whole, a hey
(Ad-libbed lyrics) yeah
On, and on, and on babe
Ohhh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a
Falling out
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
(Ad-libbed lyrics) falling out
Hey
Make it a whole, a whole, a hey
(Ad-libbed lyrics) yeah
On, and on, and on babe
Ohhh
Yeah, yeah it's a
Hey
You say you love me
And I hardly know your name
And if I say I love you in the candle light
There's no-one but myself to blame
But there's something inside
That's turning my mind away
Oh, oh, how I could love you
I could let you stay
It's late - and I'm bleeding deep inside
It's late - is it just my sickly pride
Too late - even now the feeling seems to steal away
So late - though I'm crying I can't help hear you say
It's late, it's late, it's late
But not too late
Ooh, yes
Ooh, yeah
The way you love me
Is the sweetest love around
But after all this time
The more I'm trying
The more I seem to let you down, yes
Now you tell me you're leaving
And I just can't believe it's true
Oh, oh, how I love you
Though you know I can't be true
Oh, you make me love you, yes
Don't tell me that we're through
It's late - oooh, and it's driving me so mad
It's late - oooh, but don't try to tell me that it's
Too late - even now love you can't turn out the light
So late - I've been wrong but I'll learn to be right
It's late, it's late, it's late
But not too late
No
It's late, it's late, it's late
Ohhh, oooh
Ow, oh
Ow, ohhhh, oooh
Make, make, make, make
Oh, oooh, oooh, oh, oooh
Ow, ow, ow
Oh, oohh
Make love, make love, make love, make love, make love, make love, make love,
m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-oooh
Get down, oooh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhh
Ow, ow, ow
Ooh
Ooh, shh, ahh
Oh, oh, oh
Maaa
Ow, ow, ow
Owww, oooh
It's all too late
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-late, ooh, late
Length 1:21.
Listen all you people, come gather round
I gotta get me a game plan, gotta shake you to the ground
But just give me, what I know is mine
People do you hear me, just give me the sign
It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth
Here's to the future, for the dreams of youth, hey
I want it all (hear it all, I want it all), I want it all, hey, I want it all
and I want it now
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
Brian: (Ad-libbed vocals)
Brian: And I know I love you baby
Length 4:59.
Then I saw him in the crowd
A lot of people had gathered round him
The beggars shouted
The lepers called him
The old man said nothing
He just stared about him
All going down to see the Lord Jesus (oh yeah)
All going down to see the Lord Jesus (oooh yeah)
All going down
Then came a man before his feet he fell
'Unclean' said the leper, rang his bell
Felt the palm of a hand touch his head
'Go now, go now, you're a new man instead'
All going down to see the Lord Jesus, ooh right
All going down to see the Lord Jesus
All going down
It all began with the three wise men
Followed a star took them to Bethlehem
And made it heard throughout the land
Born was the leader of man
All going down (going down, going) to see the Lord Jesus
All going down (oooh, yes we're going down, oooh, ooh) to see the Lord Jesus
All going down
It all began with the three wise men
Followed a star took them to Bethlehem
And they made it heard throughout the land
Born was the leader of man
Yes we're
All going down to see the Lord Jesus
We're all going down to see the Lord Jesus
All going down
Length 3:48.
I was told a million times of all the people in my way
And how I have to keep on trying just get better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles
Then I'd still be where I started, bread and butter for a smile
Well, I sold a million mirrors in a shop in alley way
But I never saw my face in any window any day
Now they say your folks are telling you to be a superstar
But I tell you just be satisfied and stay right where you are
Keep yourself alive, yeah, keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Well I loved a million women in a belladonic haze
And I ate a million dinners brought to me on silver trays
Give me everything I need to feed my body and my soul
And I'll grow a little bigger, then that can be my goal
I was told a million times of all the troubles in my way
How I had to keep on trying and get better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles
Then I'd still be where I started, same as when I'd started
Keep yourself alive, yeah, keep yourself alive
Take you all your time and money
Honey you'll survive
Did I
Roger: Wooh-hoo
(Roger screams)
Oh
Keep yourself alive, keep yourself alive, oh
Take you all your time and money
To keep me satisfied
Do you think you're better every day
No, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave, yeah
Keep yourself alive, come on, keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive, yes you've gotta keep yourself alive
All you pretty people keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive, ooh, keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
I was told a million times of all the troubles in my way
May you grow a little wiser, little better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles
Then I'd still be where I started, bread and butter for a smile
Well, I sold a million mirrors in a shop in alley way
But I never saw my face in any window any day
Now they say your folks are telling you be a superstar
But I tell you just be satisfied and stay right where you are
Keep yourself alive, keep yourself alive
Take you all your time and a money
And honey you'll survive
Ow
Well I loved a million women in a belladonic haze
And I ate a million dinners brought to me on silver trays
Give me everything I need to feed my body and my soul
When I grow a little bigger, maybe that can be my goal
I was told a million times of all the people in my way
How I'd have to keep on trying and get better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles
Then I'd still be where I started, same as when I'd started
Keep yourself alive, yeah, keep yourself alive
Oooh, take you all your time and a money
And honey you'll survive, shake it
Uh, wow
Keep yourself alive, wow, keep yourself alive, oh
Take you all your time and a money
And honey you'll survive
Do you think you're better every day
No, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave
Keep yourself alive, come on, keep yourself alive
Ooh, you take my time and take more money
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive, come on, keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive, come on, come on, keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive, oh yeah, keep yourself alive
Take you all your time and a money and honey you'll survive
Take you all your time and money honey
Oooh, you will survive
Length 4:20.
Roger: Three, four
Ah
Oooooh-oooh-ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah
Don't touch me now
Don't hold me now
Don't break the spell darling
I'm begging you
This is the hour
We're waiting for
We'll make one day last a
Lifetime or two
Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Love me slow
One foolish world, so many souls
Senselessly hurled through the never ending cold
And all for fear, and all for greed
Speak any tongue but for God's sakes we need
Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Let me know, this night and evermore
Ah
Ahh
Brian: Oohh, evermore
Freddie: Ahh, las palabras... de amor
This room is bare
This night is cold
We're far apart and I'm
Growing old
But while we live
We'll meet again
So then my love
We may whisper once more
Now I adore you
Las palabras de amor (las palabras de amor)
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Touch me now, ahhhh
Las palabras de amor
Let us share the words of love
Ooh, evermore
Ooh, evermore
Ooh, evermore
Three, four
Ooooh (take another little peice of my heart now baby) take a piece of my heart
Ooooh (take another little peice of my soul now baby) take a piece of my soul
(Take another little peice of my life now baby)
Ooooh, let me live, oh yeah, ooooh
Why don't you take another little piece of my heart
Why don't you take it and break it
And tear it all apart
All I do is give
And all you do is take
Baby why don't you give me
A brand new start
So let me live (so let me live)
Let me live (leave me alone)
Let me live, ooooh, oh baby
And make a brand new start
Why don't you take another little piece of my soul
Why don't you shape it and shake it
'Til your really in control
All you do is take
And all I do is give
All that I'm asking
Is a chance to live
(So let me live) - so let me live
(Leave me alone) - let me live, let me live, yeah
(Why don't you let me make a brand new start)
Yeah, and it's a
Long hard struggle (yeah, yeah)
But you can always depend on me
And if you're ever in trouble - hey
You know where I will be
Why don't you take another little piece of my life
Why don't you twist it and turn it
And cut it like a knife
All you do is live
All I do is die
Why can't we just be friends
Stop livin' a lie
So let me live (so let me live)
Let me live (leave me alone)
Please let me live
(Why don't you live a little), oh yeah baby
(Why don't you give a little love), go for it baby
Let me live
Please let me live
Oh yeah baby, let me live
And make a brand new start
Take another little peice of my heart now baby
Ooooh, let me live (let me live)
Take another little peice of my heart now baby
Ooooh, ooh yeah (let me live)
Take another little peice of my soul now baby
Ooooh, come on (let me live)
Take another little peice of my life now baby
Ooooh, in your heart, oh baby
Take another piece, take another piece, take another piece, take another piece
Please let me live
Take another piece, take another piece, take another piece, take another piece
Why don't you take another, take another piece of my, piece of my heart
Oh yeah baby
Take another little peice of my heart now baby
Make a brand new start, oh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby please
All you do is take
Let me live
Take another little peice of my heart now baby
Ooooh, let me live
Oh yeah now, yeah now
Let me live
I have sinned dear father
Father I have sinned
Try and help me father
Won't you let me in
Liar, oh nobody believes me
Ow, why don't you leave me alone
Sire, I have stolen
Stolen many times
Raised my voice in anger
When I know I never should
Liar, ooh everybody deceives me
Liar, ooh, why don't you leave me alone
Take it
Brian
Liar, I have sailed the seas
Liar, from Mars to Mercury
Liar, I have drunk the wine
Liar, time after time
Liar, you're lying to me
Liar, you're lying to me
Father, please forgive me
You know you'll never leave me
Please will you direct me
In the right way
Liar, liar, liar, liar
Liar, that's what they keep calling me
Liar, every day and every night
Liar, oh all the time
Liar
Oh yes, ooh-oh-oh-oh, they won't let me go
Listen
Mama I'm gonna be your slave (all day long)
Mama I'm gonna try behave (all day long)
Mama I'm gonna be your slave (all day long)
I'm gonna love you till your dying day (all day long)
I'm gonna kneel down by your side and pray (all day long)
I'm gonna love you till your dying day (all day long)
And pray (all day long) and pray (all day long)
All day long (all day long)
All day long (all day long)
Ow (all day long)
Wow (all day long)
All day long (all day long)
All day long
All day long
Oh yes (Roger: Ahhhh) ooh, take it
All day long, all day long, all day long
Liar, liar, they never ever let you win
Liar, liar, everything you do is sin
Liar, no, they never leave you
Liar, they let you down before you begin
Oooh, now let me tell you this
Now you know you could be dead before they let you
Oooh
Length 3:30.
Roger: One, two, three, four
Guilt stains on my pillow
Blood on my terraces
Torsos in my closet
Shadows from my past
Life is real
Life is real
Life is real, so real
Sleeping is my leisure
Waking up in a minefield
Dream is just a pleasure dome
Love is a roulette wheel
Life is real
Life is real
Life is real, so real
Success is my breathing space
I brought it on myself
I will price it
I will cash it
I can take it or leave it
Loneliness is my hiding place
Breastfeeding myself
What more can I say
I have swallowed the bitter pill
I can taste it, I can taste it
Life is real
Life is real
Life is real
Music will be my mistress
Loving like a whore
Lennon is a genius
Living in every pore
Life is real
Life is real
Life is real, so real
Life is cruel
Life is a bitch
Life is real - so real
Life is real
Life is real, yeah
Life is real
Length 1:54
Don't you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on
Ooh, don't you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on
Don't you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on
Come on take a shot
Fire me higher
Don't you miss this time
Please don't misfire
Length 2:41.
Had to make do with a worn out rock and roll scene
The old bop is getting tired, need a rest, well you know what I mean
Fifty-eight that was great but it's over now and that's all
Something harder's coming up, gonna really knock a hole in the wall
Gonna hit you grab you hard, make you feel ten feet tall
Ooh
Well I hope that a big new baby's gonna come along soon
You don't know it could happen, any old rainy afternoon
With the temperature down and the juke box blowing no fuse
And the musical life's feeling like a long Sunday school cruise
And you know that there's one thing every single body could use
Modern times - rock 'n' roll
Modern times - rock 'n' roll
Get your high heeled guitar styled boots and some groovy clothes
Hair piece on your chest and a ring through your nose
Find a nice little man who says he's gonna make you a big, big star
Stars in your eyes, ants in your pants, think you should go far
Everybody in this bum sucking world is gonna know who you are
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Rock 'n' roll)
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Rock 'n' roll)
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Rock 'n' roll)
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Move it to the left, move it the right)
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Rock 'n' roll)
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Rock 'n' roll)
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Rock 'n' roll)
Rock 'n' roll (Freddie: Rock 'n' roll)
Rock 'n' roll
Length 3.35.
Uh, ooh
My baby, my baby loves
My baby loves, me good
My baby loves
My baby loves
My baby loves me good
Uh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
My baby loves me
My baby loves me
My baby loves me
My baby tells me that she cares
My baby tells me she really loves me
She really loves me
My lady
Understands
She understands me right
She understands
She understands
She understands me right
Yeah, yeah, yeah
My baby cares
She really cares
So good, she really knows what's good
She understands me
She understands what's right
She knows what I'm doing day and night, yeah
Really cares
Take it
Uh-oh, ah
My baby loves me
My baby loves me
My baby loves me
My baby tells me that she cares
My baby tells me she really loves me
My baby loves me
My baby loves me
My baby loves me
My baby tells me that she cares
My baby tells me she really loves me
She really loves me
Alright
BBC Session 6, 1977
Length 3:08.
Another party's over
And I'm left cold sober
My baby left me for somebody new, oooh, oooh
I don't wanna talk about it
Want to forget about it
Wanna be intoxicated with that special brew
Come and get me
Let me
Get in that sinking feeling
That says my heart is on an all time low, so
Don't expect me
To behave perfectly
And wear that sunny smile
My guess is I'm in for a cloudy and overcast
Don't try and stop me
Cause I'm heading for that stormy weather soon
I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm permanently glued
With this extraordinary mood
So now move over
And let me take over
With my
Melancholy blues
I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm in the news
I'm just getting used to my new exposure
Come into my enclosure
And meet my
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Length 1:25.
There's no living in my life anymore
The seas have gone dry
And the rain stopped falling
Please don't you cry anymore
Can't you see
Listen to the breeze
Whisper to me please
Don't send me to the path of nevermore, oh, oh, oh
Even the valleys below
Where the rays of the sun
Were so warm and tender
Now haven't anything to grow
Can't you see
Why did you have to leave me (nevermore, nevermore)
Why did you deceive me (nevermore, nevermore)
You send me to the path of nevermore
When you say you didn't love me anymore (aahhh)
Ahhh, nevermore
Nevermore
Length 4:11.
Here I stand
Look around, around, around, around, around
But you won't see me
Now I'm here
Now I'm there
I'm just a
Just a new man
Yes, you made me live again
A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
The people all stared didn't understand
But you knew my name on sight
Whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be
Don't worry baby I'm safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches 'n' me
Don't I love her so
Ooh, you made me live again
Yeah, oh yeah
Yeah
Ooh, a thin moon me in a smoke screen sky
Where the beams of your lovelight chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With the rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me
Don't I love him so
Oh, don't I love, love him so
Woo
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
Now I'm here
Think I'll stay around, around, around, around, around, around
Down in the city justa you 'n' me
Ow
Don't I love you so
Go, go, go little Queenie, ooh
Length 3:46.
In a bright shop window sits a polar bear
Makes his eyes light up but I don't see him there
Among the tinsel he gives everyone a smile
See him as you'd see a star
Love her from where you are
He's not for, not for, not for sale
(Unknown lyric) walks a pretty girl
Someone like you've seen or by it's hard to tell
Oooh, and when you see her light seem around the lie
And see her as you'd see a star
Love her from where you are
Not for, not for, not for sale
And when the lights light up
To warn the grasping hand
Minor contentment wears a smile
Ooohhh-wahh
Not for, not for, not for sale
Not for sale
(Ad-libbed vocals by Freddie)
Yeah
They called him a hero
In the land of the free
I wouldn't shake his hand boy
He disappointed me, yeah
So I got my handgun
And I blew him away
Critter was a bad guy
I had to make him pay
I don't care about reason
I don't care what they say
Look out baby it's the season
Mad masquerade
Put out the fire
Put out the fire
Put out the fire
You need a bullet like a whole in the head
Scandal - now you've left me there's no healing the wounds
Hey, scandal - and all the world can make us out to be fools
They'll see the heart-ache
They'll see the love break
They'll hear me pleading
I say for Gods sakes
Over and over and over again
So let them know when they stare
It's just a private affair
They'll have us hung in the air
And tell me what do they care
It's only a life to be twisted and broken
They'll see the heart-ache
They'll see our love break, yeah, oooh
They'll hear me pleading
I'll say for Gods sakes
Over and over and over and over again
Length 4:05.
Well she's gone
Gone this morning
See what a fool I've been
Oh Lord, I said
What a fool I've been
Wow
Caught a train
A train to Georgia
Sixteen coaches long
Oh Lord, I said
Sixteen coaches long, yeah
Wow
I walked out
Onto the highway
Oooh, ow, ow, ow, ow
Oh Lord, I said
Greyhound bus had gone
Wow, surprise
Now hit
Woooh
I walked out
Onto the highway
Greyhound bus had gone
Oh Lord, I said
Greyhound bus had gone
It went a long time ago, sure did
Wow
Oh, well she's gone
Gone this morning
See what a fool I've been
So long I said what a
Fo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oool
I've been, oooh
Freddie: We'd like to leave you now with a number called 'See What A Fool I've Been'
Well she's gone
Gone this morning
See what a fool I've been
Oh Lord, I said
What a fool I've been
I caught a train
I caught a train to Georgia
Ooh, sixteen coaches long
Oh Lord, I said
Sixteen coaches long, sure did
Yeah
Ooh, ooh
Ohhh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh yeah
Alright, yeah, yeah
Oh, my dog ain't too hungry
He just, he just kept on barking, yeah
Oh, he said, he just don't feel the same, oh Lord he said
Just don't feel the same, he said I don't
He said I don't, he said I don't feel the same
Oh, but I know that I do
Come on
Ooh
Oooh
Well she's gone
Gone this morning
See what a fool I've been, oh lord I said
What a
Fo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oool
I've been
Oh yeah
Freddie: Thank you, goodbye
BBC Session 2, 1973
Length 6:01.
I want you
Watch out
Tried to be your son and daughter
Rolled into one
You said you'd equal any man
For having your fun
Didn't you feel surprised to find
The cap just didn't fit
The world expects a man
To buckle down and a shovel shhh-
What'll you do for loving
When it's a only just begun
I want you
To be a woman, yeah
Tried to be a preacher
And a fisher of men
An equal people preacher
Will you lead us all the same now
Ohh, well I travelled all round
The world and found
A brand new word for day
Watching the time
Mustn't linger behind
Pardon me I have to get away, wow
What'll you think of heaven
If it's a back from where you came
I want you
To be a woman
I want you to be a woman
Roger: Ahhhhhhh
Roger: Don't you kid yourself, this is fab
Hit
Didn't you feel surprised to find
The cap just didn't fit
The world expects a man
To buckle down and a shovel it
What'll you do for loving
When it's a only just begun
I want you
To be a woman
Oh, I want you to be a woman
Length 5:19.
Sammy was low
Just watching the show
Over and over again
Knew it was time
He'd made up his mind
To leave his dead life behind
His boss said to him
'Boy you'd better begin
To get those crazy notions right out of your head
Sammy, who do you think that you are?
Why can't you be happy at the Emerald Bar'
Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
'Cos you know you should do better
That's because you're a free man, yeah
He spends his evenings alone in his hotel room
Keeping his thoughts to himself, he'd be leaving soon
Wishing he was miles and miles away
Nothing in this world, nothing, could make him stay
Since he was small
He had no luck at all
Nothing came easy to him
Now it was time
He'd made up his mind
'This could be my last chance'
His boss said to him
'Now listen boy
You're always dreaming
You've got no real ambition, you won't get very far
Sammy boy, don't you know who you are?
Why can't you be happy at the Emerald Bar'
So honey
Spread your wings, fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together
'Cos you know you should do better
That's because you're a free man, yeah
So come on honey
Fly, fly with me
Far away
Oooh, let me take you
Oooh yeah
Ooh
Oh spread, come on
Spread your wings
Come on and fly, fly, fly with me
Yeah
Oooh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m fly
Oh, yeah
Alright, alright
Come on honey, fly with me, yeah
Oh spread
Oooh, yeah
Length 4:12.
Ha
Let me show it to you
Yeah
Oh
Ha, yeah
Let's make contact
See what I got
I gotta hell of a lot, yeah
Tell me what you feel
Is it real
Is it real, huh
You know I got what it takes
And I can take a lot
Did you hear the last call baby
You and me got staying power, yeah
You and me we've got, huh, staying power
Staying power, I got, I got it
Ha
I wonder when we're gonna make it
I wonder when we're gonna shake it, tell me
Rock me baby rock me
Come on you can shock me
Let's catch on to the groove
Make it move, make it move, yeah
You know how to shake that thing
We'll work it, work it, work it
You and I can play ball baby
You and me got staying power, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You and me we've got staying power
Oooohhh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ha
I wonder when we're gonna make it, tell me
I wonder when we're gonna shake it
I've got fire down below
I'm just a regular dynamo
Want some smooth company
Don't lose control just hang on out with me
Got to get to know each other
But we got plenty of time
Did you hear the last call baby
You and me got staying power, yeah
Huh, you and me we've got staying power
Ha, yeah, yeah
Power, power, power, power
Power, power, power, staying power
I wonder when we're gonna stick it
I wonder when we're gonna trick it
Blow baby blow
Let's get down and go, go
Get yourself in the mood
Got to give a little bit of attitude
Baby don't you crash
Let's just trash, trash, trash
Did you hear the last call baby
You and me got staying power, yeah, huh, huh
You and me we got staying power, I like it
Staying power, yeah, yeah, gotcha
Length 11:40.
Freddie: OK, so we're going, start it off anywhere you want, and I'll, I'll
bring
That's the way I am (uh)
Does anybody want to know (no way)
Ha, this is the way I lead my life, you know (big deal babe)
Wheelin' and dealin' (so what) and a little bit of stealin' (ha, ha, ha, ha)
You know, that's the way I grew up
That's the only life I know (so do I)
That's the way my mother told me (so what)
And they go stealin'
Hey
Stealin'
Hey, yeah
Stealin' (tell me another thing)
I gave you the key to my home (and what)
I left you alone (so what)
In charge of my heart (tell me another thing honey)
Hey, stealin' (is that what you're doing)
You got me wheelin' and dealin' (yeah)
Playin' with my feelings (yeah)
Right from the start (OK boy, know you're trip)
Because stealin', stealin' (huh)
I gave you the key to my home (ooh, hey, hey, hey, hey)
I left you alone (ha, ha, ha)
In charge of my heart
Stealin', stealin' (that's what they call it)
Yeah, you got me wheelin' and dealin' (wheelin' and dealin')
Played with my feelings (that's what they call it)
Right from the start, uh, uh, uh, uh (OK you ain't from Harlem I know that)
Listen
Can't afford to pay my rent (so what)
I had to use my common sense (big deal)
To get you some lovin' I owe, oooh, oooh (I owe a lot of money to the bank and
the rear's having a heart attack, straight)
This guy said look in my head (yeah)
Make some easy bread (look in my head), so
Stealin' is the only way that I know (tell me something else, babe)
Because stealin', stealin', hey
Stealin', stealin', ha, ha, ha, ha
That's the only life
I'm not bleedin'
Stealin'
My real cards I'm dealing
Stealin'
Stealin' (you keep that, Buster)
Only way that I know (is that all you can tell me honey)
Stealin'
There's a lot of things that I know about (I know) so what
Can't afford to play my cool (oh big deal)
I had the world in my living room, ha, ha, ha (give it a)
I owe my money too (over and over, ha)
This sad and lonely man (yeah)
The pain that I left (yeah)
Lovin' is the only way that I know (say, everybody knows that), hey
Stealin' (tell me somethin' else, hey)
Stealin' (is that what you know about)
I gave you the key to my home (big deal)
Left you alone (so what) right from the start, ha, ha, ha, ha
Stealin' (I can get a better job than that - are you telling me?)
You got me wheelin' and dealin' (so)
Played with my feelings (big) right from the start (you fool around)
Yeah, but I'm stealin', baby, stealin'
Stealin', stealin'
I gave you (ha) both my heart and my home (yeah)
Left you alone (yeah) now you're breaking me apart
So what about this, ha, I can't stand you talking about all this all night
Stealin' (big deal)
Uh
Alright
You know there's been a lot of stealin' (uh huh, huh, huh, huh)
I only make my living stealin' (I'm gonna go home and get my chicken feed, big
deal)
Make my livin' only stealin'
Stealin' (so what), stealin' (that's your problem honey)
Of my heart (goodbye)
You're my baby's heart
(Only, only) OK, kill it
(Ad-libbed lyrics) stealin'
Uh, uh, uh
Uh, uh, uh
Stea-eeeee -
Oooooh - eeeee
(Ad-libbed vocals)
(Ad-libbed vocals)
You've got me wheelin' and dealin'
And playin' with my feelings
Right from the start
You got me rollin' and a rollin'
(Ad-libbed lyrics)
You're in charge of my heart
I gave you the key
Charge
You are in charge of my heart
You are in charge of my heart
You are in charge of my heart
You are in charge of my heart
You are in charge
You are in charge
You are in charge of my heart
Da, da, ba, da, da, dap
Ba, ba, ba, da, da, dap
Ba, ba, da, da, da, dap
Because you are in charge of my heart
You are in charge of my heart
You are in charge of my heart
You are in charge of my heart
I gave you the key
And turned on the bed
I gave you the key
(Ad-libbed lyric) I said my baby
You are in charge of my heart
And you are in charge of my heart, yeah
You are in charge of my heart, babe
You are in charge of my heart
I gave you the key my home and left you alone
I left you with my lovin' and made it my heart
And all my pleadin', and dealin' and pleadin' with my heart
I gave you wheelin' and dealin' right from the start
I left you in charge, in charge of my heart
I left you, babe, in charge of my heart
I left you in charge of my heart
I said I left you in charge of my heart, yeah
Stealin'
Bleedin'
Dealin'
Real in my heart, hey
Right from the start
In charge of my heart
Baby let 'em bleed
You know I gotta getta bit of dealin'
You know I've been pleadin'
You got me wheelin' and dealin'
Everywhere I go
Playing with my feelings right from the start
Can't afford to pay my rent
I can use my common sense
Get some money love my babe
Get my strength my lover babe
I can't afford to pay my rent
I had to use my common sense
To get some money I, I owe
The guy said look and (unknown lyric)
I got kneelin'
I got stealin'
I got bleedin'
I got wheelin'
Can't afford to pay my rent
I had to use my common sense
To get back some of my money I owe
For God's sake go
For God's sake break
God's sake money, money I know, oooh
Got to move my stealin', the only way I know
Got the way to my stealin', yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, hah
Now
I gave you the key to my home
I left you alone in charge of my heart
Gotta do my wheelin' and dealin'
I played with my feelings right, right from the start
Can't afford to pay my rent
I had to use my common sense
To get the money I let 'em owe
You said that my love had gone
And I'm stealin'
Got me dealin'
Wee dah, hey, ah
Hey, ah, dee de dah, bop, ba
Make some easy bread
Ain't no other way
That's the only life I know
That's the only way I wanna go
I'm stealin'
Dealin'
Only way I know
My baby loves me
She knows that I love me
(Ad-libbed vocals, then dialogue from Roger which sounds like 'let it strip',
followed by coughing)
Length 2:11.
Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning I was dreaming I was Al Capone
There's a rumour going round, gotta clear outta town
Yeah, I'm smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the law, gonna break down the door, gonna carry me away once more
Never, I never, I never get it any more
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Ahh
Yeah
Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon and I'm playing on my slide trombone
Anymore, anymore, cannot take it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Hit 'em - haa
Ahhh
Ohh
Wow
Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet
With my rubber tommy water gun
Here come the deputy, he's gonna come and getta me
I gotta get me get up and run
They got the sirens loose
I got right outta juice
They're gonna put me in a cell, if I can't go to heaven
Then they let me go to hell
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Ow
Length 2:54.
BBC Session Lyrics:
My new purple shoes
Been amazing the people next door
And my rock 'n' roll 45's
Been enraging the folks on the lower floor
I got a way with the girls on my block
Try my best be a real individual
And when we go down to Smokies and rock
They line up like it's some kinda ritual
Ooh, give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair's a disgrace (ooooh)
Or, just find me an open car
I'll make the speed of light outta this place
Um, I like the good things in life
But most of the best things ain't free (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
So the same situation
Just cuts like a knife
When you're young, and you're poor, and you're crazy
(Young and you're crazy, young and you're crazy, young and you're crazy)
Ooh, give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair's a disgrace (ooooh)
Or, just find me an open car
I'll make the speed of light outta this place
Demo Version, Freddie Vocal
Length 1:19.
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me
When you hear a sound
That you just can't place
Feel something move
That you just can't trace
When something sits
On the end of your bed
Don't turn around
When you hear me tread
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can
See right through you
Was it the shinings of my soul
That made me lonely just like you
No-one noticed I was there
When I walked into the room
Never had a real good friend - not a boy or a girl
No-one knows what I've been through - let my flag unfurl
Swore I'd make my mark
From the edge of the world
From the edge of the world (edge of the world)
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me
Brian May, Brian May
Brian: Hello this is Brian here, hello, this is for the fan club, how are you all doing folks? I hope you're having a lovely, lovely time this is Brian here and I'm with Roger and John here and Freddie's around somewhere. Where are you? Oh he's down there. Right, and I just hope you have a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful time at the convention and we hope to see you very, very soon, with lots of la musica (????)
John: Hello this is John Deacon, hope you're enjoying the er, convention, having a nice time, having a few drinks, and we've been working hard all year making the album, and we hope you enjoy it.
Roger: We're going off skiing now
Freddie: Hello, it's Freddie here. I hope each and every one of you at the convention is having a swell, humdinger of a time, yeah, yeah
Roger Taylor
Roger: Hello, this is Roger here, we hope you have a wonderful fan club convention, and er, we hope you enjoy the new album as well. Bye everybody.
Length 1:38.
Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all
It's a miracle
All God's creations great and small, the Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal
That's a miracle
Test tube babies being born, mothers, fathers, dead and gone
It's a miracle
We're having a miracle on earth
Mother nature does it all for us
The wonders of this world go on, the hanging gardens of Babylon
Captain Cook and Cain and Able, Jimi Hendrix to the tower of Babel
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
The one thing
We're all waiting for is peace on earth an end to war
It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle (the miracle) we're all waiting for
Today
1988/9 Demo, Freddie Vocal
Length 2:01.
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone for much too long, ooh
Yeah, too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cos you've never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find where I went wrong
Yes, too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you - every time
Length 4:19.
'Slow' version and reading
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, come on
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you
Brahma believed he created God and Brachma. The Buddha rejected Brahmism and mocked at its rituals. As for Brachma, the Buddha didn't deny his existence, but regarded him as a deluded spirit, who imagined he had created the universe
Length 4:46.
BBC Session Lyrics:
So sad her eyes
Smiling dark eyes
So sad her eyes
As it began
On such a breathless night as this
Upon my brow the lightest kiss
I walked alone
And all around the air did say
My lady soon will stir this way
In sorrow known
The white queen walks and the night grows pale
Stars of lovingness in her hair
Needing - unheard
Pleading - one word
So sad her eyes
She cannot see
How did thee fare, what have thee seen
The mother of the willow green
I call her name
'Neath the window have I stayed
I loved the foot steps that she made
And when she came
White queen how my heart did ache
And dry my lips no words could make
Still I wait
My Goddess hear my darkest fear
I speak too late
It's for evermore that I wait
Dear friend, goodbye
No tears in my eyes
So sad it ends
As it began
Length 1:43.
Welcome to my world
Oh
Fight
Hey
Come and play with me, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
I'm waiting
(Undecipherable lyrics)
I play their fantasy and
I live their pain
My heart and soul locked up in a cold steel frame
A strange creature's crawling
And it's calling out my name
I don't want to
I don't need to
But I must fight again
Let me out
Set me free
Calling out for the Cyborg
Gonna rub you out
Time is up for the Cyborg
Length 3:37
I will
Now all the world is waiting (all)
The maiden I must save (the world is)
Don't wait, no hesitating (waiting)
If only I were brave (and now is the hour)
This time I must be the hero
It's my call, that's my fate
It's everything or nothing
Look out he's coming through
I'll save you princess
Puny peasants
No
Behold the giant
He stands out proud, defiant
The princess shall be mine
She will be mine
Who next?
Hey you up there, with the b-b-beard
Oh, I was made of freedom
Nobody pulls my strings
A knight can equal any man
In all the grown up things
Oh, I was made of mischief
They tell me I must learn
But nothing is coincidence
Whichever way I turn
And I will do or die
For I know one thing after all
The bigger any giant comes
The harder he may fall
What are we made of
Can we know what we will be
What are the chances
I can find a better path
A better life
A better me
What are we made of
Is it written in the sand
Where are we sailing
To a strange and distant land
Take my hand and sail with me
What are we made of
If you think you know the answer
Turn around, think again
I was made of
So I was made of
I am made of
What are we made of
Just for this moment take your life into your hands
You will decide
What you are made of
What it is that I can be
Think again, my friend
Turn around, think again
Live Version
Ladies and gentlemen, friends, Cliff Richard and Freddie Mercury
It's in every one of us to be wise
Find your heart
And open up both your eyes
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in every one of us by and by
It's in every one of us to be wise
Find your heart
And open up both your eyes
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in every one of us by and by
It's in every one of us by and by, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's in every one of us by and by, yeah, yeah, yeah
Length 1:41.
An amazing feeling - coming through
I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you, ha
Every single day of my life
Length 0:46.
Hey, I'm on my way up (oooh)
Can't put me down (oooh)
Business is tough (oooh)
I ain't gonna get pushed around
I'm on my way (oooh)
Gonna take this town (ooh, ooh)
It's gonna be mine all mine
It's my time (ooh, ooh)
I'm on my way (on my way up)
Straight to the top (I'm telling myself)
I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
I'm putting my name around (on my way up)
Oooh hoo (on my way up)
Gonna get that rhythm
I got positivism to give 'em
Hit 'em (oooh)
Length 2:09
It's a hard business
I've got nothing and no-one in my life
So how can I lose again
Got my feet in muddy water
But I'm gonna find that road again
So I'll be taking care of business
'Cos I know what I'm looking for
Ooh, I've been working every hour God gives to man
But I still see the same closed door, yeah
It's a hard business
So don't leave me Mama
Don't make me go on alone
'Cos its a hard business
Yes it's a hard business
Wooh, ooh
Tell me it's a hard business
Being on my own
Length 4:56.
Oooh
Oooh
(Unknown background dialogue)
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone for much too long
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
'Bout growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cos you never read the signs
Yes, too much love will kill you - every time
Every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
There's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you - every time
Ummm
(Numerous ad-libbed 'oooh's)
Too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life
You'd sell your soul
But here it comes again, yeah
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
Oh, too much love will kill you in the end
Ooh, you know I'll get you in the end
Oh, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know
Yeah, in the end
You know, you know, you know, you know, you know
Ooooh, yeah
Duet Demo Version Lyrics: (lyrics in Red are sung by Brian, lyrics in Blue
sung by Elizabeth and lyrics in Black are sung as a duet)
Oohh, ohhhhh
Oooh, ooohhh
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
Far away from home
I've been fighting this alone for much too long
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I look back to find the point where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cos you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
There's no making sense of it
Either way I go I'm gonna lose
Yeah, too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will drive you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Yeah, too much love will kill you - every time (everytime)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh, oooh
Oohh
Too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life
You'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Yeah, too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
Too much will kill you in the end
Kill, kill you in the end
Oooh, kill you in the end
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oooh