Brian May - Collaborations
1995-2003

This page features details of Brian May's collaborations with other artists, recorded between 1995 and 2003.

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Carmen Appice - Nobody Knew (Black & White House)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Whistle Down The Wind
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Wild And Untamed Thing
Jennifer Rush - Who Wants To Live Forever
S.O.L - Make My Dream Come True
Status Quo - Raining In My Heart
Rock Therapy - Reaching Out
Meat Loaf - A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
Guns 'n' Roses - Catcher In The Rye
Foo Fighters - Have A Cigar
Tony Iommi - Flame On and Goodbye Lament
SAS Band - With A Little Help From My Friends (live)
Paul McCartney - Souvenir
Robbie Williams - Eternity
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (live)
Foo Fighters - Tired Of You
Cliff Richard - Move It (live)
Lynn Carey Saylor - If We Believe
Claire Sweeney - Too Much Love Will Kill You
Andrea Corr - Is This The World We Created? (live)
Tim Staffell - Doing Alright and Earth
The Yardbirds - Mr, You're A Better Man Than I

Nobody Knew (Black & White House) [shop]
Carmine Appice, 1995. Brian plays guitar.
Written by Kelly Keeling and Carmine Appice.
Available on the album 'Guitar Zeus' and later on the 2006 reissue 'Ultimate Guitar Zeus'. It was also released as a single, but withdrawn for legal reasons.
Available Versions:
1. Radio Version (3:50) (on the single only)
2. Album version AKA Long Version (4:48) (on the album and single; this features more instrumental and lyrics)
Lyrics: (the lyrics in red are edited out of the radio version)
Here we are
In the year 2000
Looking through glass
With oxygen masks

Here we are
With faces around us
Expressions unnoticed
They thought it would last

Nobody knew
Where they were heading
Except for the few who
Made it all clear

Nobody knew
Who's running the white house
It's painted all black now
You'd think they would mind

Now we know
The stained glass houses
The motors are gas
It's all come to pass

All we ever wanted
Was clear cool water
To wash off the stains
Keep oceans alive

What destination (here we are, the year 2000)
I play the game (looking through glass)
Lord take me now (with oxygen masks)
It's not the same (here we are, with faces around us, emotions unknowing)
Here now (they thought it would last)

Nobody knew
Where they were going
Except for the few who
Had made it all clear

Nobody knew
Who's running the white house
It's painted all black now
No-one's inside

There's a hole in the blue sky
Blind sight, the earth spins
Find time for me, yeah
Time to think, and time to pray

What destination
I play the game
Lord take me now

Here we are
Ages around us (it's not the same)
Emotions unknowing
They thought it would last (here now)

Nobody knew
They thought they would lead us
Except for the few who
Thought they knew
Guess it's all clear
It's all for the money
Peace with your neighbours
Join in the war

There's a hole in the blue sky
There's a hole in the blue sky

Whistle Down The Wind
Sessions with Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1995.
It is unknown what was recorded, so it probably remains unreleased.

Who Wants To Live Forever [shop]
Jennifer Rush, 1995. Brian plays guitar and sings lead and backing vocals. Length 3:59.
Available on the album 'Out Of My Hands'.
Written by Brian May. This song was previously recorded by Queen and by Ian & Belinda.
Lyrics: (the lyrics in white are sung by Jennifer; lyrics in red are sung by Brian; lyrics in blue are sung by both)
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 (ooh, ooooh)

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 (forever)
Who dares to love forever, ooh, oooh
Who dares to love forever, ooh, oh, oooh, 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?

Wild And Untamed Thing
Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1995. Brian plays guitar.
Brian apparently plays guitar on this track which was released on a soundtrack of the musical, alongside Hot Patootie (Whatever Happened To A Saturday Night), which was released on several of his albums and singles in 1998.

Make My Dream Come True [shop]
S.O.L, 1995. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:02.
Available on the album 'Some Other Language'.
The artist for this track is S.O.L, and not Stefan Zauner as many sites list (although he was heavily involved).
Lyrics:
I had a dream about the brotherhood of man
I look around me and I see it isn't so
But in the dream I saw a way to understand
So I'm sending this love from me to you
To make my dream come true
To make my dream come true
To make my dream come true

I had a dream there was a time for paradise
I look around me but the seeds have never grown
Lost in a wasteland where I see the people cry
I'll be sending this love from me to you
To make my dream come true
To make my dream come true

To make my dream
Please, make my dream
Please, make my dream come true

To make my dream come true
To make my dream come true
To make my dream come true
To make my dream come true

Raining In My Heart [shop]
Status Quo, 1995. Brian plays guitar. Length 3:32.
Written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, and originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958 (and various others).
Available on the 1995 album 'Don't Stop'. Brian also appears on the accompanying video of the same name.
This track was recorded at the same session as 'FBI', by Brian May featuring Status Quo.
Lyrics:
The sun is out, the sky is blue
There's not a cloud to spoil the view
But it's raining
Raining in my heart

The weather man says clear today
He doesn't know you've gone away
And it's raining
Raining in my heart

Ooh, misery
Misery
What's gonna become of me?

I tell my blues they mustn't show
But soon these tears are bound to flow
'Cos it's raining
Raining in my heart

Ooh, misery, misery
What's gonna become of me?

The sun is out, the sky is blue
There's not a cloud to spoil the view
But it's raining
Raining in my heart
Raining in my heart
Raining in my heart

Reaching Out
Rock Therapy, 1996. Brian plays guitar.
The track also features Lulu, Paul Rodgers and Charlie Watts.
Released as a single, for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, but it failed to chart.
This track was later performed on Queen + Paul Rodgers' 2005 European Tour by Paul Rodgers with Spike Edney on keyboards.
Available Versions:
1. Single Version (2:38) (on all singles)
2. Instrumental Version (2:38) (on the CD single only) (click here for lyrics)
3. Acoustic Version (2:38) (on all singles; this does not feature Brian's electric guitar solo, but he may play acoustic guitar on the track)
Queen + Paul Rodgers Live Versions:
1. Official Download, Firenze 2005 (1:00) (recorded in Firenze, Italy, on 7 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
2. Official Download, Frankfurt 2005 (0:59) (recorded in Frankfurt, Germany, on 19 April 2005) (click here for lyrics)
3. Return Of The Champions (1:01) (recorded in Sheffield, England, on 9 May 2005) (click here for lyrics)
4. Super Live In Japan (1:00) (recorded in Tokyo, Japan, on 27 October 2005, and also available on the Highlights CD/DVD) (click here for lyrics)
Lyrics: (lyrics in red are not present in the acoustic version; click here for the lyrics to the instrumental version)
Lately, I've been hard to reach
I've been too long on my own
Everybody has a private world
Where they can be alone

Are you calling me?
Are you trying to get through?
Are you reaching out for me
Like I'm reaching out for you?

One way conversations
Going on inside my head
Everybody has a secret world
Where too much is unsaid

Are you calling me?
Are you trying to get through?
(Oooh, oooh, oooh) are you reaching out for me
Like I'm reaching out for you?

Give me your hand
One touch is all that it takes (oooh, ooh, ooh)
Ain't it funny how just one touch
Can make up for all of our mistakes (oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)

Lately, I've been hard to reach
I've been too long on my own
Everybody has a private world
Where they can be alone

Are you calling me?
Are you trying to get through?
Are you reaching out for me
Like I'm reaching out for you?

Instrumental Version Lyrics:
(Oooh, oooh, oooh)

Give me your hand
(Oooh, ooh, ooh)
Ain't it funny how just one touch
(Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)

A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
Meat Loaf, 1998. Brian played guitar on demos of the track.
Brian performed the lead guitar solo on demo versions of this track, which was later released on the 1998 album 'The Best Of Meat Loaf'. Brian does not seem to appear on the released track, and he wasn't credited either.

Catcher In The Rye
Guns 'n' Roses, 1999. Brian played guitar on demos of the track.
Brian performed the lead guitar solo on this track in around 1999, but his parts were not used when the track was released on the 'Chinese Democracy' album in 2008.
A demo version of the track was leaked online in around 2006.

Have A Cigar [shop]
Foo Fighters and Brian May, 2000 (?). Brian plays guitar. Length 4:02.
Written by Roger Waters, and originally recorded by Pink Floyd in 1975.
This version appears on the album 'Music From And Inspired By Mission Impossible 2', and may also appear in the film. It was later included on 'The Best Air Guitar Album In The World.... III' and the Foo Fighters 'Medium Rare' compilation.
Taylor Hawkins sings lead vocals.
Produced by The Foo Fighters, Brian May and Justin Shirley Smith, and mixed by Taylor Hawkins and Justin Shirley Smith.
Lyrics:
Come on over here, boy
Have a cigar
You couldn't go far
You gotta fly high
You're never gonna die
You're gonna make it if you try
You're gonna love you

Well I've always had a deep respect for
What people in this city say
Well the piano's just fantastic
Yeah, it's really what I think
Of that way which one's pink?

And if they tell you the name of the game - boy
You caught it riding the gravy train

I just knocked out
Heard about the sell out
You've gotta get another
You owe it to the people
So how come we can all go

And everybody's just screamed
Have you seen the chart
Well it's a hell of a start
We could be brave to a martian
If we all pull together as one team

And if they tell you the name of the game - boy
You caught it riding the gravy train, yeah
Yeah

And if they tell you the name of the game - boy
You caught it riding the gravy train
Ow

Flame On [shop]
Tony Iommi, 2000. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:26.
Available on the album 'Iommi'.
Lyrics:
I am one
One that shines
Yeah, I was born of a scorpions mind
I am one
So alive
Don't try to teach me what your lips can't decide, oh

I'm the son
So alive
A single breath's all I need to get by
Would you speak of the dirt in my mind
I'm going to burn till our stars die

Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother
Flame on - and now I'm free in this dirty black summer
Flame on - I wore a tooth in the mouth of my brother
Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother
(unknown lyric)

As it is
All divine
A diamond sea in the heart of our mind

All this truth
Truth it shines
Don't hesitate for a while it's divine

Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother
Flame on - and now I'm free in this dirty black summer
Flame on - I wore a tooth in the mouth of my brother
Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother
(unknown lyric)

Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother
Flame on - and now I'm free in this dirty black summer
Flame on - I wore a tooth in the mouth of my brother
Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother

Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother
Flame on - and now I'm free in this dirty black summer
Flame on - I wore a tooth in the mouth of my brother
Flame on - I used to bleed like a suicide mother
(unknown lyric)

Goodbye Lament [shop]
Tony Iommi, 2000. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:48.
Available on the album 'Iommi'.
Lyrics:
Say a prayer for me
In my memory
Have a taste of when all is through

Damn this place in me
Damn this destiny
I will be the one who cries with you
Go

Hello misery
You're the best of me
Hey, someone got the best of you

Come and sleep with me
For infinity
We'll spend some time and find the rest of you

Break down, break down
Real and in your head
Rain down, rain down
Innocence is dead

Goodbye lament
Goodbye lament
Goodbye faith
I swear I will believe

Pray for me
Fading memories
Give me time and I will fade in with you

Come in and dance with me
I will always be
Sleeping behind the eyes that I'm bleeding through

Break down, break down
Real and in your head
Rain down, rain down
Innocence is dead

Goodbye lament
Goodbye lament
Goodbye faith
I swear I will believe

Goodbye lament
Goodbye lament
Goodbye faith
I swear I won't believe

Break down, break down
Real and in your head
Rain down, rain down
Innocence is dead

Break down, break down
Real and in your head
Rain down, rain down
Innocence is dead

Goodbye lament
Goodbye lament
Goodbye faith
I swear I will believe

With A Little Help From My Friends (live)
SAS Band, 2000. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:00.
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and originally recorded by The Beatles in 1967. It was also a number 1 hit for Joe Cocker in 1968 and Wet Wet Wet in 1988.
Recorded at the Party In The Park, in Hyde Park, London, on 9 July 2000.
Released as part of a 26 minute video, featuring various SAS Band live tracks, on a promo CD-Rom.
It features leads vocals by Marti Pellow, Lionel Ritchie, Suggs and Martine McCutcheon, and is notable because Brian's guitar string snaps at the finale of his solo.
Lyrics:
What would you think if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
And I, I, I, I, will try not to sing out of key

By with a little help from my friends, wow
By with a little help from my friends, yeah
By with a little help from my friends
By with

Do you need anybody?
Woah, I need somebody to love, yeah, yeah
Could it be anybody?
Oh, anybody, ooh I need somebody, yeah, yeah
Oooh

Yeah
By with a little help from my friends
Everybody, one more time, yeah
By with a little help from my friends, yeah
By with a little help from my friends, yeah
Oooh, oooh, oooh

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
I'm sure it happens all the time
What do you feel when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I'm sure that it's mine

By with a little help from my friends, yeah
By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends, we do you know
Oooh, oooh, oooh

Do you need anybody?
Wahhhhhh
Could it be anybody?
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh

By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends, yeah, yeah

By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends
By with a little help from my friends
Oooh, oooh, oooh

Souvenir
Paul McCartney, 2001.
Brian was supposedly working with Paul on this track in 2001, and it was due to be included on a Linda McCartney tribute album. However, the album itself doesn't appear to have been released, and it is unknown whether anything was ever actually recorded.

Eternity [shop]
Robbie Williams, 2001. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:59.
Written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers.
Presumably recorded at the same session as 'We Are The Champions' with Queen.
Released as a single, and reached no. 1, and also included on Robbie Williams' 'Greatest Hits' album.
Lyrics:
Close your eyes so you don't feel them
They don't need to see you cry
I can't promise I will heal you
But if you want to I will try

I sing this summer serenade
The past is done, we've been betrayed
It's true

Someone said the truth will out
I believe without a doubt
In you

You were there for summer dreaming
And you gave me what I need
And I hope you'll find your freedom
For eternity
For eternity

Yesterday when you were walking
You talked about your ma, and dad
What they did that made you happy
What they did that made you sad

We sat and watched the sun go down
Picked a star before we lost
The moon

Youth is wasted on the young
Before you know it's come and gone
Too soon

You were there for summer dreaming
And you gave me what I need
And I hope you'll find your freedom
For eternity
For eternity

For eternity

I sing this summer serenade
The past is done, we've been betrayed
It's true

Youth is wasted on the young
Before you know it's come and gone
Too soon

You were there for summer dreaming
And you are a friend indeed
And I hope you'll find your freedom
For eternity

You were there for summer dreaming
And you are a friend indeed
And I hope you'll find your freedom
Eventually
For eternity

For eternity

With A Little Help My Friends (live) [shop]
Joe Cocker featuring Steve Winwood, 2002. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:40.
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and originally recorded by The Beatles in 1967. It was also a number 1 hit for Joe Cocker in 1968 and Wet Wet Wet in 1988.
Performed live at Buckingham Palace, London, on 3 June 2002, and available on the 'Party At The Palace' releases.
Lyrics:
What would you do if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
I will try not to sing out of key

I wanna get by
By with a little help from my friends
I keep trying with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
I wanna get out with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
Holding on with my friends

What do I do when the love is away
Don't worry if you feel alone
Oh Lord, how do I feel by the end of the day
Are you down, because you're on your own

I don't get set
I get by with a little help from my friends
I keep trying with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
I wanna get out with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
Holding on with my friends
Oooh, oooh, oooh

Do you need anybody?
I need someone to love
Do you need anybody?
All I need is someone
Who knows where I'm going
Somebody to love
We'll show
A little love

By with a little help from my friends
I wanna get by with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
I keep trying with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
I'm gonna get out with my friends

Would you believe in a love at first sight
I'm certain it happens all the time
What do you see when you turn off the light
I don't see too much
But it shows you my mind

I get by with a little help
By with a little help from my friends
I keep trying with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
I'm gonna get out with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
Holding on with my friends

Do you need anybody
Oooooohhhhhh
Yeah, don't you know
Do you need anybody
Don't you know I need someone
To dream about
Somebody to love me in my dreams

All the way

By with a little help from my friends
I wanna get by with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
I keep trying with my friends
By with a little help from my friends
I'm gonna get out with my friends

I want to take them home with me
And just keep loving like a
All the way and hold me
Love me and hold me tight baby

Love me and hold me
And give me your love to me
With a little help from my friends

Tired Of You [shop]
Foo Fighters, 2002. Brian plays guitar. Length 5:10.
Written by the Foo Fighters.
Available on the album 'One By One'.
Apparently there may be two studio versions of this track, one having a much more acoustic feel.
Lyrics:
I can't be your liar
I can't be your bearer of bad news
Sick and uninspired by
The diamonds in your fire
Burning like a flame inside of you
Is this just desire or the truth?

So shame on me for the rules
Shame on me for the blues
Number one return that I'll never use

I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired

I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired

Hanging on this wire
Waiting for the day I have to choose
Cursed by love so dire
One more boy for hire
One more boy to lend a hand to you
Is this just desire or the truth?

So shame on me for the rules
Shame on me for the blues
Number one return
That I'll never use

I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired

I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired
Of you, hoo, hoo
Of you, hoo, hoo, oh, oh, oh, oh

I can't be your liar
I can't be your bearer of bad news
Sick and uninspired by
The diamonds in your fire
Burning like a flame inside of you
Is this just desire or the truth?

So shame on me for the rules
Shame on me for the blues
Number one return
That I'll never use

I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired

I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired of you

Move It (live) [shop]
Cliff Richard featuring S Club 7, 2002. Brian plays guitar. Length 2:36.
Written by Ian Samwell, and originally recorded by Cliff Richard in 1959, reaching no 2 in the charts.
Performed live at Buckingham Palace, London, on 3 June 2002, and available on the 'Party At The Palace' releases.
A studio recording of this track was later released in 2006, click here for full details.
Lyrics:
Come on pretty baby, let's a move it and a groove it
Stand, jump, clap your hands
Shake baby shake it but honey please don't lose it
Dance, dance, to the rock and roll band
This rhythm that gets into your heart and soul
Rhythm and blues and a whole lot of soul
Let me tell you people it's called rock and roll

They say it's gonna die but honey please let's face it
Well we just don't know what's a going to replace it
Ballads and calypso's have nothing on
Real country music that just drives along
Honey, move it

Wow
Brian May

Come on pretty baby, let's a move it and a groove it
Stand, jump, clap your hands
Dancin' and listen baby please don't lose it
Dance, dance, to the rock and roll band
Oh it's all over town, there's a brand new beat
Move it and a rock it and a get on your feet
And it's hanging in the air like a Mississippi heat

We've got fireflies in the night and bull frogs croakin'
Oh baby here comes the train, and boy is she smokin', oh yeah
Heading out to New Orleans and clear to L. A
You better get ready, it's a brand new day, hey
I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Well ballads and calypso's have nothin' on
Real country music that just grinds along
Honey, move it - stand, clap your hands
Come on and move it - stand, clap your hands
Come on and move it - stand, clap your hands
Move it - stand, clap your hands

If We Believe [shop]
Lynn Carey Saylor, 2002. Brian sings backing vocals and plays guitar.
Written by Lynn Carey Saylor.
Alternate Versions:
1. Single Version (4:00) (released as a single in the USA in 2002 only)
2. Album Version (3:55) (available on the 2007 album 'You Like It Clean' only; this is a modified version, featuring new percussion and new vocals from Lynn Carey Saylor. Brian's contribution seems unchanged)
Lyrics: (the album version features the single additional word in red)
I believe it's in each one of us to see
The good that's in another
Blind to their skin colour
Can't you see there's just two kinds of souls around
The ones who hate
And the ones who love each other
It's our fate, free will to choose an answer
Why can't we get along together?

It's not so hard to see that
If we believe
We're not all the same
There's a hole in our hearts
And nothing at all to gain
(If we believe) If we believe
We're only daughters and sons
God's will is done

I believe it's wrong to judge a book upon
The picture of it's cover
You need what is under
And I have heard some people say we're not the same as each other
But we bleed the same colour
It grows late we need a sane solution
To violence, hate and all the persecution

It's not so hard to see that
If we believe
We're not all the same
There's a hole in our hearts
And nothing at all to gain
(If we believe) if we believe
We're only daughters and sons
God's will is done

Why don't we know
There is so much to lose
Get on the streets
And spread the news

If we believe

If we believe
We're not all the same
There's a hole in our hearts
And nothing at all to gain
(If we believe) if we believe
We're only daughters and sons
Yeah, God's will is done

Too Much Love Will Kill You [shop]
Claire Sweeney, 2002. Brian plays guitar. Length 4:22.
Available on the album 'Claire'.
Written by Brian May, Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers.
This track was previously recorded by Brian May and Queen.
Additional guitars by Phil Palmer.
Lyrics:
I'm just the pieces of the girl I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
I've been fighting this alone for 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 look back to find the point 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 girl I used to be
And it seems 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
There's no making sense of it
Either way I go I'm gonna lose

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 drive you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you - every time

Too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
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
Ooooh, ahhh
Ooooh, oooh
Too much love will kill you
In the end

Is This The World We Created? (live) [shop]
Andrea Corr, 2003. Brian plays guitar. Length 2:18.
Recorded at the 46664 Concert at Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, on 29 November 2003.
Available on the '46664' album and DVD.
Click here for the lyrics.

Doing Alright [shop]
Tim Staffell, 2003. Brian plays guitar and sings joint vocals. Length 3:42.
Available on the album 'Amigo'.
Written by Tim Staffell and Brian May.
This song was previously recorded by Smile and later by Queen.
Apparently a promotional album exists which features a 'work in progress' mix of the song.
Lyrics: (the lyrics in red are sung by Brian, those in white are sung by Tim)
Yesterday my life was in ruin
Now today, ooh, I know what I'm doing
I gotta feeling, I should be doing alright
Doing alright (doing alright), that's right

Where will I be this time tomorrow
Jumped in joy or sinking in sorrow
Anyway, I should be doing alright, yeah
Doing alright (doing alright), doing alright

I should be waiting for the sun (I should be waiting for the sun)
And anyway I've got to hide away (anyway I've got to hide)
I should be waiting for the skies to clear
But there ain't time in all the world

Ha, ha, ha, ha, in the meantime
We'll be doing alright

Yesterday my life was in ruin
Now today I know what I'm doing, hey
I gotta feeling, I should be doing alright
Doing alright (doing alright), doing alright

I should be waiting for the sun (I should be waiting for the sun)
And anyway I've got to hide away (anyway I've got to hide)
I should be waiting for the skies to clear
But there ain't no time in all the world

Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do, doing alright, doing alright now
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do, alright
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do, doing alright
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do
Do, do, do-do, I'm doing alright
Do, do, do-do, he's doing alright
Do, do, do-do

Earth [shop]
Tim Staffell, 2003. Brian plays guitar and sings joint vocals. Length 4:47.
Available on the album 'Amigo'.
Written by Tim Staffell.
This song was previously recorded by Smile.
Apparently a promotional album exists which features a 'work in progress' mix of the song.
Lyrics: (the lyrics in red are sung by Brian, those in white are sung by Tim)
I might be at a table
And suddenly I'll catch
A fleeting vision of those crystal seas
Or I might be standing in a crowded dockyard faraway
Underneath the sun I've never seen

'Cos I have seen (seen) many worlds
But what's it worth, oooh, oooh
If I never (never) see again planet earth

I might be chasing waves of light
Out beyond the rim
Where stars are sparse
And the cold of space seeps in
Or I might be in a bar room
Drinking methylated gin
And thinking of the places I have been

'Cos, I have seen (seen, seen) many worlds
But what's it worth
Umm (chasing waves of light and)
If I never see again that old planet earth (planet earth)
Oh no

Ummm
Oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh
I have seen (seen, seen) many worlds
But what's it worth
Umm (chasing waves of light and)
If never, no I'll never (see again) that old planet earth (planet earth)
My earth

Cast adrift amongst the stars
I float from sun to sun
Dreaming of the world that gave us birth
Oooh, all the places I have seen
Remind me there is none
That get back to the rolling hills of earth

'Cos I have seen (seen, seen) many worlds (many worlds)
But what's it worth, oooh
If I never (never, never) see again (see again) the planet earth (planet earth)
Oooh, my earth

Mr, You're A Better Man Than I [shop]
The Yardbirds, 2003. Brian plays guitar. Length 3:22.
Available on the album 'Birdland'.
Lyrics:
Can you judge a man
By the way he wears his hair?
Can you read his mind
By the clothes that he wears?
Or can you tell a bad man
By the pattern on his tie?

Then Mr, you're a better man than I
Yeah, Mr, you're a better man than I
Mr, you're a better man than I
Yeah, Mr, you're a better man than I

Could you judge a wise man
By the way he speaks or spells?
Is this more important
Than the story that he tells?
And call a man a fool
If for wealth he doesn't strive

Then Mr, you're a better man than I
Yeah, Mr, you're a better man than I
Mr, you're a better man than I
Yeah, Mr, you're a better man than I

Could you condemn a man
If your faith he doesn't hold?
Say the colour of his skin
Is the colour of his soul?
Or could you say if men
For king and country all must die?

Then Mr, you're a better man than I
Yeah, Mr, you're a better man than I
Mr, you're a better man than I
Yeah, Mr, you're a better man than I

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