A Night at the Opera
Queen
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Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)
03 : 44
2
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
01 : 07
3
I’m in Love With My Car
03 : 05
4
You’re My Best Friend
02 : 53
5
’39
03 : 31
6
Sweet Lady
04 : 04
7
Seaside Rendezvous
02 : 17
8
The Prophet’s Song
08 : 21
9
Love of My Life
03 : 39
10
Good Company
03 : 24
11
Bohemian Rhapsody
05 : 55
12
God Save the Queen
01 : 16
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Track Lyrics
Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…) Lyrics
[Guitar Solo Intro]
[Verse 1]
(Ah!) You suck my blood like a leech
You break the law and you breach
Screw my brain till it hurts
You've taken all my money and you want more
Misguided old mule
With your pigheaded rules
With your narrow-minded cronies
Who are fools of the first division
[Chorus]
Death on two legs
You're tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You never had a heart of your own
Killjoy, bad guy
Big talking small fry
You're just an old barrow boy
Have you found a new toy to replace me?
Can you face me?
But now you can kiss my ass goodbye
Feel good? Are you satisfied?
Do you feel like suicide? (I think you should)
Is your conscience all right?
Does it plague you at night?
Do you feel good? (Feel good!)
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
(Ah!) Talk like a big business tycoon
You're just a hot air balloon
So no one gives you a damn
You're just an overgrown schoolboy
Let me tan your hide
Dog with disease
You're the king of the sleaze
Put your money where your mouth is
Mr. Know-All, was the fin on your back part of the deal?
Shark!
[Chorus]
Death on two legs
Tearing me apart
Death on two legs
You never had a heart (You never did)
Of your own (Right from the start)
Insane, should be put inside
You're a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride
Should be made unemployed
Make yourself null and void
Make me feel good (I feel good!)
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I go off to work on Monday morning
Tuesday, I go off to honeymoon
I'll be back again before it's time for sunny-down
I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon
Bicycling on every Wednesday evening
Thursday, I go waltzing to the Zoo (Uuuh)
[Bridge]
I come from London town
I'm just an ordinary guy
Fridays, I go painting in the Louvre
[Verse 2]
I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night (There he goes again)
I'll be lazing on a Sunday, lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon
[Outro]
I’m in Love With My Car Lyrics
[Verse]
The machine of a dream
Such a clean machine
With the pistons a-pumping
And the hubcaps all gleam
[Pre-Chorus]
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When my hand's on your grease gun
Oh, it's like a disease, son
[Chorus]
I'm in love with my car
Got to feel for my automobile
Get a grip on my boy racer roll bar
Such a thrill when your radials squeal
[Bridge]
Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburetor
So, she made tracks
Saying, "This is the end now
Cars don't talk back
They're just four-wheeled friends, now"
[Pre-Chorus]
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When I'm cruising in overdrive
Don't have to listen
To no run-of-the-mill talk jive
[Chorus]
I'm in love with my car (Ooh, I'm in love with my car)
Got to feel for my automobile (Ooh)
I'm in love with my car (Ooh, I'm in love with my car)
String back gloves
In my automolove (Ooh)
You’re My Best Friend Lyrics
[Intro]
[Chorus]
Ooh, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooh, you make me live now, honey
Ooh, you make me live
[Verse 1]
Oh, you're the best friend that I ever had
Been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
[Refrain]
(Ooh) Oh, you're my best friend
[Chorus]
Ooh, you make me live
[Verse 2]
Ooh, I've been wandering round (Round)
But still come back to you
(Ooh, still come back to you)
In rain or shine, you've stood by me girl (Girl)
I'm happy at home
(I'm happy, happy at home)
[Refrain]
You're my best friend
[Chorus]
Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you to help me forgive
Ooh, you make me live now, honey
Ooh, you make me live
[Verse 3]
Oh, you're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the things
I really love the things that you do
[Refrain]
Oh, you're my best friend (Oh)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Ooh, you make me live
(Live, live, live)
I'm happy at home
[Refrain]
You're my best friend
Oh, you're my best friend
[Outro]
Ooh, you make me live, ooh
Ooh, you're my best friend
’39 Lyrics
[Instrumental intro]
[Verse 1]
In the year of '39 assembled here, the Volunteers
In the days when lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
Sweetest sight ever seen
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day
Sailed across the milky seas
Never looked back, never feared, never cried
[Chorus]
Don't you hear my call?
Though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you?
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 2]
In the year of '39
Came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day, and they bring good news
Of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weight
For the Earth is old and grey
Little darling, we'll away but my love this cannot be
For so many years are gone
Though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me
[Chorus]
Don't you hear my call?
Though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you?
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
[Outro]
Don't you hear my call?
Though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you?
All your letters in the sand
Cannot heal me like your hand
For my life still ahead, pity me
Sweet Lady Lyrics
[Intro]
Ooh, I like it
[Verse 1]
You call me up and treat me like a dog
You call me up and tear me up inside
You've got me on a lead
Ooh, you bring me down, you shout around
You don't believe that I'm alone
Ooh, you don't believe me
[Chorus]
Sweet lady
Sweet lady
Sweet lady (Sweet lady)
Ooh, stay sweet
[Verse 2]
You call me up and feed me all the lines
You call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese
Waiting on the shelf
You eat me up, you hold me down
I'm just a fool to make you a home
Ooh, you really do and you say
[Chorus]
Sweet lady (Sweet lady)
Sweet lady (Sweet lady)
Sweet lady (Ooh, come on)
Stay sweet
[Bridge]
My sweet lady
Though it seems like we wait forever
Stay sweet, baby
Believe and we've got everything we need
(Got everything we need)
[Chorus]
Sweet lady
Sweet lady
Sweet lady (Yeah, ooh, ooh)
Stay sweet (Stay sweet)
[Outro]
Oh, runaway
Come on
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Sweet lady
Woo!
[Solo]
Seaside Rendezvous Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Seaside, whenever you stroll along with me
I'm merely contemplating what you feel inside
Meanwhile, I ask you to be my Clementine
You say you will if you could, but you can't
I love you madly
Let my imagination run away with you gladly
A brand new angle, highly commendable
Seaside rendezvous
[Verse 2]
I feel so romantic, can we do it again?
Can we do it again sometime? (Ooh, I'd like that)
Fantastic, c'est la vie mesdames et messieurs
And at the peak of the season
The Mediterranean
This time of year, it's so fashionable
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 3]
I feel like dancing in the rain
Can I have a volunteer?
(Just keep right on dancing)
What a damn jolly good idea
It's such a jollification, as a matter of fact
So très charmant, my dear
[Verse 4]
Underneath the moonlight
Together we'll sail across the sea
Reminiscing every night
Meantime (And in the meantime, baby)
I ask you to be my valentine
You say you'd have to tell your daddy if you can
I'll be your Valentino
We'll ride upon an omnibus and then the casino
Get a new facial, start a sensational
[Outro]
Seaside rendezvous, so adorable
Seaside rendezvous, ooh-ooh
Seaside rendezvous, give us a kiss
The Prophet’s Song Lyrics
[Intro]
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning," the seer he said
Beware the storm that gathers here
Listen to the wise man!
[Verse 1]
I dreamed I saw, on a moonlit stair
Spreading his hand on the multitude there
A man who cried for a love gone stale
And ice cold hearts of charity bare
I watched as fear took the old man's gaze
Hopes of the young in troubled graves
[Pre-Chorus]
"I see no day," I heard him say
So grey is the face of every mortal
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning," the prophet he said
For soon the cold of night will fall
Summoned by your own hand
Oh-oh, children of the land
Quicken to the new life, take my hand
Ooh, fly and find the new green bough
Return like the white dove
[Verse 2]
He told of death as a bone white haze
Taking the lost and the unloved, babe
Late too late, all the wretches run
These kings of beasts now counting their days
From mother's love is the son estranged
Married his own, his precious gain
[Pre-Chorus]
The earth will shake, in two will break
And death all around will be your dowry!
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning," the seer he said
For those who hear and mark my words
Listen to the good plan
[Bridge]
Oh, oh
And two by two, my human zoo
They'll be running for to come
Running for to come out of the rain
Oh, flee for your life
Who heed me not, let all your treasure make you
Oh, fear for your life
Deceive you not, the fires of hell will take you
Should death await you?
[Acapella Canon]
Ah, people can you hear me?
People can you hear me?
People can you hear me?
And now I know and now I know
And now I know, I know
I know that you can hear me
And now I know, now I know
That you can hear me
And now I know that you can hear me
Now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know
Now I know
The earth will shake, in two will break
The earth will shake, in two will break
In two will break
In two will break
In two will break
In two will break
Death all around, around, around, around
Around, around, around, around
Now I know, now I know, now I know
And now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise
Listen to the wise man
Listen to the wise man
Listen to the wise man
La-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la (La-la)
La-la (La-la)
La-la
La-la (La-la)
La-la (La-la)
La-la
La-la (La-la)
La-la (La-la)
La-la
La-la (La-la)
La-la (La-la)
La-la
Come here
I, you
Come here
I, you
Come here
I, you
Ah, ah
Ah, ah
Listen to the man, listen to the man
Listen to the man, listen to the madman
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
God give you grace to purge this place
And peace all around may be your fortune
[Chorus]
Oh-oh, children of the land
Love is still the answer, take my hand
The vision fades, a voice I hear
"Listen to the madman"
[Outro]
Ooh, but still I fear and still I dare not
Laugh at the madman
[String Outro]
Love of My Life Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Love of my life, you've hurt me
You've broken my heart
And now you leave me
Love of my life, can't you see?
[Chorus]
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me
Because you don't know
What it means to me
[Verse 2]
Love of my life, don't leave me
You've taken my love (all my love)
And now desert me
Love of my life, can't you see?
[Chorus]
(Please bring it back, back) Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me
Because you don't know
What it means to me (means to me)
[Bridge]
You will remember when this is blown over
And everything's all by the way
When I grow older
I will be there at your side
To remind you
How I still love you (I still love you)
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus]
Back, hurry back
Please bring it back home to me
Because you don't know
What it means to me (means to me)
[Outro]
Love of my life
Love of my life
Ooh, ooh
Good Company Lyrics
[Verse 1]
"Take good care of what you've got"
My father said to me
As he puffed his pipe and Baby B
He dandled on his knee
Don't fool with fools who'll turn away
Keep all good company
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
[Chorus]
Take care of those you call your own
And keep good company
[Verse 2]
Soon I grew and happy too
My very good friends and me
We'd play all day with Sally J
The girl from number four
And very soon I begged her
"Won't you keep me company?"
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
[Chorus]
Oh, marry me for evermore
We'll be good company
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
We'll be good company
[Bridge]
Now marriage is an institution, sure
My wife and I, our needs and nothing more
All my friends by a year
By and by disappear
But we're safe enough behind our door
[Verse 3]
I flourished in my humble trade
My reputation grew
The work devoured my waking hours
But when my time was through
Reward of all my efforts
My own limited company
[Ukelele Solo]
[Chorus]
I hardly noticed Sally
As we parted company
[Bridge]
All through the years
In the end, it appears
There was never really anyone but me
[Verse 4]
Now I'm old, I puff my pipe
But no one's there to see
I ponder on the lesson of
My life's insanity
[Chorus]
Take care of those you call your own
And keep good company
[Guitar Jazz Band Section]
Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics
[Intro]
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me
[Verse 1]
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
[Verse 2]
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh (Any way the wind blows)
I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro magnifico (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah, no, we will not let you go
(Let him go) Bismillah, we will not let you go
(Let him go) Bismillah, we will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Never, never, never, never let me go) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia) Mamma mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
[Bridge]
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
[Outro]
(Ooh)
(Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah)
Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows