Greatest Hits (1981)

1. Bohemian Rhapsody

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
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me
-to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life has just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo, 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

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, ooo (Anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silouhetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramoush will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me
Gallileo
Gallileo
Gallileo
Gallileo
Gallileo figaro - magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy and 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 - let me go
No, no, no, no, no, no, no-
Oh Mama mia mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meeeeeee

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

Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me
Anyway the wind blows..

2. Another One Bites The Dust

Steve walks wearily down the street with his brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine guns ready to go

Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, yeah
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think I'm gonna get along without you when your gone
You took me for everything that I had, and kicked me out on my own

Are you happy are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat. Look Out!

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Ooh shoot out

There are plenty of way that you can hurt a man, and bring him to the ground
You can beat him you can cheat him you can treat him bad and leave him when he's down
But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you
I'm standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating to the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
Shoot Out!

3. Killer Queen

She keeps Moet et Chandon, in her pretty cabinet
Let them eat cake she says, just like Marie Antoinette
A built in remedy, for Khruschev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation, you can't decline

Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice

She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime, ooh
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?

To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation, she spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China, went down to Geisha Minah
Then again incidentally, if you're that way inclined

Perfume came naturally from Paris
For cars she couldn't care less
Fastidious and precise

She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime

Drop of a hat she's a willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild..
She's all out to get you

She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime, ooh
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
You wanna try

4. Fat Bottomed Girls

Are you going to 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 every 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 everytime, come on

Oh won't you take me home tonight
Oh 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've got stiffness in your bones
Ain't no beauty queens in this locality (I tell you)
Oh but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman you gonna make a big man out of me

Oh you gonna take me home tonight (please)
Oh down beside that 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
Fat bottomed girls
Fat bottomed girls

5. Bicycle Race

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 race

Hey!
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

6. You're My Best Friend

Ooo, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me It's you, you're all I see
Ooo, you make me live now honey
Ooo, you make me live

You're the best friend that I ever had
I've 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
You're my best friend

Ooo, you make me live
I've been wandering round
But I still came back to you
In rain or shine you've stood by me girl
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend

Ooo, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you to help me forgive
Ooo, you make me live now honey
Ooo, you make me live

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
You're my best friend

Ooo, you make me live
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live
You, you're my best friend

7. Don't Stop Me Now

Tonight I'm going to 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 Mr.Fahrenheit
I'm travelling 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 having a good time)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm having 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 Mr.Fahrenheit
I'm travelling 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
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 Mr.Fahrenheit
I'm travelling 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 having a good time)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all

8. Save Me

It started off so well
They said we made a perfect pair
I clothed myself in you glory and your love
How I loved you, how I cried
The years of care and loyalty
Were nothing but a sham it seems
The years belie we lived the lie
"I love you 'till I die"

Save Me
Save Me
Save Me
I can't face this life alone
Save me, save me, save me
I'm naked and I'm far from home

The slate will soon be clean
I'll erase the memories
To start again with somebody new
Was it all wasted, all that love?
I hang my head and I advertise
A soul for sale or rent
I have no heart, I'm cold inside
I have no real intent

Save Me
Save Me
Save Me
I can't face this life alone
Save me, save me, oh
I'm naked and I'm far from home

Each night I cry, I still believe the lie
I love you 'till I die

Save me, save me, oh yeah
Save me, save me, oh save me
Don't let me face this life alone
Save me, save me, oh
I'm naked and I'm far from home

9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night
It swings (woo woo) it jives (woo woo)
It shakes all over like a jellyfish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
She knows how to rock'n'roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
Get on my track's
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
Get on my track's
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready (Ready Freddie)
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

10. Somebody To Love

Can anybody find me somebody to love
Each morning I get up and die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look at yourself in the mirror and cry
Lord what you're doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief, Lord!
Somebody, somebody
Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?

I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end (at the end of the day)
I take home my hard
earned pay all on my own
I get down on my knees and start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord-somebody-somebody
Please can anybody find me, somebody to love?

He works hard
Everyday-I try and I try and I try
But everybody wants to put me down
they say I'm going crazy
They say I've got a lot of water in my brain
I got no common sense
I got nobody left to believe
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Oh Lord
Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Anybody find me someone to love?

Got no feel I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat (you just keep losing and losing)
I'm OK, I'm alright (he's alright he's alright)
Ain't gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday, I'm gonna be free Lord!

Find me somebody to love (repeat several times)
Can anybody find me....Somebody to love?
Find me somebody to love...

11. Now I'm Here

Here I stand
Look around, around, around...
But you won't see me
Now I'm here, now I'm there, I'm just a..
Just a new man
Yes you made me live again

A baby I was when you took my hand and the light of the night burned bright
And the people all stared didn't understand, but you knew my name on sight
Whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be-don't worry baby I'm safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches and me
Don't I love her so, she made me live again

Yeah
A thin moon me in a smoke screen sky
Where the beams of your love life chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With a rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople and me
Don't I love him so, ooh don't I love him so

Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you

Now I'm here
Think I'll stay around around around
Down in the city just you and me
Don't I love you so
Go go go little pretty (?)

12. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things
We can do the tango just for two
I can serenade and gently play on your heart strings
Be a Valentino just for you

Ooh love - ooh loverboy
What're you doing tonight, hey boy
Set my alarm, turn on my charm
That's because I'm a good old fashioned loverboy

Ooh let me feel your heartbeat (grow faster, faster)
Ooh ooh can you feel my love heat
Come on and sit on my hot seat of love
And tell me how do you feel right after all
I'd like for you and I to go romancing
Say the word, your wish is my command

Ooh love, ooh loverboy
What're you doing tonight, hey boy
Write my letter, feel much better
I'll use my fancy patter on the telephone
When I'm not with you
I think of you always
I miss you (I miss those long hot summer nights)
When I'm not with you, think of me always
I love you - love you

Hey boy, where'd you get it from
Hey boy where did you go
I learned my passion in the good old fashioned school of loverboys
Dining at the Ritz we'll meet at nine precisely
I will pay the bill you taste the wine
Driving back in style in my saloon will do quite nicely
Just take me back to yours that will be fine (come on and get it)

Ooh love, ooh loverboy
What're you doing tonight, hey boy
Everything's all right, just hold on tight
That's because I'm a good old fashioned loverboy

13. Play The Game

Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy, all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, everybody play the game of love
When you're feelin down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarrette and let yourself go
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, everybody play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumpin through my veins
Driving me insane
Come come come come play the game, play the game, play the game, play the game
Play the game, everybody play the game of love

This is your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Play the game of love

This is your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Play the game of love

15. Seven Seas Of Rhye

Fear me you lords and lady preachers
I descend upon your earth from the skies
I command your very souls you unbelievers
Bring before me what is mine
The seven seas of rhye

Can you hear me you peers and privvy counselors
I stand before you naked to the eyes
I will destroy any man who dares abuse my trust
I swear that you'll be mine
The seven seas of rhye

Sister - I live and die for you
Mister - Do and I'll die
You are mine, I possess you
I belong to you forever

Storm the master marathon I'll fly through
By flash and thunder fire and I'll survive, I'll survive,
I'll survive
Then I'll defy the laws of nature and come out alive
Then I'll get you
Be gone with you, you shod and shady senators
Give out the good, leave out the bad evil cries
I challenge the might titan and his troubadours
And with a smile
I'll take you to the seven seas of rhye...

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
Oh I do like to be beside the sea
Oh I do like to stroll along the prom prom prom
Where the brass bands play tiddley om pom pom
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
Oh I do like to be beside the sea
When I'm down beside the sea
I'm beside myself with glee
Beside the seaside
Beside the sea

16. We Will Rock You

Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin the street gonna be a big man someday
You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
Kickin your can all over the place
Singin' we will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Buddy you're a young man hard man
Shoutin in the street gonna take on the world someday
You got blood on your face, you big disgrace
Wavin your banner all over the place
We will we will rock you
Singin we will we will rock you

Buddy you're an old man poor man
Pleadin with your eyes gonna make you some peace someday
You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
Somebody better put you back in your place

We will we will rock you, sing it
We will we will rock you
Everybody we will, we will rock you
We will we will rock you

17. We Are The Champions

I've paid my dues, time after time
I've done my sentence, but committed no crime
And bad mistakes, I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, but I've come through

We are the champions-my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions, of the world

I've taken my bows, and my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune, and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race, and I ain't gonna lose

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions of the world

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions