The Cross "Live In Germany" album and song lyrics

Released through the Queen Fan Club on cassette only, in early 1992.
Album length 51:31.

Recorded at the Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, on 22 October 1991.

All dialogue in italics spoken by Roger unless stated.

Many thanks to Rafael in Argentina for sending me this concert in MP3 format. If you can provide any further details about this release, please email me.

Bad Attitude

Track 1. Length 4:53.
This track begins with an introduction from the announcer/compere of the show, which adds approximately 21 seconds to the above time.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Blue Rock' album page.
Lyrics:
Announcer / Compere: Hey Dusseldorf! Alle is klar. Er, I'd like to welcome on stage, as part of the Blue Rock tour, actually, first, I'd just like to welcome all the people from London here, as part of the Blue Rock tour, er, Magnum's special guests, from London, The Cross.

Broadsword calling Danny boy
Broadsword calling Danny boy, over

Know what I feel

They say I gotta
A bad attitude
You wanna buy a picture of your sister in her birthday suit
No gratitude
Straight tough talking but you always get screwed
Your face don't fit, burn down the school
Only we're still cool, gotta break some rules
System's made for fools

A bad attitude
You're getting real slow when you slide into decrepitude
It's all solitude
This one way street always ends in penal servitude
Get out there, get out there
Get out on the street, break some rules

Oooh, you know what I feel
Oooh, you know what I feel
Rip it up
I got a bad attitude
Tear it down
I got a bad attitude

A bad attitude
You can't think straight when you're raised on junk food
And no solitude
Somebody help me, gotta get a grip on my latitude
You're just a destitute
Your folks don't like it when they see you starring on the news

Oooh, know what I feel
Oooh, you know what I feel
Rip it up
I got a bad attitude
Tear it down
I got a bad attitude

A bad attitude
Some nights I gotta relax
Just get stewed, just get crude

Rip it up
I got a bad attitude
Tear it down
I got a bad attitude

Rip it up
I got a bad attitude
Tear it down
I got a bad attitude

So don't tell me what I cannot do
I'm sick of wise guys giving me all these verisimilitudes
I ain't a fool
You better watch out honey
I'm one pissed off dude
I got a bad attitude

Roger: Oh, thank you, danke schon. Hi everybody from England also, hello.

Millionaire

Track 2. Length 3:17.
The lyrics in italics are sampled voices from the album version.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Blue Rock' album page.
Lyrics:
Roger: He woke up this morning, this, this guy here, and he'd dreamt he was a fucking millionaire

I say, I'm rich, I'm rich, I am stinking bloody well rich

Trash my guitar
I got a lot to spare
Well, I can do what I want
It just don't seem fair

Let your fingers do the walking
What you hear is money talking
So love me now
Love me here
Better love me good, honey
I'm a millionaire
A millionaire
Yeah

I got swimming pools
You know it keep a me cool
Got a car that's flash
Got a rash from cash

Let your fingers do the walking
What you hear is money talking
So love me now
Love me here
Love me good, honey
I'm a millionaire
A millionaire, yeah

Wow, wow, wow, wow

I say
I'm a famous dude
I just exude
I got a Cadillac
A bowling alley in the back
Weren't you thrilled to bits with my greatest hits
Ain't I a loveable guy

Love me now
Love me here
Love me good
I'm a millionaire

Love me now
Love me here
You better love me good
I'm a millionaire, yeah

I'm rich, I am stinking bloody well

Ain't Put Nothin' Down

Track 3. Length 5:30.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Blue Rock' album page.
Lyrics:
Roger: Yeah, thank you. This is another song about Clayton Moss, it's his night tonight. Clayton Moss, this is your night. It's a song he wrote about dreamers (audience start singing 'you ain't put nothin' down) no it's not that one

Audience: You ain't put nothing down
Audience: You ain't put nothing down

You ain't put nothing down
You ain't put nothing down
You ain't put nothing down, boy
You ain't put nothing down

You know you hide from yourself
You know you're running away
Gotta face the world
Take it day by day

Sometimes you've got to take a look around
Get your feet on the ground
You ain't put nothing down
You ain't put nothing down
Got to turn yourself around, boy
You ain't put nothing down

You know you're running away
You've got to win on this race
Give it all that you've got
This human race needs a lot

You ain't put nothing down
You ain't put nothing down
You better turn yourself around, boy
You ain't put nothing down

So many questions you ask yourself
Gotta find some answers, don't get left on the shelf
This is your cry for help, cry for help
Gotta help yourself

(Audience: You ain't put nothing down)
(Audience: You ain't put nothing down) alright now
(Audience: You ain't put nothing down)
(Audience: You ain't put nothing down)

You ain't put nothing down, boy
You ain't put nothing down
You ain't put nothing down, boy
You ain't put nothing down

You ain't put nothing down
You ain't put nothing down
Got to turn yourself around, boy
You ain't put nothing down

You ain't put nothing down
You ain't put nothing down
Got to turn yourself around, boy
You were lost, now you're found

You were lost, but now you're found, yeah
You were lost, but now you're found, ooooh-ooh
Lost, but now you're found, yeah, yeah
You were lost, but now you're found, ooooh-ooh
Lost, but now you're found, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lost, but now you're found, ooooh-ooh
Found, yeah, yeah

You ain't put nothing down

New Dark Ages

Track 4. Length 5:47.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Blue Rock' album page.
Lyrics:
Roger: Welcome to the New Dark Ages

Aaah-aah-aah-aah-aah-oooh
Aaah-ooh-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah

How do you do, what do you say
Welcome to a new dark age
Let's go straight to bed
Love's got out of hand
You must be out of your head

When you feel in the night
Can this bad dream be true?
It's a war that we fight
Yes we do, yes we do
And welcome to new dark ages
And welcome to new dark ages

(Ooh, yeah)
(Only love can save us now)

Love has become a four letter word
It's past it's best and seldom heard
Love's left on the shelf like cigarettes
It's bad for your health

And when you feel in the night
It's a scary thing
You believe in what's right
And take care, stop to think
And welcome to the new dark ages
Welcome to new dark ages

Stop - take - care - think
Is - this - real love

When you feel in the night
Can this bad dream be true
It's a war that we fight
Don't let it happen to you

And welcome to the new dark ages
And welcome to the new dark ages
Welcome to the new dark ages
And welcome to the new dark ages

New dark ages
New dark ages
New dark ages
New dark ages

Roger: Oh yeah, thank you, you're great, thank you.

Baby, It's Alright

Track 5. Length 3:40.
This track segues into 'Dirty Mind'.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Blue Rock' album page.
Lyrics:
I could be your lover
And I could be your friend
It's one or the other
Is that where it ends

'Cos I never see you
And you never call
And I want to be near you
To hold you that's all
Be there if you call

And baby, it's alright
Oh, for the first time, I could be strong
I need you near me tonight
Must be the right time, how could it be wrong
How could it be wrong
Can't be wrong

You gave me my heartache
And you give me my blues
I'm here in your doorway
And I got nothing to lose
Crying's no use, no

Baby, it's alright
Oh, for the first time, I could be strong
I need you near me tonight
Must be the right time, how could it be wrong
How could it be wrong now

Baby, it's alright
Oh, for the first time, I could be strong
I need you near me tonight
Must be the right time
How could it be wrong, yeah

And if you should decide honey
You need a love that's good
It ain't about pride, honey
It ain't about manhood
And baby
It's alright

Baby, it's alright
Honey, it's alright
Baby, it's alright

Dirty Mind

Track 6. Length 3:10.
This track segues from 'Baby It's Alright'.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Blue Rock' album page.
Lyrics:
Some people look for love and affection
That was never his scene
He's looking for a different perfection
He wants a girl that talks mean
Some people go for poets and flowers
Oh, that's rubbish (????)
She gotta look good in the shower
He'll stay in there for hours and hours

He's been around the world
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) he wants a lover
I wanna lover with a dirty mind, yeah
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) with a dirty mind

People look for faith and devotion
They're bringing me down
Why swim against the tide of emotion
When you could be tied down
Gonna treat romance like a tumour
I'm cutting it out
He's sick to death of hearsay and rumour
He wants a girl with some sense of humour

He's been around the world
(I wanna lover) he wants a lover
(I wanna lover) he wants a lover
(I wanna lover) with a dirty mind, yeah
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) with a dirty mind

Every now and then it occurs to me
I'm caught up in a web of morality
Hit it again B (???)

He's been around the world
And nowhere can he find
He don't care if it's a shark or a girl
He wants a lover with a dirty mind, yeah

(I wanna lover) he wants a lover
(I wanna lover) he wants a lover
(I wanna lover) with a dirty mind, yeah
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) with a dirty mind

(I wanna lover) I wanna, I wanna
(I wanna lover) I wanna, I wanna, I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) with a dirty mind, now
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) I wanna lover
(I wanna lover) with a dirty mind

I've been around the world, yeah
It still ain't dirty enough (???)

Man On Fire

Track 7. Length 5:28.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Strange Frontier' album page.
Lyrics:
(Feel like a man on fire)
(Feel like a man possessed) don't they sound angelic
(Feel like a man on fire)
(Feel like a man possessed) I'm gonna cry
(Feel like a man on fire)
(Feel like a man possessed)
(Feel like a man on fire)
(Feel like a man possessed)

I walk these streets each and every day
Trying to find some work just to earn my pay
To make some plans for you some day
But times are hard and times are rough
You better be made of sterner stuff
You know you've got to stop and wonder why

Feel like a man on fire
I feel like a man possessed
I wanna burn down this crazy town

I walk these streets each and every night
Try to find my way just to make it right
Watch the world go by in black and white
Well times are hard and times are rough
You better be made of sterner stuff
You know you've got to stop and wonder why

I'm smoking, I'm burning
I'm twisting and turning
But one thing I'm learning
It's the power of your love keeps me under my thumb
The beat of your heart is the beat of my drum
You know you've got to stop and wonder why

Feel like a man on fire
I feel like a man possessed
I wanna burn down this crazy town

Sometimes I feel like a man on fire
Feel like a man possessed
I wanna burn down your crazy town

Sometimes I feel like a man on fire
Sometimes I feel like a man possessed
I wanna burn down your crazy town

Sometimes I feel like a man on fire
I feel like a man possessed
I wanna burn down this crazy town

Roger: At no time do his fingers leave his hands

Sometimes I feel like a man on fire
Sometimes I feel like a man possessed
I wanna burn down this crazy town

I'm on fucking fire

Roger: Thank you, thank you, you're wonderful. OK, we'll leave you with the Power To Love

Power To Love

Track 8. Length 5:29.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know' album page.
Lyrics:
I was searching for the answer
I didn't know where to start, ha
I went down to the doctor
And said "there's something wrong with your guitar"

What are you searching for
You don't need this to blow your mind, listen
And all the crowd sing
It's time out for the rat race
Feed on it, my one true desire

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

You know what he said?
He said I'll take you on a journey
Across sea and over land
To see the death and the destruction
Brought about by our own hands

And all around the world
Check into the Last Chance Motel
And all the crowd sing
It's time out for the rat race
Feed on it my one true desire

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

Now we got the power to love
We got the power
To hold on to
Push on through
We are the brightest star

Yeah, yeah

Roger: Great, thank you

The Also Rans

Track 9. Length 6:10.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Blue Rock' album page.
Lyrics:
Fucked
Again
(Roger blows a raspberry)

I was born on the 22nd floor of a bird cage
I was bound to rock, I was born to rage
When your daddy gets drunk, and you're Ma has no hope
When you're tough and you're young, and you've got enough rope
When you make a wrong turn and you make some mistakes
When you're out of control and you ain't got no brakes
When the country's a wreck and the government's cruel
Then you better check out
If you wanna

Be cool
It's a hard road
In a world that stinks
God have mercy on the man that thinks

It's a hard road
In a world that sucks
God don't love you when you're out of luck

So I work real hard, and I earn my pay
And I drink all night, it's the only way
To get some fun out of life, just a little bit more
When I get up my nerve I'm gonna rob me a store
Or even find me a girl, you never know your luck
And she'll cook and she'll clean, just to make a few bucks
It's a grand old world going down the pan
And there ain't
No cure
For an also ran

It's a hard road
In a world that stinks
God have mercy on the man that thinks

It's a hard road
We're going down the pan
God have mercy on the also rans

You gotta have mercy on the also rans
If you wanna get out
You gotta be desperate Dan

Know what I mean
(Do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) It's a hard road
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) When you're on your own
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) It's a hard road
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) When your skins the wrong tone
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) It's a hard road
When your face don't fit
It's a hard road
But you gotta take a lotta shit

'Cos God don't love you when you got no bucks
God have mercy on the also rans, yeah

(Do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) God have mercy
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) Have mercy
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) God have mercy
(Do, do, do, do, do, do) Have mercy

God have mercy on the also rans

Yeah

Roger: Thank you

Top Of The World Ma

Track 10. Length 5:03.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know' album page.
Lyrics:
I'm on top of the world ma, on top of the world
You know I got me a girl ma, she make my kiss curl curl
She got some kind of witch craft, and it's a working on me
What you get ma, is what you see

She's a voodoo child when she weaves her spell
She can send me dancing to the gates of hell

Is this the end of the world ma, is this the end of the world
I think I'm losing control ma, my head's in a whirl
She got some kind of voodoo, and it's a working on me
Oh when we get gymnastic, oooh-eee

She can make me rock, she can really roll
She makes me mad, bad and dangerous to know
(?????)

She's a voodoo child, when she weaves her spell
She can crack the sky, watch the angels fall

On top of the world ma, on top of the world
I'm on top of the world, ma
I'm on top of the world
On top of the world ma
On top of the world

I'm on top of the world
On top of the world, ma
The world
I'm on top of the world
On top of the world, ma
I love you honey, I'm on top of the world

Roger: Thank you, you've been great. On the guitar Clayton Moss, on the drums Josh Macrae, on the keyboards Spike Edney, on the bass Peter Noone. You've been great. Thank you, good night from The Cross, thank you.
(Unknown voice, possibly Spike Edney): See you in England