Under Pressure

Queen and David Bowie

Mm bum ba de
Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de

Pressure, pushing down on me
Pressing down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure, that burns a building down
Splits a family in two, puts people on streets

Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da, that's OK

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming "Let me out"
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people, people on streets


Day day de
Da da da ba ba
OK

Chippin' around, kick my brains around the floor
These are the days, it never rains but it pours

Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
People on streets, ee da de da de
People on streets, ee da de da de da de da

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming "Let me out"
Pray tomorrow, gets me high, high, high
Pressure on people, people on streets


Turned away from it all, like a blind man
Sat on a fence, but it don't work
Keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn
Why, why, why?
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love

'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you
To care for
The people on the
Edge of the night
And loves dares you
To change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves

Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

Appears on: The Night Sky single, Radio 1 - Established 1967
Live video appears on: Keane Curate A Night For War Child DVD
Download from: 7Digital
Notes: This song was recorded for Radio 1's 40th anniversary CD. Each artist was provided with a year, and asked to record a song released that year - Keane were given 1981, and chose this song.

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