Lyrics to
Jealousy

This version of Jealousy was released by Queen in 1978.

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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 to 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 kind

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

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About Lyrics and Jealousy by Queen

The lyrics to Jealousy are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Queen in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Jealousy are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Queen and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Jealousy back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Jealousy by Queen in a number of ways. 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 Jealousy" means the words set to the music of Jealousy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Queen. 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 Jealousy and the lyrics to Jealousy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Queen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jealousy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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