Jazz

Cat. No: EMA 788/CDP7 89495 2. Release Date: 10 November 1978 (UK) 14 November 1978 (USA). Produced By: Queen and Roy Thomas Baker. Engineered By: Geoff Workman. Additional Engineering: John Etchells. Recorded At: Mountain and Super Bear. When: July - October 1978. Cover Concept: Queen. Highest Chart Pos: 2 (UK) 6 (USA). Weeks On Chart: 27 (UK) 17 (USA). Award Status: Gold (UK) Platinum (USA).
 
 
 
 

Mustapha

(Freddie Mercury)

Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Ibrahim,

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you.

Hey!

Mustapha, Mustapha, Mustapha Ibrahim.

Mustapha, Mustapha, Mustapha Ibrahim.

Mustapha Ibrahim, Mustapha Ibrahim

Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you.

Mustapha Ibrahim, al havra kris vanin

Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you.

Mustapha, hey! Mustapha

Mustapha Ibrahim, Mustapha Ibrahim, hey!

Allah-i, Allah-i, Allah-i,

Ibra-Ibra-Ibrahim, yeah!

Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Ibrahim,

Allah Allah Allah-i hey!

Mustapha Mustapha - Allah-i na stolei

Mustapha Mustapha - Achtar es na sholei

Mustapha Mustapha - Mochamut dei ya low eshelei

Mustapha Mustapha - ai ai ai ai ahelei

Mustapha,

Mustapha,

Ist avil ahiln avil ahiln adhim Mustapha,

Salaam Aleikum!

Mustapha Ibrahim, Mustapha Ibrahim

Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you.

Mustapha Ibrahim, achbar ish navin

Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you.

Mustapha, Mustapha

Mustapha Ibrahim, Mustapha Ibrahim, hey!

Allah-i, Allah-i, Allah-i,

Ibra-Ibra-Ibrahim, yeah!

Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Ibrahim,

Allah Allah Allah-i hey!

Mustapha Mustapha

Mustapha Mustapha

Mustapha Mustapha

Mustapha Mustapha

Mustapha,

Mustapha,

Vontap ist ahiln avil ahiln adhim Mustapha,

Aleikum Salaam hey!

 
 

Fat Bottomed Girls

(Brian May)

Are you gonna take me home tonight

Ah down beside that red firelight

Are you gonna let it all hang out

Fat bottomed girls

You make the rockin' world go round

Hey I was just a skinny lad

Never knew no good from bad

But I knew life before I left my nursery

Left alone with big fat Fanny

She was such a naughty nanny

Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me

Hey hey!

I've been singing with my band

Across the wire across the land

I seen ev'ry blue eyed floozy on the way

But their beauty and their style

Went kind of smooth after a while

Take me to them dirty ladies every time

Oh won't you take me home tonight?

Oh down beside your red firelight

Oh and you give it all you got

Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round

Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round

Hey listen here

Now your mortgages and homes

I got stiffness in the bones

Ain't no beauty queens in this locality (I tell you)

Oh but I still get my pleasure

Still got my greatest treasure

Heap big woman you gonna make a big man out of me

Now get this

Oh you gonna take me home tonight (please)

Oh down beside your red firelight

Oh you gonna let it all hang out

Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round

Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round

Get on your bikes and ride

Oooh yeah them fat bottomed girls

Fat bottomed girls

Yeah yeah yeah

Fat bottomed girls

Yes yes

 
 

Jealousy

(Freddie Mercury)

Oh how wrong can you be?

Oh to fall in love

Was my very first mistake

How was I to know

I was far too much in love too see?

Oh jealousy look at me now

Jealousy you got me somehow

You gave me no warning

Took me by surprise

Jealousy you led me on

You couldn't lose you couldn't fail

You had suspicion on my trail

How how how all my jealousy

I wasn't man enough to let you hurt my pride

Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

Oh how strong can you be

With matters of the heart?

Life is much too short

To while away with tears

If only you could see

Just what you do to me

Oh jealousy you tripped me up

Jealousy you brought me down

You bring me sorrow you cause me pain

Jealousy when will you let go?

Gotta hold of my possessive mind

Turned me into a jealous guy

How how how all my jealousy

I wasn't man enough to let you hurt my pride

Now I'm only left with my own jealousy

But now it matters not

If I should live or die

'Cause I'm only left with my own jealousy

 
 

Bicycle Race

(Freddie Mercury)

Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my bike

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride it where I like

You say black I say white

You say bark I say bite

You say shark I say hey man

Jaws was never my scene

And I don't like Star Wars

You say Rolls I say Royce

You say God give me a choice

You say Lord I say Christ

I don't believe in Peter Pan

Frankenstein or Superman

All I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my bike

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my

Bicycle races are coming your way

So forget all your duties oh yeah!

Fat bottomed girls

They'll be riding today

So look out for those beauties oh yeah

On your marks get set go

Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race

Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

Bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle

Bicycle race

You say coke I say caine

You say John I say Wayne

Hot dog I say cool it man

I don't wanna be the President of America

You say smile I say cheese

Cartier I say please

Income tax I say Jesus

I don't wanna be a candidate for

Vietnam or Watergate

Cos all I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my bike

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride it where I like

 
 

If You Can't Beat Them

(John Deacon)

Keep your chin up when you're feelin' lonely

Don't let them get you down

Ain't no use in your sitting all alone

Hangin' around for someone to call

Ooh they won't come knocking at all

Don't run and hide

Even if it hurts you inside

So I said

Give as good as you get

If you can't beat 'em,join 'em

You'd better do it

'Cause it makes you feel good

If you can't beat 'em,join 'em

You're never gonna help yourself

Come on

Get up

You're feelin' good

Keep your fingers off my money

Don't try and pull me down

You're takin' me out to wine and dine me

Tryin' to wind me 'round and around

Invite me to your little contract Ha! Ha!

Rumour has it that you could play dirty

I'll tell you what I'll do about that

I'm playing at the wrong game yeah!

If you can't beat 'em,join 'em

You'd better do it

'Cause it makes you feel good

If you can't beat 'em,join 'em

You're never gonna help yourself

If you can't beat 'em,join 'em

You'd better do it

'Cause it makes you feel good

If you can't beat 'em,join 'em

It's everyone for themselves

Move on out

 
 

Let Me Entertain You

(Freddie Mercury)

Hey - it's a sellout

Hey - let me welcome you ladies and gentlemen

I would like to say hello

Are you ready for some entertainment?

Are you ready for a show?

Gonna rock you gonna roll you

Get you dancing in the aisles

Jazz you razzmatazz you

With a little bit of style

C'mon let me entertain you let me entertain you

Let me entertain you let me entertain you

I've come here to sell you my body

I can show you some good merchandise

I'll pull you and I'll pill you

I'll Cruela-de-ville you

And to thrill you I'll use any device

We'll give you crazy performance

We'll give you grounds for divorce

We'll give you piece de resistance

And a tour de force of course

We found the right location

Got a lot of pretty lights

The sound and amplification listen

Hey if you need a fix if you want a high

Stickells see to that

With Electra and EMI

We'll show you where it's at

So c'mon

Let me entertain you let me entertain you

Let me entertain you let me entertain you

Just take a look at the menu

We give you rock a la carte

We'll breakfast at Tiffany's

We'll sing to you in Japanese

We're only here to entertain you

If you want to see some action

You get nothing but the best

The S and M attraction

We've got the pleasure chest

Chicago down to New Orleans

We get you on the line

If you dig the New York scene

We'll have a son of a bitch of a time

C'mon

Let me entertain let me entertain

Let me entertain you tonight

Hey where's my backstage pass

That was great

What an outrageous costume

Hey that Brian May is outa sight man

Not many not many

I've always wanted to be a groupie

 
 

Dead On Time

(Brian May)

Fool always jumpin' never happy where you land

Fool got my bus'ness make your living where you can

Hurry down the highway

Hurry down the road

Hurry past the people starin'

Hurry hurry hurry hurry

Leave on time leave on time

Never got your ticket but you leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

Gonna get your ticket but you leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

Put it in your pocket but you never can tell

Leave on time leave on time

Shake that rattle gotta leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

Fight your battle but you leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

Never got a minute no you never got a minute

no you never never got oh no matter

Fool got no bus'ness hangin' round and tellin' lies

Fool you got no reasons but you got no compromise

Stampin' on the ceilin' hammering on the walls

Gotta get out gotta get out gotta get

Oh you know I'm goin' crazy

Leave on time leave on time

Gotta get ahead but you leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

Gotta head on ahead but you leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

You're runnin' in the red but you never can tell

Honey honey where's my money where's my money

Wanna get away wanna get away

Leave ya leave ya leave ya

Leave on time leave on time

Gotta get rich gonna leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

But you can't take it with you when you leave on time

Leave on time leave on time

Got to keep yourself alive gotta leave on time

Gotta leave on time leave on time

Dead on time

'You're Dead'

 
 

In Only Seven Days

(John Deacon)

Monday the start of my holiday

Freedom for just one week

Feels good to get away ooh

Tuesday I saw her down on the beach

I stood and watched a while

And she looked and smiled at me

Wednesday I didn't see her

I hoped that she'd be back tomorrow

And then on Thursday

My luck had changed

She stood there all alone

I went and asked her name

I never thought that this could happen to me

In only seven days

It would take a hundred or more

For memories to fade

I wish Friday would last for ever

I held her close to me

I couldn't bear to leave her there

Saturday just twenty four hours

Oh no I'm going back home on Sunday

Ooh so sad alone

 
 

Dreamer's Ball

(Brian May)

Oh I used to be your baby

Used to be your pride and joy

You used to take me dancing

Just like any other boy

But now you've found another partner

And left me like a broken toy

Oh it's someone else you're takin'

Someone else you're playin' to

Honey though I'm aching

Know just what I have to do

If I can't have you when I'm wakin'

I'll go to sleep and dream I'm with you

Oh take me take me take me

To the dreamer's ball

I'll be right on time and I'll dress so fine

You're gonna love me when you see me

I won't have to worry

Take me take me

Promise not to wake me 'till it's morning

It's all been true

What you say about that hey honey?

You gonna take me to that dreamer's ball?

I'd like that

Right on down forty-second street

Way down down town dreamer's town

Oh take me take me take me

I'm your plaything now

You make my life worthwhile with the slightest smile

Or destroy me with a barely perceptible whisper

Gently take me remember I'll be dreamin' of my baby

At the dreamer's ball

Take me hold me

Remember what you told me

You'd meet me at the dreamer's ball

I'll meet you at the dreamer's ball

 
 

Fun It

(Roger Taylor)

Ev'rybody in the mornin'

Should do a good turn all right

Ev'rybody in the night time

Should have a good time all night

Now we got a movement

Don't shun it fun it

Can't you see now you're movin' free?

Get some fun join our dynasty

Can't you tell when we get it down?

You're the one you're the best in town

Hey ev'rybody ev'rybody gonna have a good time tonight

Just shakin' the soles of your feet

Ev'rybody ev'rybody gonna have a good time tonight

That's the only soul you'll ever meet

They say that movin' the body's right it's all right

That's the only one part of bein' alive all right all right

Groove on out groove on up OK

Do your thing do your thing your way

Get your kicks get you tricks with me

Get up and dance honey fun's for free

Hey ev'rybody ev'rybody gonna have a good time tonight

Just shakin' the soles of your feet

Ev'rybody gonna have a good time tonight time tonight time tonight

That's the only soul you'll ever meet

Don't shun it fun it

Don't shun it fun it

Don't shun it fun it

 
 

Leaving Home Ain't Easy

(Brian May)

I take a step outside

And I breath the air

And I slam the door

And I'm on my way

I won't lay no blame

I won't call you names

'Cause I've made my break

And I won't look back

I've turned my back

On those endless games

I'm all through with ties

I'm all tired of tears

I'm a happy man

Don't it look that way

Shakin' dust from my shoes

There's a road ahead

And there's no way back home (no way back home)

Oh but I have to say

Leavin' home ain't easy

Oh I never thought it would be easy

Leavin' on your own

Oh is the main thing calling me back

Leavin' home ain't easy

On the one you're leavin' home

Stay my love my love please stay

Stay my love what's wrong my love?

What's right my love?

Oh leavin' home ain't easy

I thought how could I think of leavin'

Leavin' on your own

Still tryin' to persuade me that

Leavin' home ain't necessarily the only way

Leavin' home ain't easy

But may be the only way

 
 

Don't Stop Me Now

(Freddie Mercury)

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time

I feel alive and the world turning inside out Yeah!

And floating around in ecstasy

So don't stop me now don't stop me

'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky

Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity

I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva

I'm gonna go go go

There's no stopping me

I'm burning through the sky Yeah!

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time just give me a call

Don't stop me now ('cause I'm havin' a good time)

Don't stop me now (yes I'm havin' a good time)

I don't want to stop at all

I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars

On a collision course

I am a satellite I'm out of control

I am a sex machine ready to reload

Like an atom bomb about to

Oh oh oh oh oh explode

I'm burning through the sky Yeah!

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

Don't stop me don't stop me

Don't stop me hey hey hey!

Don't stop me don't stop me ooh ooh ooh (I like it)

Don't stop me don't stop me

Have a good time good time

Don't stop me don't stop me Ah

I'm burning through the sky Yeah!

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time just give me a call

Don't stop me now ('cause I'm havin' a good time)

Don't stop me now (yes I'm havin' a good time)

I don't want to stop at all

 
 

More Of That Jazz

(Roger Taylor)

If you're feelin' tired and lonely

Uninspired and lonely

If you're thinkin' how the days seem long

All you're given

Is what you've been given

A thousand times before

Just more more

More of that jazz

More no more of that jazz

Give me no more

No more of that jazz

Only football gives us thrills

Rock'n'roll just pays the bills

Only our team is the real team

Bring out the dogs get on your feet

Lay on the floor

Can't help thinkin' I've heard that line before

Just more more

More of that jazz

More no more of that jazz

Give me no more

No more of that jazz

Oh no matter

Fool got no business hanging round and tellin' lies

Bicycle races are coming your way

If you can't beat 'em join them

Fun it

Oh you're gonna let it all hang out

Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round

No more no more no more

Of that jazz

 
 
 

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