Queen · Rock Kingdom: 1998 · Electric Fire

Vinyl L.P · Europe · Parlophone Records · 7243 4 96724 1 3.

Back cover.

Inner sleeve.

Labels.

Album Lyrics:

Pressure.

(Taylor)

I've got the pressure on

Pressure from above

Pressure from below

I can't think straight

Or even go with the flow

I've got the pressure on

Analysts here, therapists there

You ain't getting me sitting in your chair

I've got the pressure on

The price is right, not open to debate

Besides I'm worried about my weight

I've got the pressure on

It's a signal, it's a sign

It's a symptom of the time

It's a warning, it's a gauge

It's a feature of the age

Politics, schmolitics

I'm developing tics, clean out of tricks

Like a skin flick, just a little slick

So where's the kick?

Aah aah

I've got the pressure on

I think about you, I think about me

We grew up but we don't feel free

Is this where we wanted to be

It's not you - it's gotta be me

It's a signal, it's a sign

It's a symptom of the time

It's a warning, it's a gauge

It's a feature of the age

I got the pressure on

I got the pressure on me

A Nation Of Haircuts.

(Taylor)

God help us all we're a nation of haircuts

How can you ever stand tall in a nation of haircuts

We don't make ships and we don't make cars

But we look real good hangin' out in bars

You better never grow old in a nation of haircuts

Or you'll be out in the cold in a nation of haircuts

No point of view in a nation of haircuts

Fashion rules in a nation of haircuts

Check your shoes

Check your hair

Last weeks thing - oh dear

But we salute you

All you groovy dudes

Yeah we salute you

You're so fucking cool

Check your threads, check your cred but you better not smile

Don't move too quick, you might spoil your hairstyle

No point of view in a nation of haircuts

Fashion rules in a nation of haircuts

Check your shoes

Check your hair

Looking good - yeah

But we salute you

All you groovy dudes

Yeah we salute you

You're so fucking cool

You gotta drink the right drink in a nation of haircuts

You better watch what you think in a nation of haircuts

No point of view in a nation of haircuts

Fashion rules in a nation of haircuts

A nation of haircuts

(Mine's a saucer of cream).

Believe In Yourself.

(Taylor)

I used to think I was a loser

And all I did was bound to fail

To be a shaker and a mover

Keep the bad guys off your tail

Everybody wanna get to the top of the heap sometime

Everybody wanna climb to the top of the hill sometime

Everybody gotta take a little piece of the heat sometime

Everybody gotta stand on their own two feet sometime

I mean you, and I mean you

Believe in yourself, and nobody else

Everybody wants a shot at a lick of the cream sometime

Everybody wanna go, make a bit of a show sometime

Everybody need a chance, tap into the flow sometime

Everybody wanna trip, get a crack of the whip sometime

I mean you, and I mean you

Believe in yourself, and nobody else

People with problems

People on streets

People down your way

People you meet

(Here follows a rather odd list).

Surrender.

(Taylor/Yoshiki)

Same cycle happen every day

Same characters same play

My game plan's become clear

Gotta find a way out of here

There ain't no place to run

No welcome mat in my home

No love here, no life

He want a punchbag, not a wife

You can't hurt me now

You can't hurt me now, I'm gone from you

You can't hurt me now

You can't reach me where I've gone to

I surrender

No hope left, just pain

Whiskey on his breath, violence in his brain

Scared kids, with scarred minds

Surrender reason, love is blind

Surrender life, surrender love

Surrender belief in God above

Surrender hope, bow down to fear

Surrender life, there ain't much here

You can't hurt me now

You can't hurt me now, I'm gone from you

You can't hurt me now

You can't reach me where I've gone to

I surrender

You can't reach me, you can't reach me

I surrender

You can't hurt me, You can't hurt me

I surrender

I surrender.

People On Streets.

(Taylor)

I said hey Michael Jackson and the politicians

You wanna get out on the street and see what you can do

I said hey Mr President and senators too

I said Mr Prime Minister it's good for you

I said all the Queen's women and all the Queen's men

Better get it together 'cos it's real broken

I said a whatta you need is a lesson in reality

Because the way it stands you're a real liability

Get out and meet, people on streets

You know and I know we're brothers in time

You know the truth is the right of mankind

I said hey all you music stars and DJ's too

You'd better get real quick or it's up to you

And you quiz show hosts who think you're so fine

You talk to people like they're stupid and a waste of your time

And all you movie stars who think you're so cool

Maybe your time is up and it's time for the truth

There's a lot of lessons needed in humility

Because the way it stands you're a real liability

Get out and meet, people on streets

You know and I know we're brothers in time

You know that justice is for all mankind

I said hey Madonna and Roseanne Barr

Well you think that you're big (you're too big by far)

If you think that you're important in the scheme of things

You'd better get real quick 'cos reality stinks

I said hey Ayatollah you're a real big cheese

However much you talk it's just words in the breeze

If you're one of the people can't you prove it's true

Get out on the street and let reality come to you

Get out and meet, people on streets

You know and I know we're brothers in time

You know that justice is for all mankind

Get out and meet, people on streets.

The Whisperers.

(Taylor, Nicholas Evans)

Between men, between horses, there is mistrust and fear

And it's only got deeper with the passing of years

We know this from paintings, we know this from books

Some men had real magic, while others just talked

There were gypsies and showmen and carlatan shamans

There were men who could softly whisper the devils away

John Solomon Rary tamed a horse of the Queen

Laid it down on the ground

Then he laid down beside it and put his head on it's hooves

You can imagine the scene

For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears

These men were known as whisperers

An Indian charm bought for the price of a meal

Was the scret of Sullivan that died with him for real?

We know this from paintings, we know this from books

Some men had real magic, while others just talked

For secrets uttered softly to soothe all troubled fears

These men were known as whisperers

For secrets uttered softly to soothe all troubled fears

These men were known as whisperers

For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears

These men were known as whisperers

These men were known as whisperers.

Is It Me?

(Taylor)

So lonely

I'm so lonely, is it me?

Or is it you?

And I feel

So lonely

Only lonely

Without you

How many times must I sit by the phone

Must I feel so alone, must I stay in at home

I feel lonely

How many times can we patch up a fight

Can we stay at home at night, try to keep out of sight

I feel blue

How many times can we drive ourselves mad

End up feeling sad with a love turning bad

I'm so lonely

Only lonely

And I feel

So lonely

Only lonely

Is it me?

Or is it you?

And I feel

So lonely

Only lonely

Without you

How many tears must we cry in the night

Must we needlessly fight

Can't see no light

There's no hope left

How many pleas does it take to appease

When you're down on your knees

Seems that nothing can please

So hopeless

How many storms can the two of us take

When there's so much at stake

Something must break

No rope left

A hopeless home left

Without you

And I feel

So lonely

Only lonely

Is it me?

Or is it you?

No More Fun.

(Taylor)

From the 'stairway to heaven' to 'the laughing gnome'

It's a mighty long way down rock and roll

We got no more, no more fun

Age before beauty, pearls before swine

And whatever happened to the wild, wild, times?

From the Memphis God to the Liverpool boys

Then the guitar kings made a lot of noise

We got no more, no more fun

No more fun

We got no more, no more fun

No more fun

I said age before beauty, pearls before swine

And whatever happened to the wild, wild, times?

Then they were dressing like hookers

They were dressign like queens

It had nothign to do with New Orleans

We got no more, no more fun

No more fun

We got no more, no more fun

No more fun

It don't seem like fun and it ain't necessary

Never wanted to be no shorthand secretary

Now they're punching their keyboards, kiss their machines

It ain't got much soul and it's squeaky clean

We got no more, no more fun

No more fun

No more fun.

Tonight.

(Taylor)

Tonight, we're painting this town red

Tonight, we legislate on blue

Tonight, we paint your mother green

Act our all our dreams, and we'll celebrate - me and you

Yeah we'll celebrate - me and you

Tonight, with all things possible

Tonight, we'll fly beyond all cares

Tonight, we'll tear down all the walls, ride down waterfalls

And we'll celebrate - me and you

Celebrate - me and you

Across the skies, into the void, we'll disappear

Celebrate - me and you

Yeah we'll celebrate - me and you

Tonight, we're drinking this town dry

Tonight, we'll see the tables turned

Tonight, we'll see our bridges burned

Tonight, we're painting this town red

Tonight, we'll see the tables turned

Tonight, we're painting this town red

Tonight.

Where Are You Now?

(Taylor)

Don't have much education

Not much anyhow

Just believed what they told me

And oohee, look at me now

There must be more to life than this bum deal

Some direction somehow

Some kind of a reason

Yeah I wanna know

Tell me where are you now?

Don't have too much of religion

Not much anyhow

Don't have much to look up to

We killed all your sacred cows

Just trying to file a flight plan

Need some direction, need it now

Some kind of a reason

Yeah I wanna know

Tell me where are you now (that we need you) ?

Tell me where are you now?

You don't have to be, you don't have to seem

You don;t have to scream, for any big deal (for yourself)

You don't have to bleed, you don't have to believe

You don't have to pretend to know what's right, or what's real

Tell me where are you now (we need you) ?

Where are you now?

Tell me where are you now?

Tell me where are you now (that we need you) ?

Working Class Hero.

(John Lennon)

As soon as you're born they make you feel small

By giving you no time instead of at all

Until the pain is so big you feel nothing at all