Freddie Mercury
Keep Yourself Alive (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, 24th December 1975)
[Intro: Freddie Mercury & Brian May]
Now, now it's time to join in, everybody
Join in
And you can sing along the choruses, give us a helping hand, you can take all your clothes off
Come on, alright
Ooh, yeah, everybody, yes
What about you on the balcony, are you with us?
Everybody at home? Yeah?
Keep yourself alive!
Let's go!
Come on, come on

[Verse 1]
I was told a million times of all the troubles in my way
Mind you grow a little wiser, little better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers and I rode a million miles
Still be where I started, bread and butter for a smile
Sold a million mirrors in a shop in Alley Way
But I never saw my face in any window any day
Now they say your folks are telling you, “Be a superstar”
Tell you, “Just be satisfied, stay right where you are”

[Chorus]
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
All you people, keep yourself alive
Come on, rrrah!
Let me see it
Ow!
[Verse 2]
Well, I've loved a million women in a belladonnic haze
And I ate a million dinners brought to me on silver trays
Give me everything I need, feed my body and my soul
Grow a little bigger, maybe that can be my goal
Told a million times of all the people in my way
How I had to keep on trying and get better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers, rode a million miles
Still be where I started, same as when I started

[Chorus]
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
All you people, keep yourself alive
Now shake it!

[Guitar Solo]
Ooh, ack
Ahh
Ooh

[Chorus]
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
All you people, keep yourself alive
[Bridge]
Do you think you're better every day?
No, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave

[Chorus]
Come on and keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
All you people, keep yourself alive

[Outro]
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
All you people, keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
Come on, come on (Keep yourself alive)
Come on and get it, get it, get it, boy
Keep yourself alive
Whoo!

[Spoken Word: Freddie Mercury]
Thank you, my beauties, thank you…