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Queen: Greatest Hits II

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Parlophone Records
Released: 1995
Time:
 75:57
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.queen-fip.com
Appears with: Brian May, Roger Taylor,  Freddie Mercury
Purchase date: 1996.02.23
Price in €: 18,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] A Kind of Magic (R.Taylor) - 4:22
[2] Under Pressure (D.Bowie/J.Deacon/B.May/F.Mercury/R.Taylor) - 3:56
[3] Radio Ga Ga (R.Taylor) - 5:43
[4] I Want It All (Queen) - 4:01
[5] I Want to Break Free (J.Deacon) - 4:18
[6] Innuendo (Queen) - 6:27
[7] It's a Hard Life (F.Mercury) - 4:09
[8] Breakthru (Queen) - 4:09
[9] Who Wants to Live Forever (B.May) - 4:57
[10] Headlong (Queen) - 4:33
[11] The Miracle (Queen) - 4:54
[12] I'm Going Slightly Mad (Queen) - 4:07
[13] The Invisible Man (Queen) - 3:58
[14] Hammer to Fall (B.May) - 3:40
[15] Friends Will Be Friends (J.Deacon/F.Mercury) - 4:08
[16] The Show Must Go On (Queen) - 4:23
[17] One Vision (Queen) - 4:02

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Freddy Mercury  - Vocals, Producer, Contributor
Brian May - Guitars, Producer, Contributor
Robert Taylor  - Drums, Percussion, Producer, Contributor
John Deacon - Bass, Producer, Contributor

David Bowie - Vocals, Producer

Michael Kamen - Orchestral Arrangements
Kevin Metcalfe - Mastering
Jim Jenkins - Sleeve Notes
Richard Gray - Cover Design

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


2001 CD EMI 797971
2004 CD Toshiba 65862
2002 CD EMI 797971

Cat. no.: PMTV 2/CDP7 97971 2 (UK)
Not released in the USA
Release date: 28 October 1991 (UK)
Cover concept: Queen and Richard Gray
Highest chart pos.: 1 (UK)
Weeks on chart: 69 (UK)
Award status: 5x Platinum (UK)

AAD, 81-91 CD, 6155773

UK first issue had relief cover. Promo box set with Hits II CD, Flix II video and Pix II book.
A Sample Of Magic - Queen Talks, The Show Must Go On, A Sample Of Magic (A Kind Of Magic, Under Pressure, Radio Gaga, I Want To Break Free, Breakthru, Friends Will Be Friends, Innuendo, One Vision)
Promo CD5 released in UK.



Released just about a month before Freddie Mercury's untimely death in November 1991, a second best-of collection titled Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, was issued in England only. While the album was resequenced (with other tracks added) and released as Classic Queen in the U.S. in 1992, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 features all of the band's European hits from 1982 through 1991. Since 1981's Greatest Hits went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time in Queen's homeland (spending 63 weeks on the charts when first released, and reappearing steadily ever since), the band had racked up enough hits to warrant a follow-up ten years later. While Queen's hits from this era may not be as stellar as their '70s predecessors, they were all still very compelling rock compositions. Tracks such as "Radio Ga Ga," "Friends Will Be Friends," "I Want to Break Free," and "I'm Going Slightly Mad" show that the band could still compose pop gems, while the hard rockers "I Want It All," "Headlong," "One Vision," and "Hammer to Fall" kept their longtime fans happy. Also included are a few of the band's more epic compositions -- "The Miracle," "Innuendo," "Who Wants to Live Forever," and "A Kind of Magic" -- which help round out this second excellent collection of British Queen hits. [EMI's 2001 reissue keeps the track list intact, but ups the ante with some lavish packaging.]

Greg Prato - All Music Guide



"A Kind Of Magic" : Written by Roger Taylor, and taken from the album of the same name, it was released in the US on June 4th 1986 and was produced by Queen and David Richards. The song was comissioned by director Russell Mulchay to provide the score for his feature film "Highlander". The track was a major hit throughout the world, reaching number three in Britain, but dominating the charts at number one in no less than 35 countries. Mulchay himself directed the video for the single using many special effects and computer animation.


"Under Pressure" : Queen and David Bowie, released in the US on October 27th 1981 and taken from the album "Hot Space", produced by Queen and David Bowie, the song was the result of an impromptu recording session, at Mountain Studios in Montreux and marked the band's first collaboration with another recording artist. It was a huge success throughout Europe, and gave Queen their second UK number one single; it was also number one in Argentina. It was included on some countries's "Greatest Hits 1" album and in 1990 the bass and piano featured again on Vanilla Ice's number one single Ice Ice Baby.


"Radio Ga Ga" : Written by Roger Taylor for "The Works" album, their first album to be recorded in Los Angeles. Released in the US on February 7th 1984, produced by Queen and Mack. The track was inspired by "MTV", and itself inspired a video based on Fritz Lang's famous silent movie "Metropolis", Queen purchased parts of that film from German Government to use in the video. The track was number sixteen in the US chart, and reached number one in 19 different countries, it was the first to feature the band's personal catalogue number in the UK.


"I Want It All" : Written by Queen and taken from the album "The Miracle". Released in the US on May 10th 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. After a two year hiatis from the European chats, Queen returned with a classic Rock track and a perforamce video. The single was a huge hit all over Europe, peaking at number three in the UK but reaching number one in many other European Territories. The song has been heard as a rallying song for black Africa youths.


"I Want To Break Free" : Written by John Deacon, produced by Queen and Mack and released in the UK on April 2nd 1984. This second single from "The Works" gave the band their longest reign of the decade in the UK charts. After climbing to number three it remained in the chart for 15 consecutive weeks and proceeded to become one of the band's most successful European hits. The video featured the memebers of the band in drag, in a parody of a britsh TV soap opera, and became one of the most popular in Europe, although it was banned in America. The song has become an anthem in many oppressed areas of the world.


"Innuendo" : Written by Queen. Taken from the album of the same name. Released in the UK on January 14th 1991 and produced by Queen and David Richards. Queen's first release of the nineties, this six and a half minute opus crashed straight into the British charts at number one. It also provided them with a huge hit all over Europe. The epic track takes in several diverse musical styles an intrinsic Queen trademark - and includes guest musician Steve Howe on 'Wandering Minstrel Guitar'. The video, produced by Hibbert Ralph and Doro Productions won several prestigious awards, including a Gold Camera Award from the American Film and Video Festival.

"It's A Hard Life" : Written by Freddie Mercury for 'The Works' alnbnum. It was released in the UK on July 16th 1984. Produced by Queen and Mack. The songs opens with a line from 'I Pagliacci' opera 'Vesti La Gibba' and features the famous Queen trademarks. It peaked at number six in the British chart and was the band's first release to appear as a 12" picture disc.

"Breakthru" : Written by Queen and taken from the album 'The Miracle'. Released in the UK on June 19th 1989, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for the songs was filmed on a private railway in the Nene Valley in Cambridgeshire and featured a steam train dubbed 'The Miracle Express'. The single was numbedr seven in the UK charts, and gave the band a top then hit throughout Europe.


"Who Wants To Live Forever" : Written by Brian May, from the "A Kind Of Magic" album, and released in the UL on September 15th 1986. Produced by Queen and David Richards with Orchestral arrangements by Michael Kamen. This poignant ballad was composed in the back of a car after the band had first viewed the rough cut of the film "Highlander" and became one of the central themes of the movie. The video for the single featured the full National Philharmonic Orchestra, forty choirboys and two thousand candles. It gave Queen yet another top thirty hit in Europe, climbing to 24 in the UK.


"Headlong" : Written by Queen, taken from the album "Innuendo" and released on May 13th 1991. Produced by Queen and David Richards. A characteristically fast paced Queen rocker, it was the first release in the USA for the band's new label Hollywood Records. The performance video to accompany the track was shot in the London studio where much of the album had been recorded. It climbed to 14 in the UK chart and was a big seller throughout the rest of Europe.


"The Miracle" : Written by Queen and taken from the album of the same name. Released in the UK on November 27th 1989 and produced by Queen and David Richards. It was the first time that EMI had ever released five singles from a Queen album. The single peaked at 21 in the UK and made top forty in Europe. The video featured four young Queen 'lookalikes' who performed a perfectly executed mini Queen stage show to the track - leaving the 'real Queen' to make a mere cameo appearance during the finale.


"I'm Going Slightly Mad" : Written by Queen and taken from the "Innuendo" album. Released in the UK on March 4th 1991, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. A complete change of mood and pace for this second single from "Innuendo", typical Queen eccentricity with tongues planted very irmly in cheeck. The monochrome video features the band interacting with live penguins and a gorilla. The song reached 22 in the UK chart and climbed into the top twenty all over Europe, whilst settling at number one in far flung Hong Kong.


"The Invisible Man" : Written by Queen and taken from the album 'The Miracle'. Released in the UK on August 7th 1989, it was produced by Queen and David Richards. The video for this single was one of the band's more lighthearted, yet still inovative, films; the members of the band were duplicated on film via computerised motion control. The single reached number twelve in the UK and made top twenty all over Europe.


"Hammer To Fall" : Written by Brian May, produced by Queen and Mack this track was released as a single in the US on October 12th 1984. The fourth and final single from "The Works", "Hammer To Fall" featured Quenn in their heaviest rock guise, different sleeves were used to package the record, and the live picture sleeve is now a collectors item. The video was filmed in Brussels during the band's Eurooean tour, and the single gave the band a European wide top twenty hit, peaking at 13 in the UK. The track was featured later in the film "Highlander".


"Friends Will Be Friends" : Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, taken from the album 'A Kind Of Magic' and released in the UK on June 9th 1986. Produced by Queen and Mack. This traditional Queen anthem was released to coincide with the Magic Tour in the summer of '86, and marked the band's 30th single release in the UK, peaking at 14 in the UK, the single reached the top forty in most European territories.


"The Show Must Go On" : Written by Queen, taken from the 'Innuendo' album, released October 1991 as a forerunner to "Greatest Hits II". It signalled the band's fortieth British single release. Combining everything inherently Queen. It is a perfect foil for a video depicting the best of Queen on film during the 80's.


"One Vision" : Written by Queen and released on November 4th 1985, taken from their "A Kind Of Magic" album. Produced by Queen and Mack, the song was recorded after the band's triumphant appearance at Live Aid and climbed into the top ten in most European countries, reaching number seven in the UK. The video marked the first collabortation between Queen and Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, the Austrian director and producer team who have been responsible for many Queen Film's productions since. The song featured in the film "Iron Eagle".
 

 L y r i c s


A Kind Of Magic

It's a kind of magic,
It's a kind of magic,
A kind of magic,
One dream, one soul, one prize,
One goal, one golden glance of what should be,
It's a kind of magic,
One shaft of light that shows the way,
No mortal man can win this day,
It's a mind of magic,
The bell that rings inside your mind,
It's a challenging the doors of time,
It's a kind of magic,
The waiting seems eternity,
The day will dawn of sanity,
It's a kind of magic,
There can be only one,
This rage that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be gone,
This flame that burns inside of me,
I'm hearing secret harmonies
It's a kind of magic,
The bell that rings inside your mind,
Is challenging the doors of time,
It's a kind of magic,
It's a kind of magic,
This rage that lasts a thousand years,
Will soon be will soon be,
Will soon be gone,
This is a kind of magic,
Tere can only be one,
This life that lasts a thousand years,
Will soon be gone,
Magic - it's a kind of magic,
It's a kind of magic,
Magic, magic, magic, magic,
It's magic,
It's a kind of magic.


Under Pressure

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure - that burns a building
  down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on streets
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed
  and torn
Why - why - why
Love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're
  cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more
  chance
Why can't we give love
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
and love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure


Radio Ga Ga

I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
Radio.

You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds -- invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh -- you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly.

So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio.

All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!

We watch the shows -- we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years.

Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around cos we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio -- Radio.

All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!


I Want It All

[single mix]
 
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now.

Adventure seeker on an empty street,
Just an alley creeper, light on his feet
A young fighter screaming, with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger can't see a way out,
It ain't much I'm asking, I heard him say,
Gotta find me a future move out of my way,
I want it all, I want it all, 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,

Listen all you people, come gather round,
I gotta get me a game plan, gotta shake you to the ground,
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,
I want it all, I want it all, 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,

I'm a man with a one track mind,
So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me),
Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living lies,
So I'm living it all, yes I'm living it all,
And I'm giving it all, and I'm giving it all,
It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth,
Here's to the future, hear the cry of youth,
I want it all, I want it all, 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,
etc.


I Want to Break Free

I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free.

I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love.

It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free, baby
Oh how I want to be free,
Oh how I want to break free.

But life still goes on
I can't get used to, living without, living without,
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free.

I've got to break free
I want to break free, yeah
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free.


Innuendo

While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand
While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land
While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow
Till the mountains crumble into the plain
Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
Tread that fine line
Oh we'll keep on tryin' yeah
Just passing our time
While we live according to race, colour or creed
While we rule by blind madness and pure greed
Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion
Through the eons, and on and on
Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
We'll tread that fine line
Oh we'll keep on tryin'
Till the end of time
Till the end of time

Through the sorrow all through our splendour
Don't take offence at my innuendo

You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be
Be free with your tempo, be free be free
Surrender your ego - be free, be free to yourself

Oooh, ooh -
If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky
If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die
If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask
Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask
Oh yes we'll keep on trying
Hey tread that fine line
Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah
And whatever will be - will be
We'll just keep on trying
We'll just keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Till the end of time


It's a Hard Life

I don't want my freedom
There's no reason for living with a broken heart.

This is a tricky situation --
I've only got myself to blame
It's just a simple fact of life
It can happen to anyone --

You win -- you lose
It's a chance you have to take with love
Oh yeah -- I fell in love
But now you say it's over and I'm falling apart.

It's a hard life
To be true lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts --
It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love --

I try and mend the broken pieces
I try to fight back the tears
They say it's just a state of mind
But it happens to everyone --

How it hurts -- deep inside
When your love has cut you down to size
Life is tough -- on your own
Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies
Waiting for love.

Yes it's a hard life
Two lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another -- right from the start
When you're in love --
Yes it's a hard life
In a world that's filled with sorrow
There are people searching for love in every way --

It's a long hard fight --
But I'll always live for tomorrow
I'll look back on myself and say I did it for love
Yes I did it for love -- for love -- oh I did it for love.


Breakthru

When love breaks up
When the dawn light wakes up
A new life is born
Somehow I have to make this final breakthru . . . Now!

I wake up
Feel just fine,
Your face
Fills my mind
I get religion quick
'Cos you're looking divine
Honey you're touching something, you're touchin' me,
I'm under your thumb, under you're spell, can't you see,
If I could only reach you,
If I could make you smile,
If I could only reach you,
That would really be a breakthru - oh yeah.

Breakthru, these barriers of pain,
Breakthru, to the sunshine from the rain,
Make my feelings known towards you
Turn my heart inside and out for you now
Somehow,
I have to make this final breakthru.
Now I

Your smile,
Speaks books to me,
I break up,
With each and every one of your looks at me,
Honey you're starting something deep inside of me,
Honey you're sparking something, this fire in me,
I'm outta control, I wanna rush headlong into this ecstasy
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile,
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru
Breakthru, breakthru


Who Wants To Live Forever

There's no time for us,
There's no place for us,
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us.

Who wants to live forever,
Who wants to live forever.....?
There's no chance for us,
It's all decided for us,
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.

Who wants to live forever,
Who dares to love forever,
When love must die.

But touch my tears with your lips,
Touch my world with your fingertips,
And we can have forever,
And we can love forever,
Forever is our today,
Who wants to live forever,
Who wants to live forever,
Forever is our today,
Who waits forever anyway?


Headlong

And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal
And you're rushing headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping no there's nothin'
You can do about it
There's nothin' you can do
No there's nothin' you can do about it
No there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can
Nothin' you can do about it
And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal
And you're rushing headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping no there's nothin'
You can do about it
He used to be a man with a stick in his hand
Hoop diddy diddy - Hoop diddy do
She used to be a woman with a hot dog stand
Hoop diddy diddy - Hoop diddy do
Now you've got soup in the laundry bag
Now you've got strings, you're gonna lose your rag
You're gettin' in a fight
Then it ain't so groovy when you're screaming in the night
Let me out of this cheap `B' movie
Headlong down the highway and you're rushing
Headlong out of control
And you think you're so strong
But there ain't no stopping and you can't stop rockin'
And there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can
Nothin' you can do about it
When a red hot man meets a white hot lady
Hoop diddy diddy - Hoop diddy do
Soon the fire starts a raging gets 'em more than half crazy
They start freaking everyway you turn
You can't start walking cause your feet got burned
It ain't no time to figure wrong from right
Cause reason's out the window
Better hold on tight - you're rushin' [... etc.]


The Miracle

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 we're all waiting for
today,
If every leaf on every tree, could tell a story that would be a miracle,
If every child on every street, had clothes to wear and food to eat,
That's a miracle,
If all God's people could be free, to live in perfect harmony,
It's a miracle, we're having a miracle on earth,
Mother nature does it all for us
Open hearts and surgery, Sunday mornings with a cup of tea,
Super powers always fighting,
But Mona Lisa just keeps on smiling,

The wonders of this world go on,
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 and an end to war,
It's a miracle we need, the miracle, the miracle,
Peace on earth and end to war today,
That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be friends,
repeat ........


I'm Going Slightly Mad

When the outside temperature rises
And the meaning is oh so clear
One thousand and one yellow daffodils
Begin to dance in front of you - oh dear
Are they trying to tell you something?
You're missing that one final screw
You're simply not in the pink my dear
To be honest you haven't got a clue
I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened - happened
It finally happened - ooh oh
It finally happened - I'm slightly mad
Oh dear!
I'm one card short of a full deck
I'm not quite the shilling
One wave short of a shipwreck
I'm not at my usual top billing
I'm coming down with a fever
I'm really out to sea
This kettle is boiling over
I think I'm a banana tree
Oh dear, I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened, happened
It finally happened uh huh
It finally happened I'm slightly mad - oh dear!
I'm knitting with only one needle
Unravelling fast its true
I'm driving only three wheels these days
But my dear how about you?
I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened
It finally happened oh yes
It finally happened
I'm slightly mad!
Just very slightly mad!
And there you have it!


The Invisible Man

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 somethin' 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.

Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed
And I'm in your life
And I'm in your head
Like the CIA
Or the FBI
You'll never get close
Never take me alive

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,

Hah, hah, hah, hello,
Hah, hah, hah, hello,
Hah, hah, hah, hello-hello-hello-hello,
Never had a real good friend - not a boy or a girl
No-one knows what I've been through - let my nag unfurl
Sol make my mark from the edge of the world,
From the edge of the world,
From the edge of the world,

Now I'm on your track
And I'm in your mind,
And I'm on your back
But don't look behind
I'm your meanest thought
I'm your darkest fear
Put I'll never get caught
You can't shake me, shake me dear,

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
Look at me, look at me


Hammer to Fall

(single mix)
 
Here we stand or here we fall
History won't care at all
Make the bed, light the light
Lady Mercy won't be home tonight.

CHORUS
You don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
It comes to you as to us all
We're just waiting
For the hammer to fall

Oh every night, and every day
A little piece of you is falling away
But lift your face, the Western Way --
Build your muscles as your body decays.

CHORUS
Tow the line and play their game
Let the anaesthetic cover it all
Till one day they call your name
You know it's time for the Hammer to Fall.

Rich or poor or famous for
Your truth it's all the same
Lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane
Baby now your struggle's all vain.

For we who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the Mushroom Cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just wanna scream it louder and louder

CHORUS
What the hell are we fighting for?
Just surrender and it won't hurt at all
You just got time to say your prayers
While you're waiting for the Hammer to Fall.


Friends Will Be Friends

Another red letter day,
So the pound has dropped and the children are creating,
The other half ran away,
Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber,
Got a pain in the chest,
Doctors on strike what you need is a rest.

It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end.

Now it's a beautiful day,
The postman delivered a letter from your lover,
Only a phone call away,
You tried to track him down but somebody stole his number,
As a matter of fact,
You're getting used to life without him in your way.

It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end.

It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end.

Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos right till the end -
Friends will be friends.


The Show Must Go On

Empty spaces - what are we living for
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for...
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on,
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.
Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for?
I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends
The show must go on
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On - with the show -
I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the -
On with the show -
The show must go on...


One Vision

(single mix)
 
One man  one goal  one mission,
One heart  one soul  just one solution,
One flash  of light  yeah one god one vision.

One flesh  one bone,
one true religion,
One voice  one hope,
Wowowowo  gimme one vision.

No wrong  no right,
I'm gonna tell you there's no black and no white,
No Blood  no stain,
All we need is one world wide vision.

One flesh  one bone,
one true religion,
One voice  one hope,
Wowowowo  gimme one vision.

I had a dream,
When I was young,
A dream of sweet illusion,
A glimpse of hope and unity,
And visions of one sweet union,
But a cold wind blows,
And a dark rain falls,
And in my heart it shows,
Look what they've done to my dream.

So give me your hands,
Give me your hearts,
I'm ready,
There's only one direction,
One world  one nation,
Yeah one vision.

No hate  no fight,
Just excitation,
All through the nightm
It's a celebration  wowowowo yeah.

One flesh  one bone,
one true religion,
One voice  one hope,
One real decision.

Gimme one night,
Gimme ione hope,
One man  one man,
One bar  one night,
One day  hey hey,
Just gimme gimme gimme
One vision.

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