Lyrics to
Jimmy Jazz

This version of Jimmy Jazz was released by The Clash in 1979.

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The police walked in for Jimmy Jazz
I said, he ain’t here, but he sure went past
Oh, you’re looking for Jimmy Jazz

Sattamassagana for Jimmy Dread
Cut off his ears and chop off his head
Police came looking for Jimmy Jazz

So if you’re gonna take a message ‘cross this town
Maybe put it down somewhere over the other side
See it gets to Jimmy Jazz

Don’t you bother me, not anymore
I can’t take this tale, oh, no more
It’s all around, Jimmy Jazz

J-a-zee zee J-a-zed zed
J-a-zed zed Jimmy Jazz
And then it sucks, he said, suck that!
So go look all around, you can try your luck, brother
ANd see what you found
But I guarantee that it ain’t your day
Chop! Chop!

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About Lyrics and Jimmy Jazz by The Clash

The lyrics for Jimmy Jazz are defined as the words making up the song released by The Clash in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Jimmy Jazz have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Clash and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Jimmy Jazz by The Clash if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Jimmy Jazz" means the words set to the music of Jimmy Jazz, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Clash. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Jimmy Jazz and the lyrics to Jimmy Jazz are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Clash who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jimmy Jazz, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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