Lyrics:

[Verse 1: Brian May]
A hand above the water
An angel reachin' for the sky
Is it raining in Heaven?
Do you want us to cry?
And everywhere the brokenhearted
On every lonely avenue
No-one could reach them
No-one but you

[Chorus: Brian May]
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flyin' too close to the sun
And life goes on
Without you...

[Verse 2: Roger Taylor]
Another tricky situation
I get to drownin' in the blues
And I find myself thinkin'
Well, what would you do?
Yes, it was such an operation
Forever payin' every due
Hell, you made a sensation
You found a way through
[Chorus: Roger Taylor]
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flyin' too close to the sun
We'll remember
Forever...

[Verse 3: Brian May]
And now the party must be over
I guess we'll never understand
The sense of your leavin'
Was in the way it was planned
And so we grace another table
And raise our glasses one more time
There's a face at the window
And I ain't never, never sayin' goodbye...

[Chorus]
And it's one by one
Only the good die young
They're only flyin' too close to the sun

[Outro: Brian May & Roger Taylor]
Cryin' for nothin'
Cryin' for no-one
No-one but you