Here I stand (here I stand)
Look around around around around around around around around...
But you won't see me (but you won't see me)
Now I'm here (now I'm here), now I'm there (now I'm there)
I'm just a- Just a new man
Yes you made me live again, wow

A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
The people all stared didn't understand
But you new my name on sight

Ooh whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be
Ooh don't worry baby I'm safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches'n'me
Don't I love her so
Yes you made me live again, yeah

Yeah, ooh, a thin moon beam in a smoke-screen sky
Where the beams of your lovelight chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With the rain running down my face

Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople'n'me
Don't I love him so, ooh, don't I love him so, wooh
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you

Now I'm here (now I'm here)
Think I'll stay around around around around around around...
Down in the city justa you'n'me
(Down in the city justa you'n'me)
Don't I love you so
Go, go, go, little queenie, wooh

Piesa hard-rock in cel mai pur stil clasic, Now I'm Here a ajuns pe locul 11 al topului Marii Britanii, in anul lansarii sale in single, 1974. Textul creioneaza o poveste de iubire in care frumusetea sentimentului schimba complet viata omului ("I'm justa- just a new man: yes she made me live again!"), ajutandu-l sa depaseasca suferinta ("your matches still light up the sky and many a tear lives on in my eve").

Ceea ce este cu adevarat antrenant la acesta piesa este ritmul sacadat de hard-rock si partitura de chitara consistenta. Acestea au facut din Now I'm Here un "live favourite" (de exemplu, a figurat in deschiderea concertului din 24 decembie 1975, de la Hammersmith Odeon). Iar versiunea inclusa pe Live Killers (1979) este magistrala : Freddie cantand in duet cu un public in extaz- "hey... you sing higher than I did" (Freddie Mercury)

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