Under Pressure

 Relevant and sadly timeless 

Under Pressure

Mmm num ba de
Dum bum ba be
Doo buh dum ba beh beh

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

That's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming
"Let me out!"

Tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people, people on streets

Day day de mm hm
Da da da ba ba
OK

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

Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Be lap

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!"

Tomorrow gets me higher, higher, 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

Insanity laughs under pressure
We're breaking

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, 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 love 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

WRITERS

David Bowie, John Richard Deacon, Brian Harold May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Meddows Taylor

original video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I

Freddie Mercury and Queen 1981 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3gax_Z7tw

Cheers
Jeanne

Hello in There

 "You know that old trees just grow stronger

And old rivers grow wilder every day
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say
"Hello in there, hello"

So if you're walkin' down the street sometime
And spot some hollow, ancient eyes
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
As if you didn't care
Say, "Hello in there, hello""

John Prine

https://www.thehellointherefoundation.org

He Ain't Heavy

 

Hi everyone,

I've loved my ritual of sharing a quote each Thursday with you over the years (a couple decades for some of you). 

Now old songs and lyrics are calling me, I hear them echo through the years...when will we ever learn?

So, in 2026 I will be sharing song lyrics as much as quotes.

Stay well and Try to Love One Another right now

He Ain't Heavy He's my Brother

"… The road is long

With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where, who knows where
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

… So on we go
His welfare is of my concern
No burden is he to bear
We'll get there

… For I know
He would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

… If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another

… It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share?

… And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

… He's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother"

Songwriters: Bob Russell / Bobby Scott
Song by The Hollies ‧ 1969