ANOTHER WORLD (1998)

 

  1. Space (Brian May)

  2. Business (Brian May)

  3. China belle (Brian May)

  4. Why don't we try again (Brian May)

  5. On my way up (Brian May)

  6. Cyborg (Brian May)

  7. The Guv'nor (Brian May)

  8. Wilderness (Brian May)

  9. Slow down (Larry Williams)

  10. One rainy wish (Jimi Hendrix)

  11. All the way from Memphis (Ian Hunter)

  12. Another world (Brian May)

 

            

Space

I'm gonna make a little space
Around me
A very special place
Around me
No-one can come in

 

Business

Don't judge me Mama
Don't tell me that I've done wrong
It's a hard business
It's a hard business
To make it on your own

Don't judge me Papa
If I can't handle the things in my head
Cause it's a hard business
Such a hard business
Walking on the edge

I've got nothing and no-one in my life
So how can I lose again
Got my feet in muddy water
But I'm gonna find that road again
So I'll be taking care of business
'Cos I know what I'm looking for
Oh I've been working every hour God gives to man
But I still see the same closed door

I've got nothing but trouble in my life
But I feel I've got a lot to give
Every day I try to build a new world
But I've had no-one to build it with
Oh I've been looking for a woman to share my hopes
But I know I ain't a patch on you
And I've been thinking that a woman's God's gift to man
Are you thinking the same way too

So don't leave me Mama
Don't make me go on alone
'Cos it's a hard business
Yes it's a hard business
Oooh

Don't leave me Papa
When my belief in myself is gone
'Cos it's a hard business
Such a hard business
Oooooh

Tell me it's a hard business
Being on my own

 

China Belle

There's a little lady living down in old Beijing
She's got everything you need, well you know what I mean
No it ain't what you're thinking, she ain't love for sale, oh no
She get you jumping just for fun but there's a sting in her tale
She's a lover she's a fighter she's a red hot bit
You take her as you find her but you never can quit
She's a pretty little lady called China Belle
She's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell

Oh - She's got a bad reputation but she won't say no
You're gonna need her sweet loving when you go go go
She got your diamond on her finger, you can see it glisten
She's got plenty conversation, don't talk just listen
She could be flat bed faking, but you never can tell
About the the body of an angel that you know darn well
She's a pretty little lady called China Belle
She's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell

I was standing at the station on the neck of Siam
I met a man from Abu Dhabi said you know who I am
They call me hard-nosed Harry who could never get hooked
But I fell in love with trouble and with just one look
She'll give you dirty loving honey make you feel real swell
But if you say you wanna stay she ain't that kind of gal
I said you're talking about a lady that I know darn well
She's a little bit of heaven and a
Whole lot of hell

She'll take you you Nee-How walking to a Chinese ball
You'll be singing and a-dancing underneath the Great Wall
But when you're strolling in the rain through Tiananmen Square
You turn around to look for China and she ain't nowhere
She's a dangerous habit she's a red hot hit
You could get a better rabbit but you just can't quit
She's a pretty little lady
She's a pretty little lady
She's a pretty little lady called China Belle
She's a little bit of heaven and a
Whole lot of hell

Take me to China
Take me away

She's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell

 

Why don't we try again

After the storm there's the dead of night
It seems there's no way back for me
So little comfort in my lonely bed
To know that it had to be - oh

And now I miss you in so many ways
You know I miss you for so many lonely days
Ooh - Why don't we try again

In the dark there's a desert flower
It blooms where no-one ever sees
Our love was stronger than history
Our love will never cease to be
How can I live with you as a memory
You hold the best part of me - oh

And now I miss you in so many ways
You know I miss you for so many lonely days
Ooh - Why don't we try again

No use me waiting by the telephone
You're gone, it ain't gonna ring
Oh

And now I miss you in so many ways
You know I miss you for so many lonely lonely days and nights
I know you miss me for so many lonely days
Ooh - Why don't we try again
Ooh - Why don't we try again
Ooh - Why don't we try again
Ooh - Why don't we try again

 

On my way up

Hey
I'm on my way up
Can't put me down
Business is tough
I ain't gonna get pushed around
I'm on my way
Gonna take this town
It's gonna be mine all mine, it's my time
I'm on my way (on my way up)
Straight to the top (I'm telling myself)
Oh I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
I'm putting my name around
On my way up
(On my way up) Gonna get a lot of rhythm
Got positivism to give 'em

I'm on my way through
Where I'm going to
You wouldn't believe
But I'll make it - I'm telling you
I'm on a roll
Gonna have it all
It's gonna be fine so fine, baby all the time
I'm in control (on my way up)
I'm mighty bold (I'm telling myself)
I'm looking good (I'm totally sussed)
I'm quitting the neighbourhood
On my way up (yes I am)
(On my way up) Gonna get a lot of rhythm
Got all of my life left for living

Nobody gonna tell me no
Nobody gonna stop me so
Everybody gonna see me grow
Nobody gonna hold me down
Gotta get to be better place
Gotta wake up - see your face
Gotta hold on
Move on
Go through that wall

It's my life or it's nothing
Our life or it's nothing at all

I'm on my way up, yeah
Better come with me, hey, lets go

I'm on my way

I'm on my way (on my way up)
Yeah, gonna get it right (I'm telling myself)
Oh I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
Gonna make it this time around
On my way up, yeah
(On my way up) gotta get that rhythm baby
(On my way up) gonna start that rhythm baby
(On my way up)
Got all of my sights set on heaven

Ain't no stopping me now...

 

Cyborg

Welcome to my world

Power, fight, death

Come play with me
Hahahahaha
I'm waiting

I play their fantasy and I live their pain
My heart and soul locked up in a cold steel brain
A strange creature's crawling and it's calling out my name
I don't want to, I don't need to, but I must fight again
(Let me out)
(Set me free)

Calling out for the cyborg, gonna rub you out
Time is up for the cyborg, you'll never get out
Ah! You're nothing but a cyborg

Cyborg

Cyborg, it's your time

I'll make it back there baby, just you watch me try
(one more try - just one more try)
We'll fly again into the deep blue sky
I feel a hunger baby, cyborg feels no shame
Lord I have to, Lord I need to win this wicked game

Come step to me

Calling out for the cyborg, gonna rub you out
Time is up for the cyborg, he'll never get out
Calling out for the cyborg, gonna put your light out
Ah! You're nothing but a cyborg, you'll never get out

I'm gonna erase your file

 

The Guv'nor

Ooh yeah yeah yeah

Oh I ain't greedy
But you gotta see my point of view
I was not born yesterday
Don't you know I must have learned a thing or two

But there's a man on the loose, baby
And he's all bad
He'll tan your hide and he'll give you
What you never had

They call him the Guv'nor (God bless the Guv'nor)
He's trained to kill (God bless the Guv'nor)
Make way make way for the Guv'nor (Make way for the Guv'nor)
Give yourself a thrill, come on

Look at the dude
He's got the world, he got it made
He got attitude
He got a fist - like a switchblade

And everyone in the city
Gotta play his game
I don't wanna be a wannabe
I wanna be it

Wanna be the Guv'nor (God bless the Guv'nor)
He's politically incorrect (God bless the Guv'nor)
Give way give way to the Guv'nor (Make way for the Guv'nor)
You gotta show some respect

Don't bother looking for a way to catch his ass
This man is cooking with a red hot kind of gas
He'll play them hits, electrifying
Tear you to bits, leave you crying crying crying, yeah

So get ready for the showdown
(Don't lose your head)
If licks could kill we'd all be long long dead
On account of the Guv'nor
(God bless the Guv'nor, God bless the Guv'nor)
God bless the Guv'nor
(God bless the Guv'nor, God bless the Guv'nor)
Make way make way for the Guv'nor
(Make way for the Guv'nor, Make way for the Guv'nor)

Let's see some respect now...

 

Wilderness

Born in the time of the changes
Where are you going
How will you fly
Is it for love or freedom all your days have been
Waiting for life to catch you
Watching and waiting and seeking a sign
In the wilderness

Each of us learns while we're sleeping
Sleeping we know
Waking it goes
Fashion a dream of heaven
Hold it close again
Only the Queen of heaven
Watches us grow, hearing us cry
Wondering and searching and losing our way
In the mire
In the wilderness

Wilderness child, you've gotta hold on
Wilderness child, you're gonna find your way home
Wilderness child, you've got to be strong
Wilderness wilderness wilderness child

Wilderness child
Let me see you
Stand in the light
Make me whole again
And if you can then show me
Approach me if you dare
Love is an open secret
Healing and hiding and wondering and weeping
Waiting for someone to find and open the door
In the wilderness
In the wilderness
In the wilderness
In the wilderness
In the wilderness

 

Slow down

Well come on pretty baby won't you walk with me
Come on pretty baby won't you talk with me
Come on pretty baby give me one more chance
Try to save our romance
Slow down
Baby now you're moving way too fast
You gotta give me a little love
Gimme a little loving, ow
If you want our love to last

Well I used to walk you home, baby, after school
Carry your books home too
And now you've got your boyfriend down the street
Baby what you trying to do
Better slow down
Baby now you're moving way too fast, yeah
You gotta give me a little love
Gimme a little loving, brrrr
If you want our love to last

Well you know that I love you tell the world I do
Come on pretty baby why can't it all be true
I need your loving baby oh so bad
The best little woman that a man ever had
Slow down
Baby now you're moving way too fast
You gotta give me a little love
Gimme a little loving, brrrr
If you want our love to last

Well you know that I love you coz of what I do
Come on pretty baby why can't it all be true
I need your loving baby oh so bad
The best little woman that a man ever had
Slow down
Baby now you're moving way too fast, yeah
You gotta give me a little love
Gimme a little loving, ow
If you want our love to last

 

One rainy wish

Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Never to grow old

There you were under the Tree of Song
Sleeping so peacefully
In your hand a flower played
Waiting there for me

I have never laid eyes on you
Not before this timeless day
But you walk and you - woh - smiled my name
You stole my heart away
You stole my heart away little girl - yeah
Alright

Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Never to grow old

Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Gold and Rose - the colour of the dream I had
Misty Blue and Lilac too
Gold and Rose

Gold and Rose
Gold and Rose
It's only a dream

I'd love to tell somebody about this dream
The sky was filled with a thousand stars
While the sun kissed the mountains blue
And eleven moons played across the rainbows
Above me and you

Gold and Rose
Gold and Rose
The colour of the Velvet Wall
That surrounds us

 

All the way from Memphis

Good evening Memphis
How are we doing
Let's do it

Forgot my six-string razor and I hit the sky
Halfway to Memphis 'fore I realised
Hey, I rang the information, my axe was cold
They said "she rides the train down to Oriole"

Well it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rail
And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis

I got to Oriole - you know - it took a month
And there was my guitar, electric junk
Some dude said "rock'n'rollers, you're all the same
Man that's your instrument" I felt so ashamed

Now it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Orioles
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
All the way from Memphis

"Of course we weren't always superstars
There was a time when we were just ordinary commoners just like you"

Thank you Mr Hoople

"And we used to eat - haha"

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
From the Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl
And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes
All the way from Memphis

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
And your name gets hot and your heart grows cold
And you've got to stay a young man, you can never get old
All the way from Memphis

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Orioles
And you look like a star but you're still on parole

All the way from Memphis
All the way from Memphis
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)

Hey

Thank you and goodnight

 

Another world

In another world
Under another sky
I see another story waiting to be told

And another you
Wakes up with another me
For that's the way we've come to be
In another world

In a different place
Way across time and space
A door is open wide
Drawn to a different light
Maybe we'll step inside

In another world
We can show we care
You can be sure I'm waiting there
In another world

Oooh yeah
When the dice were cast
They laid a crazy path
We follow to our graves
But I know in a different world
We journey a different way

So we live
But life isn't what it seems
We're only living in our dreams
In another world

You can believe I'll meet you here
In another world





That's about all I can manage

 

Brian May

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