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Under Pressure” is a song by Queen. This page features time-synced lyrics that highlight each line as the song plays — press play to sing along in real time. The lyrics contain 59 lines.

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Under Pressure (Live) - Queen

Lyrics by:Brian May/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Freddie Mercury/David Bowie

Composed by:Brian May/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Freddie Mercury/David Bowie

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Mmm num ba de

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Dum bum ba be

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Doo buh dum ba beh beh

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Pressure pushing down on me

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Pressing down on you no man ask for

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Under pressure that burns a building down

Splits a family in two

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Puts people on streets

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Um ba ba be

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Um ba ba be

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De day da

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Ee day da- that's okay

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about

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Watching some good friends screaming "Let me out"

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Pray tomorrow gets me higher

Pressure on people people on streets

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Day day de mm hm

Da da da ba ba

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Chipping around kick my brains around the floor

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These are the days it never rains but it pours

Ee do ba be

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Ee da ba ba ba

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Um bo bo

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Be lap

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People on streets

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Ee da de da de

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People on streets

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Ee da de da de da de da

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about

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Watching some good friends screaming 'Let me out'

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Pray tomorrow gets me higher high

Pressure on people people on streets

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Turned away from it all like a blind man

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Sat on a fence but it don't work

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Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn

Why why why

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Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking

Can't we give ourselves one more chance

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Why can't we give love that one more chance

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Why can't we give love give love give love give love

Give love give love give love give love

Because 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

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This is our last dance

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This is ourselves under pressure

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Under pressure

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[ti:Under Pressure (Live)] [ar:Queen] [al:Queen Rock Montreal] [by:] [offset:0] Under Pressure (Live) - Queen Lyrics by:Brian May/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Freddie Mercury/David Bowie Composed by:Brian May/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Freddie Mercury/David Bowie 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 okay 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 mm hm Da da da ba ba Chipping 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 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' Pray tomorrow gets me 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 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 Because 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
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