The Miracle

1989

 

"Un album stupendo, a cominciare dalla copertina", come definiscono gli stessi Queen alla pubblicazione dell'album. La versione CD presenta tre brani assenti nell'LP e nell'MC, cioč "Hang on in there", "Chinese torture" e un'altra versione di "The invisible Man".

 
PARTY

KASHOGGI'S SHIP

THE MIRACLE

I WANT IT ALL

THE INVISIBLE MAN

BREAKTHRU

RAIN MUST FALL

SCANDAL

MY BABY DOES ME

WAS IT ALL WORTH IT?

HANG ON IN THERE (CD)

CHINESE TORTURE (CD)

THE INVISIBLE MAN 12" VERSION (CD)

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DATA PUBBLICAZIONE: 22-05-1989

PRODUTTORI: Queen and David Richards

COPERTINA: Queen

 
 
 

PARTY:

We had a good night
jamming away
There was a full moon showing
And we wanted to play
But in the cold light of day next morning
Party was over uh uh
The party was over
We got love and we got style
And we got sex and I know I know we got

what it takes
Oh oh oh oh oh - oh oh oh
Why don't you come back and play
Come back and play (hey hey) come back and play
We got all night all day
Everybody's gone away
Why don't you come back and play

come back and play
Come back and play come back and play
Play play it play it
Go get 'em boy - let's party
Yeah

We had a food fight in somebody's face
We were up all night singing (singing)
And giving a chase
But in the cold light of day next morning
Everybody was hung over
Hey come back and play (come back and play)

come back and play
We got all night all day
Everybody's gone away
Why don't you come back and play (and play)

come back and play
We got all night we got all day
We got all night to play
Come back come back come back come back

come back and play
Hey hey hey
Goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye

the party is over

 
 

KASHOGGI'S SHIP:

Who said that my party was all over
Huh huh I'm in pretty good shape
The best years of my life are like

a supernova
Huh huh perpetual craze I said that
Everybody drank my wine

you get my drift
And then we took a holiday on

Khashoggi's ship, well
We really had a good good time they was

all so sexy
We was bad we was blitzed
All in all it was a pretty good trip

This big bad sucker with a fist as big as
your head
Wanted to get me I said go away
I said kiss my ass honey
He pulled out a gun wanted to arrest me
I said uh uh uh babe
Now listen no-one stops my party
No-one stops my party
No-one no-one no-one stops my party
Just like I said
We were phased we was pissed
Just having a total eclipse

This one's on me so let us do it just right
This here one party don't get started 'till midnight

Everybody party to the left, party to the right
Left, right
Left right no-one stops my ...

 
 

THE MIRACLE:

Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert
says it all
It's a miracle
All God's creations great and small
The Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal
That's a miracle
Test tube babies being born
Mothers,fathers dead and gone
It's a miracle

We're having a miracle on earth
Mother nature does it all for us
The wonders of this world go on
The hanging Gardens of Babylon
Captain Cook and Cain and Able
Jimi Hendrix to the Tower of Babel
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
It's a miracle

The one thing we're all waiting for is peace on earth
an end to war
It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle we're all waiting for today

If every leaf on every tree could tell
a story that would be a miracle
If every child on every street had clothes to wear

and food to eat
That's a miracle
If all God's people could be free to live

in perfect harmony
It's a miracle

We're having a miracle on earth
Mother nature does it all for us
Open hearts and surgery
Sunday mornings with a cup of tea
Super powers always fighting
But Mona Lisa just keeps on smiling
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle

(wonders of this world go on)
It's a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle
It's a miracle

The one thing (the one thing)
we're all waiting for (we're all waiting for)
Is peace on earth (peace on earth)

and an end to war (an end to war)
It's a miracle we need - the miracle
The miracle peace on earth and end to war today

That time will come one day you'll see
when we can all be friends...

 
 

I WANT IT ALL:

Adventure seeker on an empty street
Just an alley creeper, light on his feet
A young fighter screaming with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger can't see a way out
It ain't much I'm asking I heard him say
Gotta find me a future move out of my way
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now

Listen all you people, come gather round
I gotta get me a game plan

gotta shake you to the ground
Just give me what I know is mine
People do you hear me? Just give me the sign
It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth
Here's to the future for the dreams of youth
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now

I'm a man with a one track mind
So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me)
Not a man for compromise and where's and why's

and living lies
So I'm living it all (yes I'm living it all)
And I'm giving it all (and I'm giving it all)

It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth
Here's to the future
Hear the cry of youth
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now

I want it
I want it

Now

 
 

THE INVISIBLE MAN:

I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me

When you hear a sound
That you just can't place
Feel somethin' move
That you just can't trace
When something sits
On the end of your bed
Don't turn around
When you hear me tread

I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can
See right through you

And I'm in your room
And I'm in you bed
And I'm in your life
And I'm in your head
Like the CIA
Or the FBI
You'll never get close
Never take me alive

I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can
See right through you

Hah hah hah hello
Hah hah hah hello
Hah hah hah hello hello hello
Never had a real good friend
not a boy or a girl
No-one knows what I've been through,
let my flag unfurl
So I make my mark from the edge of the world
From the edge of the world
From the edge of the world

Now I'm on your track
And I'm in your mind
And I'm on your back
But don't look behind
I'm your meanest through
I'm your darkest fear
But I'll never get caught
You can't shake me, shake me dear

I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me
I'm the invisible man
I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can
See right through you
Look at me, look at me

 
 

BREAKTHRU:

When love breaks up
When the dawn light wakes up
A new life is born
Somehow I have to make this final breakthrough
Now

I wake up
Feel just fine
Your face
Fills my mind
I get religion quick
Because you're looking divine
Honey, you're touching something

you're touching me
I'm under your thumb, under your spell

can't you see?
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthrough - oh yeah

Breakthru, these barriers of pain
Breakthru, to the sunshine from the rain
Make my feelings known towards you
Turn my heart inside and out for you now
Somehow I have to make

this final breakthru
Now!

Your smile speaks books to me
I break up
With each and every one of your looks at me
Honey, you're starting something

deep inside of me
Honey, you're sparking something

this fire in me
I'm out of control
I wanna rush headlong into this ecstasy
If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru

If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru
Oh yeah
Breakthru breakthru

 
 

RAIN MUST FALL:

I can see it in your stars
Life is so exciting
Acting so bizzare
Your world is so inviting
Playing really cool
And looking so mysterious, honey
Your every day is full of sunshine
But into every life a little rain must fall

Anyone who imagines
They can blind you with science
Bully you all over
With property and finance
But you have the position
To call the shots and name the price, honey
You found success and recognition
But into every life a little rain must fall

You lead a fairy tale existance
But into every life a little rain must fall

Others seem to think
You are over dramatising
Problems at work
So it's hardly suprising
There's little you can do
To alter their opinions, honey
You want a clean reputation
But now you're facing complications
Because into every life a little rain must fall

 
 

SCANDAL:

Scandal, now you've left me all the world's gonna know
Scandal, they're gonna turn our lives into a freak show
They'll see the heart ache

they'll see the love break
They'll hear me pleading,We'll say for God's sake
Over and over and over again

Scandal, now you've left me
there's no healing the wounds
Hey scandal, and all the world can make us out to be fools
Here come the bad news, open the flood gates
They'll leave us bleeding, we'll say you cheapskates
Over and over and over again

So let them know when they stare it's just
a private affair
They'll have us hung in the air and tell me

what do they care
It's only a life to be twisted and broken
They'll see the heart ache,

they'll see our love break, yeah
They'll hear me pleading, I'll say for God's sake
Over and over and over and over again

Scandal scandal

Scandal
Scandal yes you're breaking my heart again
Scandal yes you're loving on out again

Today the headlines, tomorrow hard times
And no-one ever really knows the truth from

the lies
And in the end the story deeper must hide
Deeper and deeper and deeper inside

Scandal scandal
Scandal scandal

 
 

MY BABY DOES ME:

My baby
Baby does
My baby does me good
My baby does
My baby does me
My baby does me good

My lady
Understands
Understands me right
She understands me
She understands me
Understands me right

My baby cares
She really cares
She knows what's really right for me
Does me good then she hurts me so
She winds me up and then lets me go
Turns me on and then tells me no
She's just a pussy cat

My baby loves me
My baby loves me
My baby cuffs me
One day she tells me that she cares
Another day she tells me she don't love me
She really really does me...

 
 

WAS IT ALL WORTH IT:

What is there left for me to do in this life?
Did I achieve what I had set in my sights?
Am I a happy man or is this

sinking sand?
Was it all worth it was it all worth it

Yeah now hear my story
let me tell you about it
We bought a drum kit, blew my own trumpet
Played the circuit thought we were perfect
Was it all worth it
Giving all my heart and soul and

staying up all night
Was it all worth it
Living breathing rock'n'roll, a godforsaken life
Was it all worth it was it all worth it

all these years?

Put down our money without counting the cost
It didn't matter if we won if we lost
Yes we were vicious, yes we could kill
Yes we were hungry, yes we were brill
We served a purpose like a bloody circus
We were so dandy we love you madly

Was it all worth it
Living breathing rock'n'roll this godforsaken life
Was it all worth it was it all worth it
When the hurly burly's done

We went to Bali, saw God and Dali
So mystic, surrealistic
Was it all worth it yeah yeah
Giving all my heart and soul

staying up all night
Was it all worth it
Living breathing rock'n'roll, this never ending fight
Was it all worth it was it all worth it
Yes, it was a worthwhile experience

It was worth it

 
 

HANG ON IN THERE:

Don't let go, don' lose your mystique
Wait a little longer
Tomorrow brings another feast
Don't let go, don't lose your reputation
Thank God you're still alive
You're still in one piece
Hang on in there, don't lose your appetite,
Hang on in there, forget the danger signs,
Pray for that magical moment and it will appear
(Don't fight for lost emotions)
Wait fot the unrise,
And everything will seem so clear
(Look straight ahead, look straight ahead)
Hang on in there, hang on in there, hang on in there,
Your wish will be granted
All your problems will disappear
Don't be a fool, you haven't reached your peak,
You got a fast car racing up inside you
Your life is incomplete
Hang on in there, hang on in there,
Pray for that magical moment and it will appear
(Wait for that moment)
Wait for a sunrise
Just wait and see and it will seem so clear
Let's go, let's go - OK now do the change now,
Yeah, hang on in there,
Hang on in there

 
 

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