One Night Stand
(Roger Taylor)

politicians wanna be in the place
priests wanna be in the choir
just got one simple need - my hearts desire

boys and girls - around the world
get it on - when the feelings strong
I wanna one night stand

fun is king

everyone - get to feel the fun
I wanna one night stand
I wanna one night stand

boys and girls - around the world
I wanna one night stand
I wanna one night stand
I wanna one night stand
I wanna one night stand
I wanna one night stand
I wanna one
I wanna one night stand

what's wrong with a one night stand?
just a one night stand
I wanna one night stand

vox, gtrs, drums etc. - roger taylor

Quality Street
(Roger Taylor)

back from the badlands
with the wind and the silence
and the cold winter nights
and nature's hard violence
bin' scraping the soil
for a handful of stones
got an ache in my heart
got an ache in my bones
want a new tomorrow want a brand new life
want some quality time
with a house and a car - and a wife

no time for excuses
no time to cry
excuses are useless
too late for lies
but I love you baby
this much is true
I'm dying inside
if our love is through
a new tomorrow
life could be sweet
we could be living on quality street
we could be living on quality street

i'd hate you to think
i'd hurt you at all
when all this time i've bin on
"mission improbable"
but i love you baby
now here's the thing -
i found me a diamond
i'll make you a ring
a new tomorrow
and we can meet
right in the middle of quality street
right in the middle of quality street
we should be living on quality street

vox, drums, bass, gtrs, piano,
percussion - roger taylor
sax - steve hamilton


Be My Gal (my brightest spark)
(Roger Taylor)

be my partner
be my pal
be my gal

be my rock
be my friend
till the end

you have become my joan of arc -
my fine design
my sleeping lion, the one who'll fight my demons
in the dark - my brightest spark
you have brought down my darkest fears -
i lay awake
my hpoes and tears, and you can break the
blinds that bind my eyes and ears

and you can slake the thrist that burns me
in the night
the twists and turns, i'm yours to soothe, console -
heal the bruises - make me whole

be my partner
would ya, be my pal
would ya, be my gal?

be my rock
be my friend
till the end

vox, gtrs - roger taylor
piano - spike edney
bass - kevin jefferies

Say It's Not True
(Roger Taylor)

the harder we play
the faster we fall
when we think that we know it all
we know nothing at all

the letter arrives
like a bolt from the blue
so what's left of your lives
all your dreams lost to you

say it ain't true
say it today
when i open my eyes
will it all go away
say it's not true
say it's not real
can't be happening to you
can't be happening to me

it's hard not to cry
it's hard to believe
so much heartache and pain
so much reason to grieve
with the wonders to science
and all the knowledge we've stored
magic cocktails for lives
people just can't afford

say it's not true
you can say it's not right
it's hard to believe
the size of the crime
say it's not true
youc an say it's not real
can't be happening to you
could be happening to me

say it's not true
you can say it's not right
so hard to believe
the size of the crime
say it's not true
say it's not real
can't be happening to you
could be happening to me

vox - roger taylor
gtr - jeff beck
drums - rufus tiger taylor
bass - steve stroud
keys - spike edney

Smile
(Roger Taylor)

smile
and clouds will run
the skies will clear
in comes the sun
and light will shine
in every place
because you smile

laugh
and darkness flies
the light of love
will fill the skies
the shadows run
let there be fun
you gotta laugh

smile
smile
smile

kill
your darkest fears
lose your sorrows
destroy your fears
and you may find
a life that's kind
you gotta smile

vox + all instr. - roger taylor

 Fight Club
(Roger Taylor)

we live in this world
no choice in our birth
a boy or a girl
no clue to your worth

they give you a church
they tell you the plan
they'll make you a man
join - the "fight club"

you do what you can
in your own small way
you'll do what you can
you'll work and you'll pay
you'll do what you're told
they'll make you a man
join - the "fight club"

box, feedback gtrs, piano - roger taylor
sax - steve hamilton
bass - kevin jefferies
gtr picking - jason falloon

I Don't Care
(Roger Taylor)

I don't care
if you shave your teeth
eat your sheets
i don't care
if you crash my car
break my guitar
i don't care
if your mama's green, you smoke in your
sleep
dance naked in the street
i don't care
if you grow a third eye, act stupid or shy
i won't ask why
hurts so bad feels like it could kill ya
if love is blood i got haemophilia
i don't care

cos all i want is you
i want you to want me too
i don't care - i just want you there
baby i don't care

i don't care - if you're drunk & loud, you jump
and shout
still make me proud
i don't care - if you make a scene, ya shout and
scream
live that dream
i don't care - if you dress like a fool
i won't be cruel
when you ain't cool
i don't care - when you get the blues - remember -
lay off my blue suede shoes
hurts so bad feels like it could kill ya
if love is blood i got haemophilia
baby i don't care
i don't care
baby i don't care
i don't care
baby i don't care
i don't care
baby i don't care
i don't care
i don't care

vox, bass, drums, gtr, piano, perc - roger taylor
gtr - jason falloon
sax - steve hamilton

I Am The Drummer (in a rock n' roll band)
(Roger Taylor)

I am the drummer (in a rock n' roll band)

I am the drummer (in a rock n' roll band)
I am the drummer (in a rock n' roll band)
I am the drummer (in a rock n' roll band)
I am the drummer (in a rock n' roll band)

I'm the heart and soul - yeah - i'm the man
hey

I am the drummer in a rock n' roll band
I am the drummer in a rock n' roll band

I am the conductor - the king of time
I am the instructor - they pay me in dimes!

I like cars that go fast and shiny things
I like girls that go faster - on tiny wings
I am the drummer in a rock n' roll band
I am the rock that rocks the bandstand
I am the St. Peter - the rock on which we stand
I am the butt of a thousand jokes
- from far less talented folks

I'm the pulse
I'm the beat
that gets your - toes tappin'
I fill the empty spaces when the singer stops
yackin'
I sit way at the back
but i lead the attack
it's a sweaty affair
goin whack - whack - whack!

I am the drummer in a rock n' roll band

vox, gtr, drums - roger taylor
gtr - jason falloon
bass - kevin jefferies

The Unblinking Eye (abridged)
(Roger Taylor)

god would weep - if he existed
and he saw what men can do to men
he'd think that we were twisted -
his unblinking eye woudl blink and then
he'd say not in my name you don't
you stupid little men
with your arrogance and ignorance
you do it, time and time again

and aaah, i must be gettin old
there's a fire and a fury
driven deep into my soul
it's the helplessness that comes from bein'
under your control
and everything is broken

five million cameras stare at us
and treat us like we're fools
our privacy is meaningless
we're suffocated by ten thousand rules
this kingdoms not united
just a complicated mess
are we in europe - half in europe - not in
europe?
we're soulless, spineless, directionless

and aaah, i must be gettin old
there's a fire and a fury
driven deep into my soul
it's the helplessness that comes from bein'
under your control
and everything is broken
and everything is broken

why send our young men out to die
in wars that we don't understand
and why on earth should we be meddling
in places like afghanistan?
the price is much too high
in terms of money or of precious men
your reasons are mysterious
and quite beyond our ken

and aaah, i must be gettin' old
there's a fire and fury
driven deep into my soul
it's the helplessness that comes
you even sold our gold - and
everything is broken

vox, bass, gtr, keyboards, perc, stylophone - roger taylor
piano - spike edney

Be With You
(Roger Taylor/Rufus Tiger Taylor)

I - I just wanna be with you
I just wanna have you here
be with you

I - I just wanna dance with you
take a chance with you
dance with you

I - I just want to talk with you
I just want to walk with you
talk with you

I - I just need to get you - into my life
I just want you here
in my life

I - I just wanna dance with you
take a chance with you
dance with you

I - I just want to be with you
I just want to have you here
be with you

vox, drums - roger taylor
piano - rufus tiger taylor
gtr - jason falloon
gtr solo - roger taylor
bass - kevin jefferies

Sunny Day
(Roger Taylor)

in a heartbeat i realised, saw through your
disguise
how could anybody be - so beautiful?
stopped in my tracks, got a big time shock
my captured heart just would not stop
how could anybody feel - so wonderful
you walk down the street - your hips sway - yeah
cars crash - traffic stops - i had to look away
where you are in the world - it's a sunny day
oh yeah!

shout from the rooftops, tell the town,
the sun is up, let's fool around,
how could anybody be - so beautiful?
the sky's the limit with you by my side
together we - could learn to fly
how could anybody feel - so wonderful?

you're walkin' down the street -
your hips sway mmm
cars crash - traffic stops -
i have to look away
where you are in the world
it's a sunny day
oh yeah - play it -

in a heartbeat - yeah - oh i knew -
how could anybody be - so wonderful?
in a heartbeat - one look i knew
how could anybody feel so beautiful -
yeah

vox, gtr, keys, perc - roger taylor
gtr - jason falloon
bass - kevin jefferies
piano - spike edney
organ, bv - johnathan perkins
violin - nicola robins

Small
(Roger Taylor)

I like to sit here - in the sunshine
the trees in the fields are green sublime
suspended, in time
and don't it make you feel small
i like to sit here by the fire's light
the trees in the fields
like bare to the night
that stars burn bright
and don't it make you feel small

everyone needs a place they can hide
hide away find a space to be alone
everyone needs a place they hide
everyone needs to find - peace sublime
peace of mind

I like to sit here - in the autumn time
the trees in the fields
they rustle in the wind
the church bells gently chime
gentle on your mind
suspended in time
and don't it make you feel small

everyone needs a place they can hide
hide away find a space to be alone
everyone needs a place they can hide
everyone needs to find - peace sublime
peace of mind

vox, gtr, keyboards - roger taylor
gtr - jason falloon
bass - kevin jefferies

Up
(Roger Taylor)

i'll dream you a dream
this dream is alive
I'll build you a house
house in the sky

we wanna - we wanna - we wanna -we wanna
we wanna - we wanna - we wanna -we wanna
go - up

we know what we want
we know where to be
we know what we need
need to be free

we wanna - we wanna - we wanna -we wanna
we wanna - we wanna - we wanna -we wanna
go - up

we'll live in the clouds
we'll dream we can fly
we'll live in our dreams
on our island in the sky
oh we can never die

i'll make you a queen
i'll give you a crown
we'll live in our dreams
and never look down
never look down
never look down
never look down

we wanna go - up

vox + all instr. - roger taylor