Roger Taylor Fun In Space ============ "No Violins" ------------ We were talkin' 'bout the old times We went walking, down the streets we used to run. Remember when you were angry About every cause to be had We weren't all bad -- I'm not talkin' 'bout security complex I ain't talkin' 'bout some monochrome duplex I ain't talkin' bout some new kinda weird sex I'm just talkin' 'bout -- you and me The way we used to be -- hey I'm just talkin' 'bout you and me brother I'm just talkin' 'bout -- another time and place We were hungry. We were mad We were angry. We were glad We were really Jack the lad We weren't all bad We went down. We cruised around We went down, down, down in the violence We went around. We went around and round and round We didn't hear no violins Where's the madness. Where's the fire With the flames gettin' higher Where's the saints. And the liars "Laugh or Cry" -------------- This ain't no tragedy This ain't no addiction This ain't no comedy This ain't no fiction But baby you make me laugh And baby you make me cry I don't mind either way Now I don't care why You just gotta laugh -- or cry Right till. The day you die........ Just open up your heart Or open up your eyes Laugh or cry So anytime you wanna laugh Anytime you wanna cry Just open up your heart Or open up your eyes And baby laugh -- or cry And baby I know That you'll thank me someday (Don't hide your emotions) And baby I know That you'll see it my way (Forget all of these notions) So anytime you wanna laugh Anytime you wanna cry Just open up your heart Or open up your eyes And baby laugh -- or cry Right till the day you die "Future Management (You Don't Need Nobody Else)" ------------------------------------------------ You won't need nobody else but me........... You'll find...... I'm gonna invite you to try my machines Programme an offer you just can't refuse I'm gonna invite you to share all my dreams You've nothing to lose Recycle your thoughts I'll rewire your mind I'll punch in some new points of view To make sure you find You've got nothing to lose You don't need nobody else but me "Let's Get Crazy" ----------------- Hey little mama Give me the keys tonight (Oooh. Whatcha gonna do) Hey little honey You're comin' out with me. Tonight (Oooh. Whatcha gonna do) Let's jump in your wheels And see how it feels. Tonight Let's get crazy. Let's get crazy tonight Ooooh yeah Let's get crazy. Let's get riled Oh yeah Let's get crazy. Let's get wild tonight You know that I told you I'd always be true You know that I could never tell a lie Well if you believe me the joke is on you I'll always be crazy till the day I die Hey little fruitcake Don't wear no shoes. Tonight (Oooh. Whatcha gonna do) We'll get some action Nothin' to lose. Tonight (Oooh. Whatcha gonna do) Just play your part I'll show you my heart. Tonight Let's get crazy. Let's get crazy tonight Oooh yeah Let's get crazy Let's get insane Oh yeah Tell ya baby You won't feel no pain. Tonight Let's get crazy. Let's get crazy Let's get crazy. Let's get crazy tonight Alright. "My Country I & II" ------------------- Something horrid........... Oh Oh Oh I would not fight for my country I would not work to no rule Don't have no truck with no power game Won't be some other jerks tool Don't have no part 'cos one party and Another's all the same (Workin' for some other man) All the same Gonna play it (Workin' for some other man) At my own game Oh Ee Ooh 'Oi you Don't wanna die for some old man's crusade Don't wanna hear what they feed Don't wanna kill for some cause of the age Don't wanna cry for somebody else's need Don't want no piece of no flag in the breeze Don't want no part cos one party and Another's all the same All the same Gonna play it at my own game Oooooh not me Oi you You dcross the street I saw you With some other pretty face I loved you then I love you now I loved you then I love you now I had to take a chance Cos special moments only tend To happen now and then I had to take my chance and Grab the moment by its ears Not be just some fly on your wall Had to take my chance there So I asked you out to dance there I loved you then I love you now I loved you then I love you now I had to take a chance Cos special moments only tend to happen now and then Live for the present It's the only one we have Nobody gets out of here...... alive Life in the future might never come to pass You know -- the good times are now "Magic Is Loose" ---------------- Almost like Christmas But the calendar's wrong The silence is deafening But the feeling is strong Magic is loose Magic is loose in the world tonight The sky is too black The stars are too bright The air is too still Funny business alright Honey, can you feel it Honey, can you feel it Magic is loose Magic is loose In the world tonight All through the occident Through the grey atmospheres All through the orient Like a shroud around a sphere My feelings are bent It's a strange kind of scene There's a little distortion On my personal screen Honey. Can you feel it Honey. Can you feel it Magic. Is loose Magic. Is loose In the world tonight "Interlude in Constantinople" ----------------------------- Good evening Constantinople The best audience in the world we've bin told We really hope the dope'll Make you clap At all that crap That you've bin sold. "Airheads" ---------- Red light warning Break down coming Red light warning People round here Call me an airhead People round here Know I like a bottle of wine People round here Think I'm better off dead The folks round here Call me an airhead The folks round here Ain't too refined Break -- down -- comin' Raw -- nerve end -- tingle Cops -- bust -- run in Speed -- hurts -- keys jangle Airheads -- stick together Airheads -- till the end of time Airheads -- don't know better Airheads -- I feel fine Brain -- on -- bed -- Where am I Liverpool -- Leeds -- Miami Real nutcracker this morning Real nutcracker last night Red light warning No panic station People round here Call me an airhead People round here Say I've got space for brains People round here Are no better than junk food The jerks round here Should go play with the traffic The folks round here Should go play with the traffic Break down comin' "Fun In Space" -------------- Strangers in a strange land In an alien heat Journeys made by no man In event of defeat This ship sings to the skies This ship sings to the skies For all you, Gals and guys Stranger than fiction The smile on your face Boy when we get there We'll have fun in space Our structure is battered But the corridors ring With little green stories Of this and these things This ship sings to the skies This ship sings to the skies For all you gals and guys Stranger than fiction The smile on your face Boy when we get there We'll have fun in space........... -- Instruments and vocals: Roger Taylor Approx. 50% of keyboards: David Richards Produced, written and arranged by Roger Taylor Engineered by David Richards Recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound All influences -- conscious, subconscious and unconscious. P.S. Hello Listeners. I hope you enjoy and have fun with this, my very own, album. I like it. If you don't, sod you! P.P.S. 157 synthesizers. Thank you: Crystal--for ribaldry, oafishness and carrying me home Ratty--for his helpful rodent ways David Richards--for help, encouragement and ideas Aline Jacottet--for organising and bailing us out Andre Jacottet--for co-engineering 'Airheads' and maintenance Thanks very much to Warren Publishing Co. for the use of Creepy Magazine and its illustration. "Alien" illustration by Jim Laurier Alien monster made by Alistair Bowtell Sleeve design: Hipgnosis Photography: Peter Christopherson and Paul Maxon Graphics: Ian Wright Illustrations by: Colin Chambers Jeff Cummins Colin Elgie Jill Furmanovsky George Hardie Paul Maxon Ian Wright