Queen Live Song Lyrics
This page includes full lyrics for Queen Live songs, from concerts where only a couple of tracks are available. All song lengths refer to the length of the song itself, ignoring audience noise and introductions etc.
My
Melancholy Blues | We Will Rock You
(Fast) (Houston, 1977)
Now I'm
Here (Concert For
Kampuchea, 1979)
Under
Pressure (Knebworth Mix)
(Knebworth Park, 1986)
The
Show Must Go On (with
Elton John, Paris, 1997)
Radio
Ga Ga | We Will Rock You | We Are The Champions | Bohemian Rhapsody (Party At The Palace, 2002)
We
Will Rock You / Tie Your Mother Down (with the Foo Fighters, 2006)
Another track not listed on this page is Sweet Lady (Hyde Park, 1976). Finally, Queen + Paul Rodgers tracks can be found here.
My Melancholy
Blues
Click here for the original song details. Length 3:43
Recorded at The Sam, Houston, Texas, on 11 December 1977.
Only available on 'The Miracle' CD single. This track also
appears on 'Rare Live', in an edited form.
It fades in later, losing Freddie's intro, and loses a verse and
instrumental section from approx 1:47 to 2:43.
Lyrics: (Lyrics in Red are lost from
the 'Rare Live' version)
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
I'm intoxicated with that special brew
So 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
'Cos I'm heading for that stormy weather soon
I'm causing a mild
sensation
With this new occupation
I'm permanently glued
To 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
So come into my enclosure
And meet my
Melancholy blues
We
Will Rock You (Fast
Version)
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:15
Recorded at The Sam, Houston, Texas, on 11 December 1977.
This track appears on 'Greatest Flix' and 'Greatest Video Hits
I'.
Lyrics:
Oooh, yeah
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
Big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
We will, we will, rock you, tonight
We will, we will, rock
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day
Mud on your face
Big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place
We will, we will, rock you, yeah, yeah
We will, we will, rock
Oooh
We will, we will, rock you, yeah, yes
We will, we will, rock you, rock you,
rock you, rock you
We will, we will, rock
Rock you
Now
I'm Here
Click here
for the original song details. Length 6:48
Recorded at the opening night of the Concerts For Kampuchea, at
the Hammersmith Odeon, on 26 December 1979.
Queen performed a full concert, but only this track has been
officially released - on an LP of highlights, titled 'Concerts
For The People Of Kampuchea'.
Lyrics:
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, I'm just, I'm just
Just a new man
Yes, you made me live again
Come on
A baby I was when you took my hand
The light of the night burned bright
The people all stared didn't understand
But you knew my name on sight
Oooh, whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be
Don't worry babe I'm safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches 'n' me
Don't I love you so
Yes, you've made me live again, hey
Yeah
Ooh, a thin moon me in a smoke screen sky
Beams of your lovelight chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
Many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me
Take it
Yeah, alright
Yeah, go, go
Go Johnny go, go Johnny go, go Johnny go
I like it
??????
Rock with me
Hey
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
With you, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Now I'm here
Now I'm here
Now I'm here
Now I'm here
I think I'll stay
I think I'll stay
Around, around, around
Around, oohhh alright
Alright, OK
Hey, hey
Oh
Now I'm here
Now I'm here
Now I'm here
I think I'll stay
I think I'll stay
Around, around, around
Alright, OK
Alright, OK
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Come on let's do it
Yeah
Ooooh, ooooh, yeah
Yeah,
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Oh, I think I'm gonna stay around
Around, around, around, around, around
Down in the city justa you 'n' me
Yeah
Oooh, yeah
Under
Pressure (Knebworth Mix)
Click here for the original song details, or here for details of other Singalongs. Length 4:16.
This track actually contains Freddie's singalong (length 0:23),
then Under Pressure (length 3:25)
Recorded at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, on 9 August 1986.
Mixed by Justin Shirley Smith. The percussion is noticeably
different to other live shows from the tour, and is a lot
'punchier'.
Lyrics:
(Ad-libbed vocal singalong)
Freddie: Fuck as I could, I tell you. I'll get you after a couple
of songs, you wait. You're on
Yeah
Um, boom, bah, bay
Um, boom, bah, bay
Dum, dum, da-dah, doo-dah
Pressure pushing down on me
Pushing down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um, bah, bah, bay
Um, bah, bah, bay
Eh, day, dah
Eh, day, dah
That's OK
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
Day, day, day
Bay, bay, bay, be-bay
OK
Chipping around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days, it never rains but it pours
Eh, doh, day-dep
Eh, ba, ba, bop
Eh, doh, doh
Day, dop
People on streets
Eh, dah, dee, dah, day
People on streets
Eh, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming
Let me out
Pray tomorrow
Higher, higher, higher
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?
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, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love, 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
The
Show Must Go On
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:19
Recorded at the National Theatre De Challiot, Paris, on 17
January 1997, at the world premiere of the 'Bejart Ballet For
Life'.
Features lead vocals by Elton John.
Lyrics:
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, yeah
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 (turning, 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 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
Ooh
I'll top the bill
I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
With the show
The show must go on
The show must go on
Radio Ga Ga
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:19
Performed by Queen at Buckingham Palace on 3rd June 2002.
Lead vocals are sung by Roger Taylor, with Phil Collins on drums.
This song segues into 'We Will Rock You'
Lyrics:
(Radio)
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 us cry
You made us feel like we could fly
(Radio)
So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know and just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio) everybody
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 knew, ohh
Radio, someone still loves you
Loves you
We Will Rock
You
Click here for the original song details. Length 1:45
Performed by Queen at Buckingham Palace on 3rd June 2002.
Lead vocals are sung by Brian May, with backing vocals by the
cast of 'We Will Rock You', with Roger and Phil Collins on drums.
This song segues from 'Radio Ga Ga'
Lyrics:
Alright, let's hear you
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 that can all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you, that's nice
We will, we will, rock you, hey
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got blood on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, it's beautiful
We will, we will, rock you, one more time
We will, we will, rock you, alright
We Are The
Champions
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:29
Performed by Queen at Buckingham Palace on 3rd June 2002.
Lead vocals are sung by Will Young, with backing vocals by the
cast of 'We Will Rock You', and features Roger and Phil Collins
on drums.
Lyrics:
Yeah, yeah
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
Let me hear you say (on and on and on and on)
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
We are the champions
Of the world
We are the champions, no, no, no, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end, yeah, sing it with me
We are the champions, come on yeah
We are the champions
No time for losers, no time
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world
(Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
Yeah, yeah, wow
Bohemian
Rhapsody
Click here for the original song details. Length 5:19
Performed by Queen at Buckingham Palace on 3rd June 2002.
All vocals are sung by the cast of 'We Will Rock You' - including
lead vocals by Gallileo (Tony Vincent), Scaramouche (Hannah Jane
Fox) and The Killer Queen (Sharon D. Clarke). Features Roger and
Phil Collins on drums.
Lyrics: (Vocals are sung by the singer
specified)
Gallileo: Mama, just
killed a man
Gallileo: Put a gun
against his head
Gallileo: Pulled my
trigger now he's dead
Gallileo: Mama, life
had just begun
Gallileo: But now I've
gone and thrown it all away
Gallileo: Mama, oooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh
Gallileo: Didn't mean
to make you cry
Gallileo: If I'm not
back again this time tomorrow
Gallileo: Carry on,
carry on, as if nothing really matters
Scaramouche: Too late,
my time has come
Scaramouche: Sends
shivers down my spine
Scaramouche: My body's
aching all the time
Scaramouche: Goodbye
everybody, I've got to go
Scaramouche: Gotta
leave you all behind and face the truth
Gallileo: Mama, oooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh
Ensemble: (Anyway the
wind blows)
Gallileo: I don't want
to die
Gallileo: I sometimes
wish I'd never been born at all (Ensemble: oooh-ooh,
oooh-ooh, oooh-ooh, oooh-ooh)
Gallileo: Oooh
Gallileo: I see a
little silhouetto of a man
Ensemble: Scaramouche,
Scaramouche will you do the fandango?
Ensemble: Thunderbolts
and lightning - very, very frightening me
Ensemble: Gallileo, Gallileo:
Gallileo
Ensemble: Gallileo, Gallileo:
Gallileo
Ensemble: Gallileo, figaro - magnifico-o-o-o-oh
Gallileo: I'm just a
poor boy, nobody loves me
Ensemble: He's just a
poor boy from a poor family
Ensemble: Spare him
his life from this monstrosity
Gallileo: Easy come,
easy go, will you let me go
Ensemble: Bismillah!
No - we will not let you go, let him go
Ensemble: Bismillah!
We will not let you go, let him go
Ensemble: Bismillah!
We will not let you go, let me go
Ensemble: Will not let
you go, let me go
Gallileo: Never,
never, never, never, never (Ensemble: never
let you go)
Ensemble: Never let me
go-o-o-o-oh
Ensemble: No, no, no,
no, no, no, no
Gallileo: Mama mia,
mama mia
Ensemble: Mama mia let
me go
Ensemble: Beelzebub
has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
Gallileo: Yeah
Killer Queen: So you
think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
Killer Queen: So you
think you can love me and leave me to die?
Ensemble: Oh, baby
Killer Queen: Can't do
this to me baby, no, no, no
Ensemble: Just gotta
get out
Killer Queen: Just
gotta get right outta here
Gallileo: Yeah
Ensemble: Ooooh,
ooooh, ooooh, oooh yeah, oooh yeah
Gallileo: Nothing really matters
Gallileo: Anyone can
see
Gallileo: Nothing
really matters
Gallileo: Nothing
really matters to me
Gallileo: Anyway the
wind blows
Gallileo: Thank you
Brian: Ladies and Gentlemen, Sharon D. Clarke, Hannah Jane Fox,
Tony Vincent, and the cast of We Will Rock You. Thank you very
much, happy Jubilee your majesty, goodnight from Queen
We Will
Rock You / Tie Your Mother Down
Click here for the original details of 'We Will Rock You' or here for 'Tie Your Mother Down'.
Brian and Roger performed these songs at the Foo Fighters concert
in Hyde Park on 17 June 2006.
Released on the Foo Fighters live DVD 'Hyde Park/Skin And Bones'.
The DVD also includes a Freddie style singalong, by Taylor
Hawkins.
'We Will Rock You' features only the intro and finale and so is
instrumental (it does feature some ad-libs by Taylor Hawkins, but
none of the original lyrics). Length 1:21.
'Tie Your Mother Down' features the Foo Fighters, Brian and
Roger, with Taylor Hawkins on vocals. Length 4:45.
Lyrics: (all lyrics/vocals spoken by
Taylor Hawkins)
(Freddie style singalong)
I'm dedicating this show to Freddie Mercury, no question, you're
up there, I know you're up there, this one's for you my friend.
We've got some friends up with us too tonight, and unfortunately,
I'm singing. Roger Taylor and Brian May
Ayyy-oh
Woo
Yeah
Heyyy
Up in the air (????)
Ooohhhh
Oh yeah
Huh
Get your party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your heart beating, baby
Got my timing right
Got my act all tight
It's gotta be tonight my little schoolbabe
Mamma says you don't
Daddy says you won't
Bottling up inside
No way I'm gonna lose out this time, hey
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Don't need your missing, your messing around
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight
Hey, you're a dirty louse
Get the fuck out of my house
That's all I ever get from you
Oh, your family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard
A single little civil word from those fuckers
Yo, but I don't give a light
Gonna break out all right
Got a sweetheart hand
To put a stop to all that
Shouting, shouting going on
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Take your little brother swimming
With a brick, that's all right
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Ain't no friend of mine
Come on, yeah
So this is what it looks like out here
Woh, your mummy and your daddy gonna plague me till I die
Can't understand it, I'm just a peace loving guy
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Big, big, big, big, big, big, daddy out of doors
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight
Come on
All your love tonight, yeah
All your love tonight, yeah, yeah
All your love tonight, yeah, oh yeah
All your love tonight, come on, tonight
All your love tonight
All your love tonight, wow
All your love tonight
All your love tonight
Yeah
End it
Ohhh, oh
Tonight, oh
Let's here it for Brian May and Roger Taylor