can you tell me why the bells are ringing?
nothing´s happened in a million years
i´ve been sitting here since wednesday morning
wednesday morning can´t believe my ears
jazz police are looking through my folders
jazz police are talking to my niece
jazz police have got their final orders
jazzer, drop your axe, it´s jazz police!

jesus taken serious by the many
jesus taken joyous by a few
jazz police are paid by j.p. getty
jazzers paid by j. paul getty ii

jazz police i hear you calling
jazz police i feel so blue
jazz police i think i´m falling,
i´m falling for you

wild as any freedom loving racist
i applaud the actions of the chief
tell me now oh beautiful and spacious
am i in trouble with the jazz police?

jazz police are looking through my folders...

they will never understand our culture
they´ll never understand the jazz police
jazz police are working for my mother
blood is thicker margarine than grease

let me be somebody i admire
let me be that muscle down the street
stick another turtle on the fire
guys like me are mad for turtle meat

jazz police i hear you calling
jazz police i feel so blue
jazz police i think i´m falling,
i´m falling for you