Electric Fire

ELECTRIC FIRE
1998

1) Pressure On
2) No More Fun
3) A Nation of Haircuts
4) Tonight
5) Surrender
6) Is It Me Or is It You?
7) Believe In Yourself
8) Where Are You Now
9) People On Streets
10) Working Class Hero
11) The Whisperers
12) London Town, Come On Down

1) Pressure On (Roger Taylor)

I've got the pressure on Pressure from above Pressure from below I can't think straight Or even go with the flow I've got the pressure on Analysts here, therapists there You ain't getting me sitting in your chair I've got the pressure on The price is right, not open to debate Besides I'm worried about my weight I've got the pressure on It's a signal, it's a sign It's a symptom of the time It's a warning, it's a gauge It's a feature of the age Politics, schmolitics I'm developing tics, clean out of tricks Like a skin flick, just a little slick So where's the kick? Aah aah I've got the pressure on I think about you, I think about me We grew up but we don't feel free Is this where we wanted to be It's not you - it's gotta be me It's a signal, it's a sign It's a symptom of the time It's a warning, it's a gauge It's a feature of the age I got the pressure on I got the pressure on I got the pressure on me

2) No More Fun (Roger Taylor)

From the 'stairway to heaven' to 'the laughing gnome' It's a mighty long way down rock and roll We got no more, no more fun Age before beauty, pearls before swine And whatever happened to the wild, wild, times? From the Memphis God to the Liverpool boys Then the guitar kings made a lot of noise We got no more, no more fun No more fun We got no more, no more fun No more fun I said age before beauty, pearls before swine And whatever happened to the wild, wild, times? Then they were dressing like hookers They were dressign like queens It had nothign to do with New Orleans We got no more, no more fun No more fun We got no more, no more fun No more fun It don't seem like fun and it ain't necessary Never wanted to be no shorthand secretary Now they're punching their keyboards, kiss their machines It ain't got much soul and it's squeaky clean We got no more, no more fun No more fun No more fun No more fun

3) A Nation of Haircuts (Roger Taylor)

God help us all we're a nation of haircuts How can you ever stand tall in a nation of haircuts We don't make ships and we don't make cars But we look real good hangin' out in bars You better never grow old in a nation of haircuts Or you'll be out in the cold in a nation of haircuts No point of view in a nation of haircuts Fashion rules in a nation of haircuts Check your shoes Check your hair Last weeks thing - oh dear But we salute you All you groovy dudes Yeah we salute you You're so fucking cool Check your threads, check your cred but you better not smile Don't move too quick, you might spoil your hairstyle No point of view in a nation of haircuts Fashion rules in a nation of haircuts Check your shoes Check your hair Looking good - yeah But we salute you All you groovy dudes Yeah we salute you You're so fucking cool You gotta drink the right drink in a nation of haircuts You better watch what you think in a nation of haircuts No point of view in a nation of haircuts Fashion rules in a nation of haircuts A nation of haircuts (Mine's a saucer of cream)

4) Tonight (Roger Taylor)

Tonight, we're painting this town red Tonight, we legislate on blue Tonight, we paint your mother green Act our all our dreams, and we'll celebrate - me and you Yeah we'll celebrate - me and you Tonight, with all things possible Tonight, we'll fly beyond all cares Tonight, we'll tear down all the walls, ride down waterfalls And we'll celebrate - me and you Celebrate - me and you Across the skies, into the void, we'll disappear Celebrate - me and you Yeah we'll celebrate - me and you Tonight, we're drinking this town dry Tonight, we'll see the tables turned Tonight, we'll see our bridges burned Tonight, we're painting this town red Tonight, we'll see the tables turned Tonight, we're painting this town red Tonight

5) Surrender (Roger Taylor)

Same cycle happen every day Same characters same play My game plan's become clear Gotta find a way out of here There ain't no place to run No welcome mat in my home No love here, no life He want a punchbag, not a wife You can't hurt me now You can't hurt me now You can't hurt me now, I'm gone from you You can't hurt me now You can't hurt me now You can't reach me where I've gone to I surrender I surrender No hope left, just pain Whiskey on his breath, violence in his brain Scared kids, with scarred minds Surrender reason, love is blind Surrender life, surrender love Surrender belief in God above Surrender hope, bow down to fear Surrender life, there ain't much here You can't hurt me now You can't hurt me now You can't hurt me now, I'm gone from you You can't hurt me now You can't hurt me now You can't reach me where I've gone to I surrender I surrender I surrender I surrender You can't reach me, you can't reach me You can't reach me, you can't reach me I surrender You can't hurt me, You can't hurt me I surrender I surrender I surrender

6) Is It Me Or is It You? (Roger Taylor)

So lonely I'm so lonely, is it me? Or is it you? And I feel And I feel And I feel So lonely Only lonely Without you How many times must I sit by the phone Must I feel so alone, must I stay in at home I feel lonely How many times can we patch up a fight Can we stay at home at night, try to keep out of sight I feel blue How many times can we drive ourselves mad End up feeling sad with a love turning bad I'm so lonely Only lonely And I feel And I feel And I feel So lonely Only lonely Is it me? Or is it you? And I feel And I feel And I feel So lonely Only lonely Without you How many tears must we cry in the night Must we needlessly fight Can't see no light There's no hope left How many pleas does it take to appease When you're down on your knees Seems that nothing can please So hopeless How many storms can the two of us take When there's so much at stake Something must break No rope left A hopeless home left Without you And I feel And I feel And I feel So lonely Only lonely Is it me? Or is it you?

7) Believe In Yourself (Roger Taylor)

I used to think I was a loser And all I did was bound to fail To be a shaker and a mover Keep the bad guys off your tail Everybody wanna get to the top of the heap sometime Everybody wanna climb to the top of the hill sometime Everybody gotta take a little piece of the heat sometime Everybody gotta stand on their own two feet sometime I mean you, and I mean you I mean you, and I mean you Believe in yourself, and nobody else Everybody wants a shot at a lick of the cream sometime Everybody wanna go, make a bit of a show sometime Everybody need a chance, tap into the flow sometime Everybody wanna trip, get a crack of the whip sometime I mean you, and I mean you I mean you, and I mean you Believe in yourself, and nobody else People with problems People on streets People down your way People you meet (Here follows a rather odd list)

8) Where Are You Now (Roger Taylor)

Don't have much education Not much anyhow Just believed what they told me And oohee, look at me now There must be more to life than this bum deal Some direction somehow Some kind of a reason Yeah I wanna know Tell me where are you now? Tell me where are you now? Don't have too much of religion Not much anyhow Don't have much to look up to We killed all your sacred cows Just trying to file a flight plan Need some direction, need it now Some kind of a reason Yeah I wanna know Tell me where are you now (that we need you) ? Tell me where are you now? You don't have to be, you don't have to seem You don;t have to scream, for any big deal (for yourself) You don't have to bleed, you don't have to believe You don't have to pretend to know what's right, or what's real Tell me where are you now (we need you) ? Where are you now? Tell me where are you now? Tell me where are you now (that we need you) ?

9) People On Streets (Roger Taylor)

I said hey Michael Jackson and the politicians You wanna get out on the street and see what you can do I said hey Mr President and senators too I said Mr Prime Minister it's good for you I said all the Queen's women and all the Queen's men Better get it together 'cos it's real broken I said a whatta you need is a lesson in reality Because the way it stands you're a real liability Get out and meet, people on streets Get out and meet, people on streets You know and I know we're brothers in time You know the truth is the right of mankind I said hey all you music stars and DJ's too You'd better get real quick or it's up to you And you quiz show hosts who think you're so fine You talk to people like they're stupid and a waste of your time And all you movie stars who think you're so cool Maybe your time is up and it's time for the truth There's a lot of lessons needed in humility Because the way it stands you're a real liability Get out and meet, people on streets Get out and meet, people on streets You know and I know we're brothers in time You know that justice is for all mankind I said hey Madonna and Roseanne Barr Well you think that you're big (you're too big by far) If you think that you're important in the scheme of things You'd better get real quick 'cos reality stinks I said hey Ayatollah you're a real big cheese However much you talk it's just words in the breeze If you're one of the people can't you prove it's true Get out on the street and let reality come to you Get out and meet, people on streets Get out and meet, people on streets You know and I know we're brothers in time You know that justice is for all mankind Get out and meet, people on streets

10) Working Class Hero (Roger Taylor)

As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of at all Until the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Well they hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool 'Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function - you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fuckign peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be Yes, a working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero then just follow me If you want to be a hero then just follow me

11) The Whisperers (Roger Taylor, Nicholas Evans)

Between men, between horses, there is mistrust and fear And it's only got deeper with the passing of years We know this from paintings, we know this from books Some men had real magic, while others just talked There were gypsies and showmen and carlatan shamans There were men who could softly whisper the devils away John Solomon Rary tamed a horse of the Queen Laid it down on the ground Then he laid down beside it and put his head on it's hooves You can imagine the scene For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears These men were known as whisperers These men were known as whisperers An Indian charm bought for the price of a meal Was the scret of Sullivan that died with him for real? We know this from paintings, we know this from books Some men had real magic, while others just talked For secrets uttered softly to soothe all troubled fears These men were known as whisperers These men were known as whisperers For secrets uttered softly to soothe all troubled fears These men were known as whisperers For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears These men were known as whisperers These men were known as whisperers

12) London Town, Come On Down (Roger Taylor)

Spoken voice - excerpt from London Fantasy by Mervyn Peake

We got it down, we got it down We got it down, in London Town Dig this and dig that Dig the thin and dig the fat Dig the boys and dig the girls Dig the straights and dig the curls Dig the future, dig the past Dig the audience and cast Dig the sights, dig the sounds Yeah - dig this London town C'mon down To London Town C'mon down to London Town Electric light surrounding me Feel the electricity Feelin' up - getting higher Feed on my electric fire If you wanna get up, you gotta go down Get your fix on London Town C'mon down To London Town C'mon down to London Town C'mon down to London Town C'mon down

Credits:

Track 1: Pressure On 4.58 
Written By: Roger Taylor
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 2: A Nation Of Haircuts 3.32 
Written By: Roger Taylor
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 3: Believe In Yourself 5.08 
Written By: Roger Taylor
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 4: Surrender 3.38
Written By: Roger Taylor 
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 5: People On Streets 4.16
Written By: Roger Taylor 
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 6: The Whisperers 6.09
Written By: Roger Taylor/Nicholas Evans 
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 7: Is It Me? 4.37 
Written By: Roger Taylor
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 8: No More Fun 3.48 
Written By: Roger Taylor
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 9: Tonight 3.45 
Written By: Roger Taylor
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 10: Where Are You Now? 4.49 
Written By: Roger Taylor
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 11: Working Class Hero 4.42 
Written By: John Lennon
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Track 12: London Town - C'mon Down 7.02 
Written By: Roger Taylor 
Produced By: Roger Taylor & Joshua J Macrae 
Engineered By: Joshua J Macrae & Dean S Crathern 
Published By: Nightjar Productions Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd (P) 1998 
Original Sound Recording Made By: Nightjar Productions Ltd 
� 1998 NIGHTJAR PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

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