Brian May

I'm gonna make a little space
Around me
A very special place
Around me
No-one can come in

Don't judge me mama
Don't tell me that I've done wrong
It's a hard business
It's a hard business to make it on your own

Don't judge me papa
If I can't handle the things in my head
Because it's a hard business
Such a hard business walking on the edge

I 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
Coz I know what I'm looking for
Oh I've been working every hour God gives to man
But I still see the same closed door

I've got nothing but trouble in my life
But I feel I've got a lot to give
Every day I try to build a new world
But I've had no-one to build it with
Oh I've been looking for a woman to share my hopes
But I know I ain't a patch on you
And I've been thinking that a woman's God's gift to man
Are you thinking the same way too

So don't leave me mama
Don't make me go on alone
Because it's a hard business
Yes it's a hard business, oooh

Don't leave me papa
When my belief in myself is gone
Because it's a hard business
Such a hard business

Tell me, it's a hard business
Being on my own

There's a little lady living down in old Beijing
She's got everything you need, well you know what I mean
No it ain't what you're thinking, she ain't love for sale, oh no
She'll get you jumping just for fun but there's a sting in her tale
She's a lover she's a fighter she's a red hot bit
You take her as you find her but you never can quit
She's a pretty little lady called China Belle
She's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell

She's got a bad reputation but she won't say no
You're gonna need her sweet loving when you go go go
She got your diamond on her finger, you can see it glisten
She's got plenty conversation, don't talk just listen
She could be flat bed faking, but you never can tell
Got the the body of an angel but you know darn well
She's a pretty little lady called China Belle
She's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell

I was standing at the station on the neck of Siam
I met a man from Abu Dhabi said you know who I am
They call me hard-nosed Harry who could never get hooked
But I fell in love with trouble and with just one look
She give you dirty loving honey make you feel real swell
But if you say you wanna stay she ain't that kind of gal
I said you're talking about a lady that I know darn well
She's a little bit of heaven and a
Whole lot of hell

She'll take you you Nee-How walking to a Chinese ball
You'll be singing and a-dancing underneath the great wall
But when you're strolling in the rain through Tianenman Square
You turn around to look for China and she ain't nowhere
She's a dangerous habit she's a red hot hit
You could get a better rabbit but you just can't quit
She's a pretty little lady called China Belle
She's a pretty little lady called China Belle
She's a little bit of heaven and a
Whole lot of hell

Take me to China

She's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell

After the storm there's the dead of night
It seems there's no way back for me
So little comfort in my lonely bed
To know
That it had to be

And now I miss you in so many ways
You know I miss you for so many
Lonely days
Oh!
Why don't we try again

In the dark there's a desert flower
It blooms where no-one ever sees
Our love was stronger than history
Our love will never cease to be
How can I live with you-as-a memory
You hold
The best part of me - oh -

And now I miss you in so many ways
You know I miss you for so many
Lonely days
Oh!
Why don't we try again

No use me waiting by the telephone
You're gone -
It ain't gonna ring

And now I miss you in so many ways
You know I miss you for so many
Lonely lonely days and nights
I know you miss me for so many
Lonely days
Oh!
Why don't we try again
Oh!
Why don't we try again!

On My Way Up
(May)

Backing Vocals - Cathy Porter, Shelley Preston

Hey
I'm on my way up
Can't put me down
Business is tough
I ain't gonna get pushed around
I'm on my way
Gonna take this town
It's gonna be mine all mine, it's my time
I'm on my way (on my way up)
Straight to the top (I'm telling myself)
Oh I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
I'm putting my name around
On my way up
(On my way up) Gonna get a lot of rhythm
Got positivism to give 'em

I'm on my way through
Where I'm going to
You wouldn't believe
But I'll make it - I'm thinking of telling you
I'm on a roll
Gonna have it all
It's gonna be fine so fine, baby all the time
I'm in control (on my way up)
I'm mighty bold (I'm telling myself)
I'm looking good (I'm totally sussed)
I'm quitting the neighbourhood
On my way up (yes I am)
(On my way up) Gonna get right with them
Got all of my life left for living

Nobody gonna tell me no
Nobody gonna stop me so
Everybody gonna see me grow
Nobody gonna hold me down
Gotta get to be better place
Gotta wake up and see your face
Gotta hold on
Move on
Go through that wall

It's my life or it's nothing
Our life or it's nothing at all

I'm on my way up, yeah
Better come with me, lets go

I'm on my way (on my way up)
Yeah, gonna get it right (I'm telling myself)
Oh I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
Gonna make it this time around
On my way up
(On my way up) gotta get that rhythm baby
(On my way up) gonna start that rhythm baby
(On my way up)
Got all of my sights set on heaven

Ain't no stopping me now...

Welcome to my world

Power, fight, death

Come play with me
Hahahahaha
I'm waiting

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, you'll never get out
Bah! You're nothing but a cyborg

Cyborg

Cyborg, it's your time

I'll make it back there baby, just you watch me try
(one more try, one more try)
We'll fly again into the deep blue sky
I feel a hunger baby, cyborg feels no shame
Lord I have to, Lord I need to win this wicked game

Come step to me

Calling out for the cyborg, gonna rub you out
Time is up for the cyborg, you'll never get out
Calling out for the cyborg, gonna put your light out
Bah! You're nothing but a cyborg, you'll never get out

I'm gonna erase your file

Oh I ain't greedy
But you gotta see my point of view
I was not born yesterday
Don't you know I must 've learned a thing or two

But there's a man on the loose baby
An' he's all bad
He'll tan your hide and give you what you never had
They call him the Guv'nor (God bless the Guv'nor)
He's trained to kill (God bless the Guv'nor)
Make way for the Guv'nor (make way for the Guv'nor)
Give yourself a thrill

Look at the Dude!
He's got the World - he got it made
He got Attitude
And he got a fist - like a switchblade

And everyone in the City
Gotta play his game
I don't wanna be a wannabe I wanna be it
Wanna be the Guv'nor (God bless the Guv'nor)
He's Politically Incorrect (God bless the Guv'nor)
Give way give way to the Guv'nor
(Make way for the Guv'nor)
You gotta show some respect

Don't bother lookin' for a way to catch his ass
This man is cookin' with a red-hot kind of gas
He'll play them hits electrifyin'
Tear you to bits and leave you -
Cryin' cryin' cryin' yeah!

So get ready for the showdown -
(Don't lose your head)
If licks could kill we'd all be long long dead

On account of the Guv'nor!
God bless the Guv'nor
Make way make way
For the Guv'nor
You gotta see that man

Let's see some respect now!

Born in the time
Of the Changes
Where are you going
How will you fly
Is it for love or freedom
All your days have been
Waiting for life to catch you
Watching and waiting and seeking a sign
In the wilderness

Each of us learns
While we're sleeping
Sleeping we know
Waking it goes
Fashion a dream of Heaven
Hold it close again
Only the Queen of Heaven
Watches us grow
Hearing us cry
Wondering and searching and losing our way
In the mire
In the Wilderness

Wilderness child
You gotta
Hold on
Wilderness child
You're gonna find your way home
Wilderness Child
You gotta be strong
Wilderness Wilderness child

Wilderness Child
Let me see you
Stand in the light
Make me whole again

Well -
Come on pretty baby won't you walk with me
Come on pretty baby won't you talk with me
Come on pretty baby give me one more chance
Try to save our romance

- Slow down -
Baby now you're movin' way too fast
You gotta gimme little lovin'
Gimme a little lovin' - Ow!
If you want our love to last

Well I used to walk you home baby after school
Carry your books home too
But now you got the boyfriend down the street
Baby what you tryin' to do?

Better slow down -
Baby now you're movin' way too fast
You gotta gimme little lovin'
Gimme a little lovin' - Brrrr!
If you want our love to last

Well - you know that I love you tell the world I do
Come on pretty baby why can't you be true
I need your lovin' baby oh so bad
The best little woman that a man ever had

Slow down!

Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Never to grow old

There you were under the Tree of Song
Sleeping so peacefully
In your hand a flower played
Waiting there for me

I have never laid eyes on you
Not before this timeless day
But you woke and you - woh - smiled my name
You stole my heart away
You stole my heart away little girl - yeah
All right!

Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Never to grow old

Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Gold and Rose
Gold and Rose
Gold and Rose
It's only a dream
I'd love to tell somebody about this dream
The sky was filled with a thousand stars
While the sun kissed the mountains blue
And eleven moons played across the Rainbows
Above me and you
Gold and Rose
Gold and Rose
The colour of the Velvet Wall
That surrounds us

Good evening Memphis
How are we doing
Let's do it

Forgot my six-string razor and I hit the sky
Halfway to Memphis before I realised
Hey, I rang the information, my axe was cold
They said "she rides the train down to Oreole"

Well it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rail
And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis

I got to Oreole, you know, it took a month
And there was my guitar, electric junk
Some dude said "rock'n'rollers, you're all the same
Man that's your instrument" I felt so ashamed

Now it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
All the way from Memphis

"Of course we weren't always superstars
There was a time when we were just ordinary commoners just like you"

Thank you Mr Hoople

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
From the Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl
And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes
All the way from Memphis

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
And your name gets hot and your heart grows cold
And you've got to stay a young man, you can never get old
All the way from Memphis

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
From the Bradford Cities and the Oreole
And you look like a star but you're still on parole

All the way from Memphis
All the way from Memphis
All the way from Memphis (all the way from memphis)
All the way from Memphis

Thank you and goodnight

In another world
Under another sky
I see another story waiting
To be told…

And another You - wakes up -
With another Me
For that’s the way we’ve come to be
In Another World

In a different place
Way ’cross Time and Space
The door is open wide
Drawn to a different light
Maybe we’ll step inside

In Another World
We can show we care
You can be sure I’m waiting there -
In Another World
...

When the dice were cast
They laid a crazy path we follow to our graves
But I know in a different world
We journey a different way

So we live but life
Isn’t what it seems
We’re only living in our dreams
In Another World

You can believe I’ll meet you here
In Another World

Far, far from the light
Hear the night creatures call
With a cold breath they howl
All the hollow hours
they're calling you

I'll be there
No matter what your going through
In the dark I care
I'm holding on, I'm hoping on
It's still the same old me inside

Back to the Light
Back to the streets that are paved with gold
Back to the Light
Back to the land where the sunshine heals my soul

Deep deep in the night
When the world fills with tears
And the wind blows
Colder and colder it grows
And the fire dims
With the same old fears

I'll be there
Though maybe you don't hear me babe
I still care
No matter when, I'll still be there
When you make it to the other side
I'm going back

Back to the Light
Back to the light
Back to the streets that are paved with gold
Back to the Light
Goin' back to the land
Where the sunshine heals my soul

On and on
Searching for a clearer view
Winning and losing an inner war
Wonder what we do it for
Though the road seems never ending
Hold on to the hope I'm sending through

No matter what your going through
In the dark I care
I'm holding on, believe it
We'll be walking in the light
'Cos they'll be no place left to hide

Back to the Light
Back to the streets that are paved with gold
Back to the Light
I'm goin' back to land
Where the sunshine heals my soul
Yeah yeah yeah

Back to the light

Mama's in love, Papa's in love
It's such a shame they don't love each other
Papa's in a jam, Mama's throwin' pans
The game's up - it's time to run for cover

Everybody's cryin' but they can't stop hopin'
Everybody's lookin' for the door that's open
Mama's making heat to keep the old fire smokin'
Papa's hangin' on to his old love token

You got love but you ain't got style
You want your freedom but in a while
You're lost children but you know for sure
You gotta find out what your love is for

[Oh baby life ain't what it used to be]
(You're tellin' me - not since you've been hangin' round here)
[Mama what you screamin' for actin' like a demon for
And hey mama quit wavin' them hands in the air]
(Don't talk to me that way)
[Well I don't see no reason to raise your voice to me]
(You put fat in the fire you got meat for brains)
[Well you don't give me comfort and a man's gotta get it somewhere]
(Ooh, that's a shame)
[Yeah, well......]
Mama's hangin' on to every word that's spoken
But Papa's hangin' onto his old love token

Oh I don't wanna leave you Mama
Oh I don't wanna leave you Papa

Long haired woman gonna turn you to stone
You can't beat 'em - cos you need 'em
You gotta live - you gotta love
Your love token's gotta fit like a glove

Listen to the story 'bout the dream that's broken
You gotta keep a hold of your old love token

Oh I don't wanna leave you Mama
Oh I don't wanna leave you Papa
Oh I don't wanna leave you alone
But I'm gonna have to Babe

There's a pain in my brain
Confusion in my heart
My blood's fit for bursting
My body apart - I'm gonna ride -
Ride the night into the morning sun

Gonna make my resurrection
No more of this crap
Got a whole new direction
Ain't no turning back
Resurrection is a-gonna come

My spirit is weeping
For freedom it cries
Ben scraping my living
In the Valley of Lies
Ride the night into the morning sun

I'm a victim of a victim
Of a conspiracy
>From a corpum derelictum
Gonna fly and be free
The resurrection is a-gonna come

Clear the vision
Heal the system
Sins forgiven - RISE!

Flee the prison
Break the system
Sins forgive - RISE!!RISE!!

Ride the night- yes I know I'm still alive -
Gotta ride the night - yeah I'm gonna ride -
Gonna rise again in the morning light

There's no use in counting
The price of those years
There's too many heartaches
And too many tears
Gotta ride the night into the morning sun

Yes I thought I was dreaming
But the East is ablaze
With promise of the future

Those Heavenly Days
Ride the night into the morning sun
Ride the night - into the morning sun
Cos the resurrection is a-gonna come