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February 21 2010



Artist: david bowie
Album : the singles collection disc 1&2
Year: 1993
Genre: rock
Total Time: 02:31:33

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1
Ground control to Major Tom
Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to Major Tom
(10, 9, 8, 7)
Commencing countdown, engines on
(6, 5, 4, 3)
Check ignition, and may God´s love be with you
(2, 1, liftoff)

This is ground control to Major Tom,
You´ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it´s time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is Major Tom to ground control
I´m stepping through the door
And I´m floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue, and there´s nothing I can do

Though I´m past 100,000 miles
I´m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows

Ground control to Major Tom,
Your circuit´s dead, there´s something wrong
Can you hear me Major Tom
Can you hear me Major Tom
Can you hear me Major Tom
Can you...

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet Earth is blue, and there´s nothing I can do
space oddity
david bowie
2
I-I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins-like dolphins can swim
Though nothing-nothing will keep us together
We can beat them-for ever and ever
Oh we can be heroes-just for one day
I-I will be king
And you-you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes-just for one day
We can beat them-just for one day
I-I can remember
Standing-by the wall
And the guns-shot above our heads
And we kissed-as though nothing could fall
And the shame-was on the other side
Oh we can beat them-forever and ever
Then we could be heroes-just for one day
We can be heroes (3X)
Just for one day
We can be heroes
We´re nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we´re lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day
Oh, oh, oh, ohhh-oh, oh, oh, ohhh, just for one day
Oh, just for one day
heroes
david bowie
3
I still don´t know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I´d got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I´ve never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I´m much too fast to take that test

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don´t want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can´t trace time

I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They´re quite aware of what they´re going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don´t tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-Changes
Where´s your shame
You´ve left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can´t trace time

Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace I´m going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-Changes
Oh, look out you rock ´n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the stranger)
Ch-ch-Changes
Pretty soon you´re gonna get a little older
Time may change me
But I can´t trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can´t trace time
changes
david bowie
4
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Oooooooo...

Weaving down a byroad, singing the song
That´s my kind of highrolling gone wrong
My-my
Smile at least
You can´t say no to the Beauty and the Beast

Something in the night
Something in the day
Nothing is wrong but darling
Something´s in the way
There´s slaughter in the air
Protest on the wind
Someone else inside me
Someone could get skinned, how
My-my
Someone fetch a priest
You can´t say no to the Beauty and the Beast
Darling

My-my
You can´t say no to the Beauty and the Beast
(Weakling)
My-my
You can´t say no to the Beauty and the Beast

I wanted to believe me
I wanted to be good
I wanted no distractions
Like every good boy should

My-my

Nothing will corrupt us
Nothing will compete
Thank god heaven left us
Standing on our feet
My-my
Beauty and the Beast

My-my
Just Beauty and the Beast
You can´t say no to the Beauty and the Beast
Darling

My-my
My
My-my
My
beauty and the beast
david bowie
5
Starman:

Didn´t know what time it was,
the lights were low
I leaned back on my radio
Some cat was layin´ down
some rock ´n´ roll ´lotta soul, he said
Then the loud sound did seem to fade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase
That weren´t no D.J. that was hazy cosmic jive

There´s a starman waiting in the sky
He´d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he´d blow our minds
There´s a starman waiting in the sky
He´s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it´s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

I had to phone someone so I picked on you
Hey, that´s far out so you heard him too!
Switch on the TV we may pick him up on channel two
Look out your window I can see his light
If we can sparkle he may land tonight
Don´t tell your poppa or he´ll get us locked up
in fright

There´s a starman waiting in the sky
He´d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he´d blow our minds
There´s a starman waiting in the sky
He´s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it´s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

There´s a starman waiting in the sky
He´d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he´d blow our minds
There´s a starman waiting in the sky
He´s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it´s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie
starman
david bowie
6
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(David Bowie/Brian Eno)

Heaven loves ya
The clouds part for ya
Nothing stands in your way
When you´re a boy

Clothes always fit ya
Life is a pop of the cherry
When you´re a boy

When you´re a boy
You can wear a uniform
When you´re a boy
Other boys check you out
You get a girl
These are your favourite things
When you´re a boy

Boys
Boys
Boys keep swinging
Boys always work it out

Uncage the colours
Unfurl the flag
Luck just kissed you hello
When you´re a boy

They´ll never clone ya
You´re always first on the line
When you´re a boy

When you´re a boy
You can buy a home of your own
When you´re a boy
Learn to drive and everything
You´ll get your share
When you´re a boy

Boys
Boys
Boys keep swinging
Boys always work it out
boys keep swinging
david bowie
7
Ziggy played guitar,
jamming good with Weird and Gilly
The spiders from Mars.
He played it left hand,
But made it too far,
Became the special man,
then we were Ziggy´s band.

Ziggy really sang,
screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan,
he could lick ´em by smiling
He could leave ´em to hang
Came on so loaded man,
well hung and snow white tan.

So where were the spiders while
the fly tried to break our balls
Just the beer light to guide us,
So we bitched about his fans and
should we crush his sweet hands

Ziggy played for time,
living us that we were voodoo
The kids were just crass,
he was the nazz
With God given ass
He took it all too far but
boy could he play guitar.

Making love with his ego
Ziggy sucked up into his mind
Like a leper messiah
When the kids had killed the man
I had to break up the band
ziggy stardust
david bowie
8
I´m home, lost my job, and incurably ill
You think this is easy, realism
I´ve got a girl out there, i suppose
I think she´s dancing
Feel like dan dare lies down
I think she´s dancing, what do i know

I am a d.j., i am what i play
Can´t turn around no, can´t turn around, no, oh, ooh
I am a d.j., i am what i play
Can´t turn around no, can´t turn around, no, oh no

I am a d.j., i am what i play
I got believers (kiss-kiss)
Believing me, oh

One more, weekend, of lights and evening faces
Fast food, living nostalgia
Humble pie or bitter fruit

I am a d.j., i am what i play
Can´t turn around no, can´t turn around no, ooh

I am a d.j., i am what i say
Can´t turn around no, can´t turn around, ooh

I am a d.j., i am what i play
I´ve got believers (kiss-kiss)
Believing me

I am a d.j., i am what i play
Can´t turn around no, can´t turn around
I am a d.j., i am what i play
Can´t turn around no, can´t turn around
I am a d.j., i am what i play
Can turn around no (kiss-kiss)

Time flies when you´re having fun
Break his heart, break her heart
He used to be my boss and millions of puppet dancer
I am a d.j., and i´ve got believers

I´ve got believers
I´ve got believers
I´ve got believers in me
I´ve got believers
I am a d.j., i am what i play
I am a d.j.
d.j.
david bowie
9
Hey man, oh leave me alone you know
Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta
Hey man, I gotta straighten my face
This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place

Hey man, my schooldays insane
Hey man, my work´s down the drain
Hey man, well she´s a total blam-blam
She said she had to squeeze it but she... then she...

(CHORUS)
Oh don´t lean on me man, cause you can´t afford the ticket
I´m back on Suffragette City
Oh don´t lean on me man
Cause you ain´t got time to check it
You know my Suffragette City
Is outta sight...she´s all right

Hey man, Henry, don´t be unkind, go away
Hey man, I can´t take you this time, no way
Hey man, droogie don´t crash here
There´s only room for one and here she comes, here she comes

CHORUS

Oh hit me!

CHORUS

A Suffragette City, a Suffragette City
I´m back on Suffragette City, I´m back on Suffragette City
Ooo, Sufraggete city, ooo, Suffragette City
Oooh-how, Sufragette City, oooh-how, Sufragette City, oooh-how
Sufragette

Ohhh, Wham Bam Thank You Ma´am!

A Suffragette City, a Suffragette City
Quite all right
A Suffragette City
Too fine
A Suffragette City, ooh, a Sufragette City
Oh, my Sufragette City, oh my Suffragette City
Oh, Suffragette
Suffragette
suffragette city
david bowie
10
Show us the way to the next whiskey bar
Oh don´t ask why
For we must find the next whiskey bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die

Oh moon of alabama
It´s time to say goodbye
We´ve lost our good ole mama
And must have whiskey or you know why

Oh show us the way to the next dollar
Oh don´t ask why
For we must find the next little dollar
Or if we don´t find the next little dollar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die

Oh moon of alabama
It´s time to say goodbye
We´ve lost our good ole mama
And must have dollar or you know why

Oh moon of alabama
It´s time to say goodbye
We´ve lost our good ole mama
And must have dollar or you know why

Oh show us the way to the next little girl
Oh don´t ask why
For we must find the next little girl
Or if we don´t find the next little girl
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die

Oh moon of alabama
It´s time to say goodbye
We´ve lost our good ole mama
And must have little girl
Or you know why

Oh moon of alabama
It´s time to say goodbye
We´ve lost our good ole mama
And must have dollar or you know why
alabama song
david bowie
11
JOHN, I´M ONLY DANCING

WELL ANNIE´S PRETTY NEAT SHE ALWAYS EATS HER MEAT
JOE IS AWFUL STRONG BET YOUR LIFE HE IS PUTTING US ON
OH LORDY OH LORDY YOU KNOW I NEED SOME LOVING
I´M MOVING TOUCH ME
JOHN I´M ONLY DANCING SHE TURNS ME ON
BUT I´M ONLY DANCING SHE TURNS ME ON
DON´T GET ME WRONG I´M ONLY DANCING

AH BACK STREET LOVE IS QUICK AND CLEAN
LIFE´S A WELL-THUMBED MACHINE
I SAW YOU WATCHING FROM THE STAIRS
YOU´RE EV´RYONE WHO EVER CARED
OH LORDY OH LORDY YOU KNOW I NEED SOME LOVING
I´M MOVING TOUCH ME
JOHN I´M ONLY DANCING SHE TURNS ME ON
BUT I´M ONLY DANCING SHE TURNS ME ON
DON´T GET ME WRONG I´M ONLY DANCING
john, i'm only dancing
david bowie
12
Do you remember a guy that´s been
In such an early song
I heard a rumour from Ground Control
Oh no, don´t say it´s true

They got a message from the action man
"I´m happy, hope you´re happy too
I´ve loved all I needed to love"
Sordid details following

The shreiking of nothing is killing
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I
ain´t got no money and I ain´t got no hair
But I´m hoping to kick...but the planet is growing

CHORUS Ashes to Ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom´s a junkie
Strung out on heaven´s high
Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself
I´ll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again

I´m stuck with a valuable friend
"I´m happy, hope you´re happy too"
One flash of light...but no smoking pistol

I´ve never done good things
I´ve never done bad things
I´ve never done anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh

Want an axe to break the ice
Want to come down right now

CHORUS

REPEAT
My mother said to get things done
You better not mess with Major Tom
ashes to ashes
david bowie
13
A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city
Strung out on lasers and slash back blazers
Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters
Talking bout Monroe and walking on Snow White
New York´s a go-go and everything tastes right
Poor little Greenie

CHORUS
The Jean Genie lives on his back
The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks
He´s outrageous, he screams and he bawls
Jean Genie let yourself go!

Sits like a man but he smiles like a reptile
She loves him, she loves him but just for a short while
She´ll scratch in the sand, won´t let go his hand
He says he´s a beautician and sells you nutrition
And keeps all your dead hair for making up underwear
Poor little Greenie

CHORUS

He´s so simple minded he can´t drive his module
He bites on the neon and sleeps in the capsule
Loves to be loved, loves to be loved

CHORUS (repeat
the jean genie
david bowie
14
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There´s a brand new dance
But I don´t know it´s name
That people from bad homes
Do again and again
It´s big and it´s bland
Full tension and fear
They do it over there
But we don´t do it here

Fashion - Turn to the left
Fashion - Turn to the right
We are the goon squad
And we´re coming to town
Beep-beep - Beep-beep

Listen to me - Don´t listen to me
Talk to me - Don´t talk to me
Dance with me - Don´t dance with me
No - Beep-beep - Beep-beep

There´s a brand new talk
But it´s not very clear
That people from good homes
Are talking this year
It´s loud and it´s tasteless
I´ve not heard it before
Shout it while you´re dancing
On the -er dance floor

Fashion - Turn to the left
Fashion - Turn to the right
We are the goon squad
And we´re coming to town
Beep-beep - Beep-beep

Listen to me - Don´t listen to me
Talk to me - Don´t talk to me
Dance with me - Don´t dance with me
No - Beep-beep - Beep-beep

Oop bop - do do do do do do do do
Fa fa fa fa fashion
fashion
david bowie
15
Let me put my arms about your head
Gee, it´s hot let´s go to bed
Don´t forget to turn out the light
Don´t laugh babe, it´ll be allright
Pour me out another phone
I´ll ring and see if your friends are home
Perhaps the strange ones in the dome
Can lend us a book we can read up alone

And try to get it on like once before
when people stared in Jagger´s eyes and scored
Like the video films we saw

His name was always Buddy
And he´d shrug and ask to stay
And she´d sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid
And turn her face away
She´s uncertain if she likes him
But she knows she really loves him
It´s a crash course for the ravers
It´s a Drive-in Saturday

Jung the foreman played at work
That neither hands nor limbs would burst
It´s hard enough to keep formations with this fall out
saturation
Cursing at the Astronette
That stands in steel by his cabinet
He´s crashing out with Sylvian
The Bureau Supply for ageing men
With snorting head he gazes to the shore
Which once had raised a sea that raged no more
Like the video films we saw

His name was always Buddy
And he´d shrug and ask to stay
And she´d sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid
and turn her face away
She´s uncertain if she likes him
But she knows she really loves him
It´s a crash course for the ravers
It´s a Drive-in Saturday
drive in saturday
david bowie
16
==========

She had an horror of rooms she was tired you can´t hide beat
When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home
She could´ve been a killer if she didn´t walk the way she do, and she do
She opened strange doors that we´d never close again

She began to wail jealousies scream
Waiting at the light know what I mean

CHORUS (twice)
Scary monsters, super creeps
Keep me running, running scared

She asked me to stay and I stole her room
She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind
Now she´s stupid in the street and she can´t socialise
Well I love the little girl and I´ll love her till the day she dies

She wails
Jimmy´s guitar sound jealousies scream
Waiting at the light know what I mean

CHORUS (twice)

CHORUS (twice)

Oh oh woh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh
scary monsters (and super creeps)
david bowie
17
It´s a God awful small affair
To the girl with the mousey hair,
But her mummy is yelling, "No!"
And her daddy has told her to go,
But her friend is no where to be seen.
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seats with the clearest view
And she´s hooked to the silver screen,
But the film is sadd´ning bore
For she´s lived it ten times or more.
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on

Sailors
Fighting in the dance hall.
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go.
It´s the freakiest show.
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy.
Oh man!
Wonder if he´ll ever know
He´s in the best selling show.
Is there life on Mars

It´s on America´s tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow.
Now the workers have struck for fame
´Cause Lennon´s on sale again.
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads.
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns,
But the film is a sadd´ning bore
´Cause I wrote it ten times or more.
It´s about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on

Sailors
Fighting in the dance hall.
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go.
It´s the freakiest show.
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy.
Oh man!
Wonder if he´ll ever know
He´s in the best selling show.
Is there life on Mars
life on mars?
david bowie
18
pressure pushing down on me
pressing down on you no man ask for
under pressure---that burns a building down
splits a family in two
puts people on streets

it´s the terror of knowing
what this world is about
watching some good friends
screaming ´let me out´
pray tomorrow---gets me higher
pressure on people---people on streets

chippin´ around---kick my brains around the floor
these are the days it never rains but it pours
people on streets---people on streets

it´s the terror of knowing
what this world is about
watching some good friends
screaming ´let me out´
pray tomorrow---gets me higher
pressure on people---people on streets

turned away from it all like a blind man
sat on a fence but it don´t work
keep coming up with love but it´s so slashed and torn
why---why---why
LOVE

insanity laughs under pressure we´re cracking
can´t we give ourselves one more chance
why can´t we give love that one more chance
why can´t we give love, give love, give love, give love, give love

´cause love´s such an old fashioned word
and love dares you to care for
the people on the edge of the night
and love dares you to change our way of
caring about ourselves
this is our last dance
this is our last dance
this is ourselves
under pressure
under pressure
pressure.

queen & david bowie, "under pressure" (1981
under pressure
david bowie
19
==
(B. Feldman/J. Goldstein/R. Gotteher)

With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you was sorrow
Sorrow
You acted funny trying to spend my money
You´re out there playing your high class games of sorrow
Sorrow

You never do what you know you oughta
Something tells me you´re a Devil´s daughter
Sorrow, sorrow
Ahhhh, ah, ahhhh

I tried to find her
´Cause I can´t resist her (I tried to find her)
I never knew just how much I missed her
Sorrow
Sorrow

With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you was sorrow
Sorrow
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

With your long blonde hair
I couldn´t sleep last night
With your long blonde hair
sorrow
david bowie
20
Love me, love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress, satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind, wild is the wind

You touch me, i hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You´re spring to me, all things to me
Don´t you know, you´re life itself!

Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we´re like creatures of the wind, wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

You touch me, i hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You´re spring to me, all things to me
Don´t you know, you´re life itself!

Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we´re like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind

Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
wild is the wind
david bowie
21
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo (x3)

You´ve got your mother in a whirl
She´s not sure if you´re a boy or a girl
Hey babe, your hair´s alright
Hey babe, let´s go out tonight
You like me, and I like it all
We like dancing and we look divine
You love bands when they´re playing hard
You want more and you want it fast
They put you down, they say I´m wrong
You tacky thing, you put them on

Rebel Rebel, you´ve torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know
Hot tramp, I love you so!

Don´t ya
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo

You´ve got your mother in a whirl ´cause she´s
Not sure if you´re a boy or a girl
Hey babe, your hair´s alright
Hey babe, let´s stay out tonight
You like me, and I like it all
We like dancing and we look divine
You love bands when they´re playing hard
You want more and you want it fast
They put you down, they say I´m wrong
You tacky thing, you put them on

Rebel Rebel, you´ve torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know
Hot tramp, I love you so!

Don´t ya
Oh
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo (x2)

Rebel Rebel, you´ve torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know
Hot tramp, I love you so!

You´ve torn your dress, your face is a mess
You can´t get enough, but enough ain´t the test
You´ve got your transmission and your live wire
You got your cue line and a handful of ludes
You wanna be there when they count up the dues
And I love your dress
You´re a juvenile success
Because your face is a mess
So how could they know
I said, how could they know

So what you wanna know
Calamity´s child, chi-chile, chi-chile
Where´d you wanna go
What can I do for you Looks like you´ve been there too
´Cause you´ve torn your dress
And your face is a mess
Ooo, your face is a mess
Ooo, ooo, so how could they know
Eh, eh, how could they know
Eh, eh
rebel rebel
david bowie
22
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Let´s dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let´s dance to the song they´re playin´ on the radio

Let´s sway while colour lights up your face
Let´s sway sway through the crowd to an empty space

If you say run, I´ll run with you
If you say hide, we´ll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower

Let´s dance for fear your grace should fall
Let´s dance for fear tonight is all

Let´s sway you could look into my eyes
Let´s sway under the moonlight, this serious moonlight

If you say run, I´ll run with you
If you say hide, we´ll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower

Let´s dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let´s dance to the song they´re playin´ on the radio

Let´s sway you could look into my eyes
Let´s sway under the moonlight, this serious moonlight
let's dance
david bowie
23rock & roll suicidedavid bowie
24
I could escape this feeling with my China Girl
I feel a wreck without my little China Girl
I hear her heart beating loud as thunder
Saw they stars crashing

I´m a mess without my little China Girl
Wake up mornings where´s my little China Girl
I hear her heart´s beating loud as thunder
Saw they stars crashing down

I feel a-tragic like I´m Marlon Brando
When I look at my China Girl
I could pretend that nothing really meant too much
When I look at my China Girl

I stumble into town just like a sacred cow
Visions of swastikas in my head
Plans for everyone
It´s in the whites of my eyes

My little China Girl
You shouldn´t mess with me
I´ll ruin everything you are
I´ll give you television
I´ll give you eyes of blue
I´ll give you men who want to rule the world

And when I get excited
My little China Girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
She says ... sh-sh-shhh
china girl
david bowie
25
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As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent
you asked for the latest party
With your silicon hump and your ten inch stump
Dressed like a priest you was,
Todd Browning streak he was
Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee,
I´m sure you´re not protected, for its plain to see
Diamond Dogs are poachers, and they hide behind trees
Hunt you to the ground they will,
mannequins with kill appeal

*chorus*
Will they come
I keep a friend serene
Will they come
Oh, baby, come unto me
Will they come
Well, she´s come, been, and gone
Come out of the garden, baby
You´ll catch a death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs

The Halloween Jack is a real cool cat,
and he lives on top of Manhattan Chase
The elevators broke, so he slides down a rope
onto the street below, oh Tarzie, go man, go
Meets his little hussy with his ghost-town approach
Her face is sans feature, but she wears a Dali broach
Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake
Wrecked up and paralyzed, Diamond Dogs are sable-ized

*chorus*

Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Ahhh-whooo, ah
Ah-owwww
wuf-wuf

In the year of the scavenger, season of the bitch
Sashay on the board-walk, scurry to the ditch
Just another future song, lonely little Keats
There´s gonna be sorrow, try and wake up tomorrow

*chorus*

Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Bow-wow, woof woof, bow-wow, wow
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Dogs
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Call them, call them
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Call them, call them, ooooo
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Keep cool
Diamond Dogs, OK
Hey-hey-hey-hey
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dog
Beware of the Diamond Dog
Dog, dog, dog
Beware of the Diamond Dog
diamond dogs
david bowie
26
I catch a paper boy
But things don´t really change
I´m standing in the wind
But I never wave bye-bye
But I try, I try

There´s no sign of life
It´s just the power to charm
I´m lying in the rain
But I never wave bye-bye
But I try, I try

Never gonna fall for
Modern love walks beside me
Modern love walks on by
Modern love gets me to the church on time

Church on time terrifies me
Church on time makes me party
Church on time puts my trust in god and man
God and man no confessions
God and man no religion
God and man don´t believe in modern love
modern love
david bowie
27
I don´t want to lose the good thing that i´ve got
If i do, i will surely, i will lose a lot

For your love is better than any love other i´ve know
It´s like thunder, lightning
The way you love me is frightening
I better knock on wood
Baby

I got superstitious about you, but i can´t take change
You got me spinning, baby, spinning in a trance
But your love is better than any other love i´ve known
It´s like thunder, lightning
The way you love me is frightening
You better knock on wood

It´s no secret, but that woman fills my lovin´ cup
She sees, so ready, that i get enough
And her love is better than any other love i´ve known
It´s like thunder
It´s like lightning
The way you love me is frightening
I better knock on wood
Baby

Better, yes, better
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) yes, i better
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) oh, knock on wood
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) you know i would, would
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) it´s no secret
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) no, oh, better
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) hangin´ above me
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) i can´t leave her
(yes you better knock, knock, knock on wood) oh no, baby

Knock on wood, woo!
knock on wood
david bowie
28
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Blue Jean-I just met me a girl named Blue Jean
Blue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money
Remember they always let you down when you need ´em
Oh, Blue Jean-is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean
She got a police bike
She got a turned up nose

Sometimes I feel like
(Oh, the whole human race)
Jazzin´ for Blue Jean
(Oh, and when my Blue Jean´s blue)
Blue Jean can send me
(Oh, somebody send me)
Somebody send me
(Oh, somebody send me)

One day I´m gonna write a poem in a letter
One day I´m gonna get that faculty together
Remember that everybody has to wait in line
Blue Jean-look out world you know I´ve got mine
She got Latin roots
She got everything
blue jean
david bowie
29
They pulled in just behind the fridge
He laid her down - he frowns
"Gee my life´s a funny thing
Am I still too young"
He kissed then and there
She took his ring, took his babies
It took him minutes, took her nowhere
Heaven knows she´d´ve taken anything

All night - she wants the young American
It´s all right - but she wants the young American

Scanning life through the picture window
She finds the slinky vagabond
He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang
Heaven forbid she´ll take anything
But the freak and his type - all for nothing
He misses a step and cuts his hand
Showing nothing he swoops like a song
She cries "Where have all papa´s heroes gone"

All night - she wants the young American
It´s all right - but she wants the young American

All the way from Washington
Her breadwinner begs of the bathroom floor
"We live for just these twenty years
Do we have to die for the fifty more"

All night - he wants the young American
It´s all right - but he wants the young American

Do you remember president Nixon
Do you remember the bills you have to pay
Or even yesterday

But you ain´t a pimp and you ain´t a hustler
Pimps got a Cadi - lady got a Chrysler
Black got respect - white got his soul train
Mama´s got cramps and look at your hands
I heard the news today oh boy
I got a suite and you got defeat
Ain´t there a man - who can say no more
Ain´t there a woman - I can sock in the jaw
Ain´t there a child - I can hold without judging
Ain´t there a pen - that will write before they die
Ain´t you proud - that you´ve still got faces
And ain´t there one damn song that can make me
Break down and cry

All night - I want the young American
It´s all right - but I want the young American
young americans
david bowie
30
This is not America, sha la la la la

A little piece of you
The little peace in me
Will die [This is not a miracle]
For this is not America

Blossom fails to bloom
This season
Promise not to stare
Too long [This is not America]
For this is not the miracle

There was a time
A storm that blew so pure
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have
The faintest idea

[For this is not America, sha la la la la, sha la la la la, sha la la la la
This is not america, no, this is not, sha la la la la]

Snowman melting
From the inside
Falcon spirals
To the ground [This could be the biggest sky]
So bloody red
Tomorrow´s clouds

A little piece of you
The little piece in me
Will die [This could be a miracle]
For this is not America

There was a time
A wind that blew so young
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea

[For this is not America, sha la la la la, sha la la la la, sha la la la la
This is not america, no, this is not, sha la la la
This is not america, no, this is not
This is not america, no, this is not, sha la la la
this is not america
david bowie
31

(David Bowie/John Lennon/Carlos Alomar)

Fame, makes a man take things over
Fame, lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame, puts you there where things are hollow
Fame

Fame, it´s not your brain, it´s just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane
Fame

Fame, what you like is in the limo
Fame, what you get is no tomorrow
Fame, what you need you have to borrow
Fame

Fame, "Nien! It´s mine!" is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to, crime
Fame

Could it be the best, could it be
Really be, really, babe
Could it be, my babe, could it, babe
Really, really

Is it any wonder I reject you first
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool
Fame

Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain
Fame

Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame, fame, fame

Fame
What´s your name

(whispered)
Feeling so gay, feeling gay
fame
david bowie
32
Ok, talk to you
South america, australia, france, germany, uk, africa

Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
Summer´s here and the time is right
For dancing in the streets
They´re dancing in chicago
Down in new orleans
In new york city

All we need is music, sweet music
There´ll be music everywhere
They´ll be swinging, swaying, records playing,
Dancing in the street, oh

It doesn´t matter what you wear, just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy, grab a girl, everywhere, around the world
They´ll be dancing, dancing in the street

It´s an invitation across the nation, a chance for folks to meet
They´ll be laughing and singing, music swinging
Dancing in the street

Philadelphia, pa
Baltimore in dc now
Don´t forget the motor city
On the streets of brazil
Back in the ussr
No matter where you are

All we need is music, sweet music
There´ll be music everywhere
They´ll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street, oh

It doesn´t matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on every guy, grab a girl, everywhere, around the world
They´ll be dancing, dancing in the streets

Way down in l.a., everyday
Dancing in the streets
Cross in china too
Me and you
Dancing in the street

Don´t you know
They´ll be dancing
Dancing in the street (repeat)
dancing in the street
david bowie
33
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Golden years, gold whop whop whop

Don´t let me hear you say life´s taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Look at that sky, life´s begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
Come get up my baby

There´s my baby, lost that´s all
Once I´m begging you save her little soul
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby

Last night they loved you, opening doors and pulling some strings, angel
Come get up my baby
In walked luck and you looked in time
Never look back, walk tall, act fine
Come get up my baby

I´ll stick with you baby for a thousand years
Nothing´s gonna touch you in these golden years, gold
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby

Some of these days, and it won´t be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
Don´t cry my sweet, don´t break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh lord
I believe all the way
Come get up my baby

Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years

There´s my baby, lost that´s all
Once I´m begging you save her little soul
Golden years, gold whop whop whop
Come get up my baby

Don´t let me hear you say life´s taking you nowhere, angel
Come get up my baby
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years

I´ll stick with you baby for a thousand years
Nothing´s gonna touch you in these golden years, gold
Golden years, gold whop whop whop (11 times
golden years
david bowie
34
I´ve nothing much to offer
There´s nothing much to take
I´m an absolute beginner
And I´m absolutely sane
As long as we´re together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we´re absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean
Just like the films
There´s no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It´s absolutely true

Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can´t shake
Oh we´re absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you´re still smiling
There´s nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But we´re absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
We´re certain to succeed

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Sail over heartaches
Just like the films
There´s no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It´s absolutely true
absolute beginners
david bowie
35
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Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh (3 times)

Up every evening ´bout half eight or nine
I give my complete attention to a very good friend of mine
He´s quadraphonic, he´s a, he´s got more channels
So hologramic, oh my T V C one five
I brought my baby home, she, she sat around forlorn
She saw my T V C one five, baby´s gone, she
She crawled right in, oh my
She crawled right in my
So hologramic, oh my T V C one five
Oh, so demonic, oh my T V C one five

VERSE
Maybe if I pray every, each night I sit there pleading
"Send back my dream test baby, she´s my main feature"
My T V C one five, he, he just stares back unblinking
So hologramic, oh my T V C one five
One of these nights I may just
Jump down that rainbow way. be with my baby, then
We´ll spend some time together
So hologramic, oh my T V C one five
My baby´s in there someplace, love´s rating in the sky
So hologramic, oh my T V C one five

CHORUS
Transition
Transmission
Transition
Transmission

Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five
Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five
Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five
Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five

VERSE

Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh (3 times)

CHORUS

Oh my T V C one five, oh oh, T V C one five (repeat ad inf
tvc15
david bowie
36
Day In Day Out
David Bowie

Day-In Day-Out
Stay-In Fade-Out

Day-In Oo Oo
Day-Out Oo Oo Oo

She was born in a handbag
love left on a doorstep
What she lacks is a backup
nothing seems to make a dent
Gonna find her some money honey
try to pay her rent
That´s the kind of protection everyone is shouting about

Chorus:
Day-In Day-Out
Stay-In Fade-Out

Day-In Oo Oo
Day-Out Oo Oo Oo

First thing she learns is she´s a citizen,
some things they turn out right
When you´re under the USA
something rings a bell and it´s all over
She´s going out her way
stealing for that one good rush

Day-In Day-Out
Stay-In Fade-Out

She could use a little money
she´s hangin´ on his arms like a cheap suit
she´s got no money, honey
she´s the other side
Oh come on little baby
late night, big town, police, shake down

Oo Oo
Oo Oo
Day-In Day-Out
Stay-In Fade-Out
Oo Oo
Oo Oo
Day-In Day-Out
Stay-In Fade-Out

She´s got a ticket to nowhere
she´s gonna take a train ride
Nobody knows her, or knows her name
she´s in the pocket of a home boy
Oo she´s gonna take her a shotgun Pow
spin the grail spin the drug
She´s gonna make them well aware
she´s an angry gal

Day-In Day-Out
Stay-In Fade-Out

Suddenly there´s angels everywhere
Angels in a ton of sound
And they shootin´ her down
Shootin her with video-drugs-bullets and promises

From: Starlawill@aol.com
day-in day-out
david bowie
37
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Ahhh...
Ahhh...

Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh

Don´t you wonder sometimes
´Bout sound and vision

Blue, blue, electric blue
That´s the colour of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue

Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue

I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude, over my head

Don´t you wonder sometimes
´Bout sound and vision
sound and vision
david bowie