Released: March 29, 1999
Songwriter: Elton John Tim Rice
Producer: Robbie Shakespeare Sly Dunbar Sting
Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
Hopes could not be minuscular
That he'll come back from the brink
Not to beat around the bush
He looks like heading for his box
At the risk of seeming pushy
We must plan for future shocks
According to the hawk of horus
Our most regal invalid
Is not that much longer for us
Build another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it
Though all doctors and physicians
Have been summoned to his bed
It'll soon be top morticians
We'll be calling for instead
With each wheeze the nation's humming
Egypt shakes with every cough
No two ways about what's coming
No discussion, bets are off
Soon our monarch will have filled the tomb
Just like his fathers did
Summon egypt's greatest builder
Need another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it
We hate to depress the nation
But our leader has been told
He should scrub his next vacation
Even put tonight on hold
This is where his loyal priesthood
Has the chance to do him proud
Holy leaders at the least should
See him happy to his shroud
He must have a vault that's grand by
Any standards for to live
Put five thousand slaves on standby
Build another pyramid
Is not really in the pink
Hopes could not be minuscular
That he'll come back from the brink
Not to beat around the bush
He looks like heading for his box
At the risk of seeming pushy
We must plan for future shocks
According to the hawk of horus
Our most regal invalid
Is not that much longer for us
Build another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it
Though all doctors and physicians
Have been summoned to his bed
It'll soon be top morticians
We'll be calling for instead
With each wheeze the nation's humming
Egypt shakes with every cough
No two ways about what's coming
No discussion, bets are off
Soon our monarch will have filled the tomb
Just like his fathers did
Summon egypt's greatest builder
Need another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it
We hate to depress the nation
But our leader has been told
He should scrub his next vacation
Even put tonight on hold
This is where his loyal priesthood
Has the chance to do him proud
Holy leaders at the least should
See him happy to his shroud
He must have a vault that's grand by
Any standards for to live
Put five thousand slaves on standby
Build another pyramid
more tracks from the album
B-Sides & Rarities
- The Ballad of Mack the Knife
- How Insensitive
- Ne me quitte pas
- Every Breath You Take/Theme from Peter Gunn [Mr. Ruggerio’s Remix]
- I’ll Follow My Secret Heart
- It’s a Lonesome Old Town
- All for Love
- Invisible Sun
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Another Pyramid
- Waters of Tyne
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
- Fragile (Duet)
- Love Sneakin’ Up on You
- Shallow Brown
- One Day She’ll Love Me
- Blood Red Roses
- The Bed’s Too Big Without You
- Moonlight
- Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
- Seventh Son
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Lullaby for an Anxious Child
- Gabriel’s Message
- Fine Knacks for Ladies
- The Lowest Trees Have Tops
- Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
- The Mighty
- Until
- Beneath a Desert Moon
- Angel Eyes
- My Funny Friend and Me
- My One and Only Love
- I Saw Three Ships
- You Were Meant for Me
- Need Your Love So Bad
- Windmills of Your Mind
- Sisters of Mercy
- Sister Moon
- Come Down in Time
- Tempted
- The End of the Game
From the albums
- Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (1999)
- B-Sides & Rarities (2007)
Sting popular songs
- Shape of My Heart
- Englishman in New York
- Desert Rose
- Fields of Gold
- Fragile
- Russians
- It’s Probably Me
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
- Brand New Day
- Seven Days
- Mad About You
- A Thousand Years
- Soul Cake
- I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
- All This Time
- When We Dance
- If It’s Love
- The Last Ship
- Fortress Around Your Heart
- Children’s Crusade
- Moon Over Bourbon Street
- Synchronicity I
- Giacomo’s Blues