Back To The Light
Released 21 September
1992, reached number 6, on chart for 14 weeks, achieved Gold
status
Album Length 51:15
The Dark | Back To The Light | Love Token | Resurrection | Too Much Love Will Kill You | Driven By You | Nothin' But Blue | I'm Scared | Last Horizon | Let Your Heart Rule Your Head | Just One Life | Rollin' Over
Non-Album Tracks
Driven By You (Ford Ad Version) | Driven By You Two
Unreleased Demos
Sleepy Blues
Produced by Brian May
and Justin Shirley Smith
Engineered by Justin Shirley Smith
Technical Assistance by Brian Zellis
Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe
Mainly recorded at Allerton Hill Studio, between 1988 and 1992
Mixed at Metropolis Studios, London
All vocals, backing vocals, guitars, keyboards and anything else
around - by Brian May unless otherwise stated
Management: Jim Beach and Julie Glover
Sleeve design and photography by Richard Gray
For the past 20 years I have been privileged to work with the
best team in the world. Thank you Roger, John and our dear
incomparable, sorely missed, Freddie, and all those who worked
for Queen over the years, for getting me this far.
This album is dedicated to Harold May, Alfred Dobson, and Freddie
Mercury. And to all those loved ones we have lost too soon.
The sleeve notes suggest that the following songs were recorded
or begun in the following years:
The Dark - 1980 (note: this is not a mistake)
Back To The Light, I'm Scared, Let Your Heart Rule Your Head and
Rollin' Over - 1988
Resurrection and Nothin' But Blue - 1992
Driven By You and Just One Life - 1991
Love Token, Too Much Love Will Kill You, Last Horizon - unknown
[although 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' was initially intended
for Queen's 'The Miracle' so probably dates from 1988/9 as well]
All three guitar versions are the album versions, with the lead vocal replaced by guitar
Singles: ('Driven By You' appears on Queen 'Greatest Hits III')
The Dark
Track 1. Written by Brian May. Album Version 2:20
Includes material engineered by Alan Douglas at Townhouse
Studios, 1980
This track is mostly instrumental (from 0:39 onwards).
Alternate Versions:
1. Live Version 1 Full (0:52) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
album, recorded in London, 1993) (instrumental excerpt of the
album version from 0:38 to 1:27 then 2:15
onwards)
2. Live Version 1 Edit (0:24) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
video) (an edit of the above version, from about 0:37 onwards)
Lyrics:
Little baby sweetly sleep
Do not stir
We will bring you a coat of fur
We will rock you, rock you, rock you
We will rock you, rock you, rock you
Back To
The Light
Track 2. Written by Brian May. Album Version 4:59
First ideas engineered by Brian Zellis and Pete Schwier in March
1988
Live Version 1 Mobile Recording made by Westwood One.
This track was used by Japanese TV for their coverage of the 2006
Formula 1 season.
Additional Musicians
Cozy Powell (Drums), Gary Tibbs (Bass)
Miriam Stockley, Maggie Ryder, Suzie O'List and Gill O'Donovan
(Backing Vocals)
Alternate
Versions:
1. Promo Edit (4:12) (on a Promo CD and 7" only) (I'm not
sure which parts have been edited)
2. Live Version 1 (3:57) (on the 'Resurrection' CD 2 only,
recorded for the Tonight Show in Los Angeles, 1993) (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 2 Edit (4:38) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
album, recorded in London, 1993) (click here for lyrics)
4. Live Version 2 Full (4:58) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
video) (features a longer outro chorus) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
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 you're 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, yeah
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
Oh, and 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
Going back to the land
Where the sunshine heals my soul, yeah, yeah
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
Yeah
Yeah
No, no matter where you're going to
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
Oh, back to the streets
That are paved with gold, yeah, yeah
Back to the light, yeah
I'm going back to the land
Where the sunshine heals my soul
Let me hear you babes
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, oooh, oooh
Yeah
Back to the light
Back to the light, yeah
Back to the light
Back to the light, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come back with me
Back to the light
Yeah, yeah
Love Token
Track 3. Written by Brian May. Album Version 5:54
This track segues into 'Resurrection'. The album version features
a lengthy piano outro.
Additional
Musicians:
Cozy Powell (Drums), Neil Murray (Bass), Mike Moran (Piano)
Alternate
Versions:
1. Single Edit (5:27) (on the 'Resurrection' 12" and CD1) (a
straight edit of the album version, losing some of the piano
outro, fading from 5:11 to 5:27)
2. Explicit Version (5:26) (given away free on "RCD"
magazine) (identical to the single version, but has a couple of
lyric changes)
3. Live Version 1 Edit (3:05) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' album, recorded in
London, 1993, segues into 'Headlong') (click here for lyrics)
4. Live Version 1 Edit Reprise (0:52) (on the
'Live At Brixton Academy' album,
this is the reprise after 'Headlong') (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 1 Full (3:41) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' video) (this is the
full live version with an opening guitar solo) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 1 Full Reprise (1:01) (on the
'Live At Brixton Academy' video,
this is the reprise after 'Headlong') (features a slightly longer
finale) (click here
for lyrics)
Lyrics: (the
'explicit' version has additional lyrics in red but not those in
blue)
Yeah
Ooh, let me tell you now
Mama's in love, papa's in love
It's such a shame they don't love each other
Oh no
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Papa's in a jam, mama's throwing pans
The game's up, it's time to run for cover
Oh, yeah
Oh, everybody's crying but they can't stop hoping
Everybody's looking for the door that's open
Mama's making heat to keep the old fire smoking
Papa's hanging on to his old love token
Oh, oh
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 who your love is for
(Yeah, oh baby life ain't what it used to be)
(You're telling me, not since you 'been hanging round here, hey)
Mama what you screaming for acting like a demon for
And hey mama quit waving them hands in the air
(What, don't talk to me that way)
(Well I don't see no reason to raise your voice to me, man)
(You put fat in the fire you got meat shit for brains)
(Well you don't give me comfort and a man's gotta get it
somewhere)
(Oooh
that's a shame) (Ooh,
well fuck you) (Yeah,
well)
Well Mama's hanging on to every word
that's spoken
But papa's hanging on to his old love token
That's what it is, here it comes babe
Yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, I don't wanna leave you mama
Yeah, I don't wanna leave you papa
Long haired women 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
Hey
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 (mama, mama, mama, mama, mama)
Oh, I don't wanna leave you papa (papa, papa, papa, papa, papa)
No I don't wanna leave
No I don't wanna leave
No I don't wanna leave
No I don't wanna leave you alone
But I'm gonna have to babe
Yeah, yeah
Resurrection
Track 4. Words written by Brian May, music written by Brian May,
Cozy Powell and Jimmy Page. Album Version 5:28
Includes material engineered by Sean Lynch and Leis Masses at
Mono Valley and Marcus Studios
Originally recorded by Cozy Powell, called 'Ride To Win', on his album 'The Drums Are Back'.
The original version is similar but there are changes, most
notably in the guitar towards the end.
This track segues from 'Love Token'. The first 38 seconds is
atmospheric music from the end of the track.
Additional
Musicians:
Cozy Powell (Drums), Don Airey (Extra Keyboards)
Alternate
Versions:
1. Single Version (4:38)
(on all singles) (starts with the drums at 0:38; cuts the
instrumental sections from 0:44 to 0:52, and 0:54 to 1:01, and
the outro is a few seconds longer)
2. Live Version 1 Edit (10:06) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
album, recorded in London, 1993) (a live 'medley' including a
Cozy Powell drum solo and 'Bohemian Rhapsody') (click here for lyrics)
3. Live Version 1 Full (10:18) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
video; as above, but with a slightly longer drum solo) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
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
Yeah
Gonna make my resurrection
No more of this crap
Got a whole new direction
Ain't no turning back
Resurrection is a gonna come
Yeah
My spirit is weeping
For freedom it cries
Been scraping my living
In the valley of lies
(Ooh, ooh, ooh) Gonna ride the night to the morning sun
Yeah
I'm a victim of a victim
Of a conspiracy
From a corpum derelictum
Gonna fly and be free
Resurrection is a gonna come
Yeah
Clear the vision
Heal the system
Sins forgiven
Rise
Flee the prison
Break the system
Sins forgiven
Rise
Ride the night - yes I know I'm still alive
Gotta ride the night - yeah I'm gonna ride
Rise again in the morning light
There's no use in my counting
The price of those years
There's too many heartaches
And too many tears
(Ooh, ooh, ooh) Ride the night to the morning sun
Oooh yes I thought I was dreaming
But the east is ablaze
With the promise of the future
Those heavenly days
Ride the night to the morning sun
Ride the night ooh, into the morning sun
'Cos the resurrection is a gonna come
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Too
Much Love Will Kill You
Track 5. Written by Brian May, Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers.
Album Version 4:26
This track was later released by Queen, see the entry in 'Made In Heaven'
Live Version 1 Mobile Recording made by Westwood One
This track was later covered by
both Claire
Sweeney and Momo Cortes, both featuring Brian May.
Brian has also performed the track live on German and French TV,
during which one verse was sung in the native language. Details
of the German version can be found below. A live version
with a verse in Italian is also listed below.
Alternate Versions:
1. Guitar Version (4:26) (on the Japanese CD and the CD Single)
(only 'ooohh' backing vocals remain)
2. Instrumental Version (4:27) (only on early copies of a US
promo CD) (this was a mastering error, and is the album version
without the lead vocals, containing the single word 'crime')
3. Live Version 1 (4:06) (on 'The Freddie Mercury Tribute
Concert', recorded at Wembley Stadium, April 1992) (click
here
for lyrics)
4. Live Version 2 (4:18) (performed at the Pavarotti &
Friends concert in 1992, available on the album or to download on
iTunes) (very similar to the album version, but with a verse in
Italian and some extra guitar) (click here for lyrics)
5. Live Version 3 (4:30) (on 'Resurrection' CD1 and 12"
only, recorded in Los Angeles, 1993) (click here for lyrics)
6. Live Version 4 (4:30) (on 'Live At Brixton Academy', recorded
in London, 1993) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
Oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh
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
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
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 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 it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I have to lose
Oooh, 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
Yeah
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
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
German
Versions:
This version was performed on the
live German TV show 'Ein Kessel Buntes' on 19 December 1992, and
the German verse was written by members of the group 'Munchner
Freiheit'. Here, the German lyrics are first with the English
translation in brackets:
Zuviel Liebe tötet (too much love kills)
Sie erlaubt kein Doppelspiel (it does not allow any double-cross)
Wie soll ich entscheiden, (how can I decide)
wen ich wirklich lieben will? (whom I really want to love?)
Du hast Zeichen übersehen, (you overlooked the signs)
meine Schreie überhört (ignored my screams)
Zuviel Liebe tötet (too much love kills)
und zerstört (and destroys)
(If you emailed me with this information,
could you please email me again so that I can credit you).
Driven By
You
Track 6. Written by Brian May. Album Version 4:10
Produced by Brian May and David Richards, recorded at Mountain
Studios, Montreux, 1991
The original version, used in the Ford TV Adverts, has also been
released - see 'Driven By You (Ford Ad Version)'.
See also 'Driven
By You Two', which is a short
instrumental remix of the track.
The original (album) version also appears on Queen 'Greatest Hits
III'.
Version Aliases:
Album version: also known as the 'Proper Version'
'New version': also known as the 'Radio Mix' on some releases
'Edited version': also known as the 'CHR Edit' or the 'English
Edit'
Additional Assistance:
Cozy Powell (Drums) and Neil Murray (Bass) (both on 'New'
version)
Brian Malouf (mixing of the 'Rock Radio' version)
Alternate
Versions:
1. New Version (4:10) (on the 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' CD and the US CD)
(a re-take but very similar)
2. Live Version (4:18) (on 'Live At Brixton Academy', recorded in
London, 1993) (click here
for lyrics)
3. Rock Radio Edit (3:40) (only on the US compass box promo CD)
(an edit of the 'new' version, from 0:15 onwards and fades 3:51
to 3:54, lyrics are from first 'oh yeah' to last 'driven by you')
4. Edited Version (3:37) (on a UK 4 track promo CD, a US
cassingle, or US 2 track CD) (unknown parts edited out)
5. Pollarded Version (3:22) (on a UK 4 track promo CD) (unknown
parts edited out)
6. Special Version (0:05) (on a UK 4 track promo CD) (a short
edit including 'Driven By You' only)~
7. CHR Edit Shorter (3:57) (on a US 2 track promo CD) (unknown
parts edited out)
8. CHR Edit Shortest (3:34) (on a US 2 track promo CD) (unknown
parts edited out)
Lyrics: (lyrics in Red are edited out of the
'Rock Radio Edit')
Woh, oh, everything I do I
do for you
Oh
Oh, oh, yeah
We touch and you're afraid of me and
We burn and now I'm at your feet
High speed, but you know you're in safe hands
Oh, in the dark we make a brighter light
From one spark to the horizon wide
We trust, and together we tame the land
Yeah, ooh, you'd be forgiven if you think you're dreaming
But we're working night and day to make a dream come true, yeah
Everything I do is driven by you
Oh, come on baby
Oh well it's tough to make a journey through
The right stuff is dead ahead of you and me
And you know we've still got time
Ooh, hold on tight to the driving wheel
This ride is really out of line
Raw deal, but there's no other that's worth a dime
You know I love you but you drive me crazy
'Cos you're saying all the things I wanna say to you (you say)
Everything I do is driven by you
Everything we do, ooh yeah
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do (yeah) is driven by you
Inner children lost their way
Now they know the price you pay
I'm holding onto life with you
'Cos life without you just won't do
Driven by you
Yeah, you know we're never gonna know who's dreaming
But we're working night and day to make a dream come true, yeah
Everything I do is driven by you
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do, yeah
Everything we do
Everything we do, yeah
Everything we do
Everything we do
Everything we do, yeah
Everything we do is
Driven by
Driven by
Driven by you
Yeah
Woah, everything I do-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I do for you
Nothin'
But Blue
Track 7. Written by Brian May. Album Version 3:30
The Guitar Version was originally released by Cozy Powell, called
'Somewhere In
Time', on his album 'The Drums Are
Back'.
John Deacon plays Bass on this track
Includes material engineered by Sean Lynch and Leis Masses at
Mono Valley and Marcus Studios
Additional
Musicians:
Cozy Powell (Drums), Don Airey (Extra Keyboards)
Alternate
Versions:
1. Guitar Version (3:50) (on the 'Back To The Light' singles (not
CD1) and the Japanese CD album) (complete guitar version with no
lyrics) [In the album version a guitar solo begins at 2:17. In
the Guitar Version there is twenty seconds of additional
instrumental before this]
Lyrics:
Wooh
Oh, I look at your picture
I'm nothing but blue
I'm hearing you whisper
The way you used to do
And I can't stop wondering
Just how things might have been
No, I'm nothing but blue
My life has no rhythm
Somehow it's out of tune
I keep trying to tell them
We'll be seeing them soon
But the truth keeps rushing back
Guess you know what I mean
No, I'm nothing but blue
No, I'm nothing but blue
No use in crying
That ain't what you would do, no
Living or dying
We'll just keep on fighting through, yeah
No I can't stop my wondering
'Bout all those things that might have been
No, I'm nothing but blue
No, I'm nothing but blue
Nothing
Nothing but blue
Nothing
Nothing but blue
I'm Scared
Track 8. Written by Brian May. Album Version 3:59
The album version is called 'Justin's Mix '92'
Includes material engineered by Pete Schwier, assisted by Richard
Edwards
Additional
Musicians:
Cozy Powell (Drums), Neil Murray (Bass)
Alternate
Versions:
1. Original Version (3:59) (on the 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' single) (loses
'Chaos Karaoke' vocals and some other lyric changes) (click here for lyrics)
Album
(Justin's Mix) Version Lyrics:
You take me to the party
You put me on the stand
You're pumping up my heart
To the beating of the band
You toss it in the air
And you don't care where it lands
You take it - you break it
You're hurting me
Because I wasn't prepared
I couldn't go where you dared
You got my whole soul bared
I never knew that your cared
Oh it just ain't fair
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - so scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared
You take me out to dinner
And you swallow me whole
You're nothing but a sinner
With a dark black soul
I figured I could handle you
But I'm just a toy
You're getting bolder and bolder
You're just a bad, bad boy
Because I wasn't prepared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
I couldn't go where you dared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
You got my whole soul bared (I'm so, so scared)
I never knew that your cared (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - so scared
I'm scared - I'm afraid
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared
What you staring at
You're such a scaredy cat
When I know that I just can't fight it
So what you staring at
You're such a scaredy cat
'Cos I'm only scared that maybe I might like it
Chaos Karaoke Section
: In this section there are at least four separate voices, two
through each stereo channel. What follows is my interpretation of
the lyrics spoken, but I know that some of them are missing. The
left channel voices appear first, then the right channel in
brackets.
I'm scared of disappointing (I'm scared of losing myself)
I'm scared of losing control (I'm scared of finding myself)
I'm scared of pain (because there might be)
I'm scared of being burnt (no-one there at all)
I'm scared of being ugly (I'm scared of being unknown)
I'm scared of dying (I'm scared of being ugly and being deformed)
And being dull (I'm scared to make a wrong turn)
And being deformed (I'm scared of the dark)
I'm scared of my house (And being dull)
(I'm scared of failing)
I'm scared of Stephen Berkoff (I'm scared of Stephen Berkoff)
I'm scared of being found out (I'm scared of being found out)
You take me to the limit
You take me to the brink
You left me with the blues
When you found me in the pink
You know just what you're saying
But your metaphors stink
I gotta lick it, or stick it
Or this is the end
Because I wasn't prepared (because)
I couldn't go where you dared (because I'm)
You got my whole soul bared (because I'm so scared)
I never knew that your cared (I'm scared)
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
So scared - I'm scared
So scared - I'm scared
I'm scared- I'm scared
I'm scared- I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared (maybe I'm wrong) I'm scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared
I'm scared
Ow
Oh, I'm scared
Original Version Lyrics:
You take me to the party
And you take me to the dance
You're pumping up my heart
To the beating of the band
You toss it in the air
And you don't care where it lands
You take it - you break it
You're hurting me
Because I wasn't prepared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
I couldn't go where you dared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
You got my whole soul bared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
I never knew that your cared
Yes you know I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
You take me out to dinner
And you swallow me whole
You're nothing but a sinner
With a dark black soul
I figured I could handle you
But I'm just a toy
You're getting bolder and bolder
You're just a bad, bad boy
Because I wasn't prepared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
I couldn't go where you dared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
You got my whole soul bared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
I never knew that your cared (oh, no, I'm scared)
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - so scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
What you staring at
You're such a scaredy cat
When I know that I just can't fight it
So what you staring at
You're such a scaredy cat
'Cos I'm only scared that maybe I might like it
You take me to the limit
You push me to the brink
You left me with the blues
When you found me in the pink
You know just what you're saying
But your metaphors stink
I gotta lick it, or stick it
Or this is the end
Because I wasn't prepared (because)
I couldn't go where you dared (because, because)
You got my whole soul bared (I'm)
I never knew that your cared (I'm scared, I'm scared)
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
That's it - I'm scared
I can't take no more - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
Don't you see - I'm scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
So scared - I'm scared
So scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
I'm scared - I'm scared
Leave me alone - I'm scared
I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared
I'm scared
I'm scared
Ow
I'm scared
Last Horizon
Track 9. Written by Brian May. Album Version 4:07
This track is an instrumental, and includes material recorded
with David Richards at Sarm Studios
Additional
Musicians:
Mike Moran (Keyboards)
Alternate
Versions:
1. Radio Edit (3:05) (on the CD single only) (a straight edit
from 1:03 onwards, starting with the drum burst)
2. Backing Track Version (3:05) (available only to download from www.brianmay.com) (a backing track which loses all guitars and
hence comprises keyboards, bass and drums only)
3. Live Version 1 Edit (3:14) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' album, recorded in
London, 1993)
4. Live Version 1 Full (3:01) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy' video) (same as above,
but all of Brian's dialogue at the start)
5. Live Version 1 Alternate (3:12) (on the
'Last Horizon' CD single) (same
as the live album version, but loses some of Brian's dialogue at
the start)
6. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 1 (3:09) (an official
download, recorded in Rome on 4 April 2005) (click here for full details)
7. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 (3:53) (on 'Return Of The
Champions', recorded in Sheffield on 9 May 2005) (click here for full details)
8. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 3 (3:48) (on 'Super Live In
Japan', recorded in Tokyo on 27 October 2005) (click here for full details)
9. Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Version 2 Edit (2:28) (only in the
film 'The Alps') (an edited version of the live performance on
'Return Of The Champions', from approx 0:10 to 2:35 and ending
with an explosion)
Let
Your Heart Rule Your Head
Track 10. Written by Brian May. Album Version 3:48
Includes material engineered by Pete Schwier, assisted by Richard
Edwards at Sarm Studios, 1988
Additional
Musicians:
Gary Tibbs (Bass), Geoff Dugmore (Drums)
Suzie O'List and Gill O'Donovan (Backing Vocals)
Alternate
Versions:
1. Live Version 1 Edit (3:29) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
album, recorded in London, 1993) (click here for lyrics)
2. Live Version 1 Full (3:48) (on the 'Live At Brixton Academy'
video and on 'Last Horizon' 7" and Cassette) (this is the
full live version with an additional chorus) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics:
If you've got time stay and listen to my story
Just a moment of your life is all I need
Don't say we should be parted
'Cos we only just got started
Let your heart rule your head tonight
There's a full moon shining on the water
There's a warm breeze blowing off the sea
When my pulse starts a racing
I know life is for the tasting
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight
When your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
It's been so long since I put my arms around you
And I don't know if it's real or it's a dream
But don't pussy-foot about it - shout it
Just can't live without it
Let your heart rule your head tonight - everybody
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight
When your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Oooh, you're staring at my face as though I'm crazy
When I tell you that I need you every day
Can't you see that I love you pretty baby
And old time don't ever stop ticking away, yeah
Your mama don't mind
And your papa don't mind
But you'll never be mine
If you're thinking all the time
We can work it out right
When I'm holding you tight
We can make it tonight
'Cos it ain't no crime
Don't let the moment slip away, hey
Don't think about - do it, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well I know that we're in a time of changes
And in love there is danger everywhere
But consider every portion
When you've taken your precautions
Let your heart (let your heart)
Let your heart (let your heart)
Let your heart, let your heart, let your heart, let your heart
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight, oooh
When your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Come sing with me
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head
Let your heart rule your head tonight
When your whole world is sinking
Come to my way of thinking
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Let your heart rule your head tonight
Just One
Life (Dedicated to the
memory of Phillip Sayer)
Track 11. Written by Brian May. Album Version 3:35
Includes material engineered by David Richards at Mountain
Studios, Montreux
Alternate Versions:
1. Guitar Version (3:35) (on the 'Driven By You' CD and 12")
(has some vocals intact)
Lyrics: (the guitar version only has those
lyrics in red)
I did not know you
Our lives never touched
Till the day they gathered
To bid you farewell
And they painted your picture
And as I looked around
I felt I saw you
In the words and the sound
Your talent came flowing
Through the stories they tell
And through the faces
Of those who loved you so well
Your life gave them a treasure
A piece of themselves
Something they carry
And still serves them well
Just one life
Just one life
Just one life
That is born, and is, and is gone
Just one life
And I'm so glad to know you
As I know you now
Perhaps inside you
You were messed up like me
But to them you were whole and strong
A friend in their need
And what you left behind you
And what swept over me
Says that your life's work
Rolls on and on
A piece of eternity
Just one life
Just one life
Just one life
That is born, and is, and is gone
Just one life
Did you ever have the chance to find out
What life is all about
I did not know you
Our lives never touched
Till the day we gathered
To say our farewells
Rollin' Over
Track 12. Written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Album
Version 4:36
Originally recorded by the Small Faces, from their 'Ogden's Nut
Gone Flake' album, 1968
Includes material engineered by Pete Schwier, assisted by Richard
Edwards at Townhouse Studios, 1988
This track contains a 'reprise' of 'The Dark' at the end.
Additional
Musicians:
Chris Thompson (Vocals), Geoff Dugmore (Drums), Gary Tibbs
(Bass), Mike Moran (Piano)
Miriam Stockley and Maggie Ryder (Backing Vocals)
Lyrics:
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, ow
Goodbye sunshine I'm on my way
I'll be long time gone by the break of day
Tell everyone that I'm gonna find it
There ain't nothing gonna stop me
Rolling over
Rolling over
Rolling over
Rolling over
Save all your loving till I get home
To the sweetest loving sunshine that I've ever known
Tell everyone that I'm gonna find it
There ain't nothing gonna stop me
Rolling over
Rolling over
Rolling over
Rolling over
Shake-do-way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shake-do-way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Save all your loving till I get home
To the sweetest loving sunshine that I've ever known
Tell everyone that I'm gonna find it
There ain't nothing gonna stop me
Rolling over
Rolling over
Rolling over
Rolling over
Rolling over
Shake-do-way
Rolling over
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Rolling over
Shake-do-way
Rolling over
Yeah, yeah
See the fur to keep you warm
Softly round your tiny form
Driven
By You (Ford Ad Version)
Non-Album Track. Written by
Brian May. Original Version 1:30
Produced by Brian May and David Richards, recorded at Mountain
Studios, Montreux, 1991
Only available on the 'Driven By You' 12".
This is the original version of 'Driven By You', recorded for
the Ford car company, and used in TV adverts throughout the UK in
1991.
Lyrics:
Oooh, yeah
We build for the country's needs
Wheels turn, power at your feet
High speed, but you know you're in safe hands
Oh, in the dark we make a brighter light
And one spark to the horizon wide
You'll trust and together we'll tame the land
Oh, you'll be forgiven if you think you're dreaming
But we're working night and day to make a dream come true
Yeah, everything we do is driven by you
Everything we do, everything we do, everything we do
Everything we do, everything we do
Is driven by, driven by, driven by you
Yeah
Driven
By You Two
Non-Album Track. Written by
Brian May. Original Version 1:30
Only available on 'Resurrection' CD2.
This track is a fast paced, short instrumental remix of 'Driven By You'.
Lyrics:
Driven by
Driven by you
Yeah