Columbia Law Revue

Under Pressure

to "Under Pressure" by Queen

Pressure
Pushing down on me
Pressing down on you
To bill some more
Under pressure
To join the partnership
Splits our families in two
And we don't get to sleep

(chorus)
It's the terror of knowing
What this job's all about
Watching friends from school
Screaming "Let me out!"
Work tomorrow
We got hired
Pressure on people
People need to sleep

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Kicks my brains around the floor
This is our life
It never rains, but it pours
We never sleep, ee da de da de
We never sleep, ee da de da de da de da

(chorus)

Turned away from it all for a clerkship
Tried public interest but it don't pay
Keep coming up with law
But it's so slashed and torn
Why, why, why?
Law, law, law, law, law

Insanity laughs, under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give our jobs one less day
Why can't we give our jobs one less day
Why cant' we give law, give law, give law, give law
Give law, give law, give law

'Cause law's such an old-fashioned word
For what we do at work at these massive firms
We work through the night and it's easy to start forgetting
To care about ourselves
This is your last dance
This is your last dance now
Putting yourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

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

(chorus)
It's the terror of knowing
What the world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming "Let me out!"
Pray tomorrow
Gets me higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Chippin' around
Kick my brains around the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours
People on streets, ee da de da de
People on streets, ee da de da de da de da

(chorus)

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 cracking
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

'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for the people on the
Edge of the night and loves 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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