Man On Fire

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Credits

Roger Taylor - all instruments and vocals
David Richards - keyboards
  • Length: 4:05

Discography

Albums:

Strange Frontier, 1984
The Official Bootleg, 1991
Live In Germany, 1992

Singles:

Man On Fire, 1984 A-side
Final Destination, 1990 The Cross CD single
New Dark Ages, 1991 The Cross CD single

Alternate Versions:

  • Extended Version, released on Man On Fire (Length: 5:56)
  • Live Version 1, recorded at the Astoria Theatre (5 December 1990), released on The Official Bootleg (Length: 4:59)
  • Live Version 2, recorded in Germany (1990), released on Final Destination (Length: 4:42)
  • Live Version 3, recorded in Germany (1990), released on New Dark Ages (Length: 4:39; same as version 2, except without spoken intro from Roger)
  • Live Version 4, recorded in Dusseldorf (22 October 1991), released on Live In Germany (Length: 5:28)

Lyrics

I walk these streets each and every day
Trying to find some work just to earn my pay
Just to make some plans for you some day
But plans don't work and it's not that fine
When you've got no money all you've got is time
Don't it make you stop and wonder why

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

I walk these streets each and every night
Feel I'm playing my role but it fits too tight
Watch my life go by in black and white
When times are hard and times are rough
Then you better be made of sterner stuff
You'll find it's time 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 their thumb
Because the beat of your heart is the beat of my drum
Don't it make you stop and wonder why

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

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

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

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