@ALBUM: The Singles1969-1993 Released 1993 by Rykodisc as a two CD set (with limited edition single CD5). All songs written by David Bowie unless otherwise noted. @SONG: Space Oddity ============ Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with you (spoken) Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, 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 a 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 one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell me 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." @SONG: Changes ======= 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 strain) Ch-ch-Changes Don't want to be a richer man Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) 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 strain) Ch-ch-Changes Don't tell t hem to grow up and out of it Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) 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 strain) Ch-ch-Changes Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) 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 @SONG: Oh! You Pretty Things ===================== Wake up you sleepy head Put on some clothes, shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me I've made some breakfast and coffee Look out my window and what do I see A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they're here to stay What are we coming to No room for me, no fun for you I think about a world to come Where the books were found by the Golden ones Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned What we were here for All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Let me make it plain You gotta make way for the Homo Superior Look at your children See their faces in golden rays Don't kid yourself they belong to you They're the start of a coming race The earth is a bitch We've finished our news Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Let me make it plain You gotta make way for the Homo Superior @SONG: Life On Mars? ============= It's a god-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling "No" And her daddy has told her to go But her friend is nowhere to be seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is a saddening 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 Amerikas 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 saddening 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? @SONG: Ziggy Stardust ============== 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, jiving 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. Oh yeah Ooooooo Ziggy played guitaarrrrrr @SONG: Starman ======= Didn't know what time it was and 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 (CHORUS) 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 CHORUS (x2) La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (repeat) @SONG: John I'm Only Dancing ===================== Well, Annie's pretty neat, she always eats her meat Joe is awful strong, bet your life he's putting us on Oh lordy, oh lordy, you know I need some loving I'm moving, touch me! (CHORUS) 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 Oh shadow love was quick and clean, life's a well thumbed machine I saw you watching from the stairs, you're everyone that ever cared Oh lordy, oh lordy, you know I need some loving I'm moving, touch me! CHORUS (x2) Dancing, won't someone dance with me? Touch me! Ohhh! @SONG: Suffragette City ================ 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, Suffragette city, ooo, Suffragette City Oooh-how, Suffragette City, oooh-how, Suffragette City, oooh-how Suffragette 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 Suffragette City Oh, my Suffragette City, oh my Suffragette City Oh, Suffragette Suffragette! @SONG: The Jean Genie ============== A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city Strung out on lasers and slash back plazas 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 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 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! 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 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! (repeat) @SONG: Sorrow ====== (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 @SONG: Drive In Saturday ================= Let me put my arms around your head Gee, it's hot, let's go to bed Don't forget to turn on the light Don't laugh babe, it'll be alright 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 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 prayed at work That neither hands nor limbs would burst It's hard enough to keep formation with this fall out saturation Cursing at the Astronette Who 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 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 (repeat chorus) It's a Drive-in Saturday (repeat) @SONG: Diamond Dogs ============ (spoken) This ain't rock'n'roll. This is genocide! As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent You asked for the latest party With your silicone hump and your ten inch stump Dressed like a priest you was Tod Browning's freak you was Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee I'm sure you're not protected, for it's plain to see The 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'll 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 your 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 elevator's broke, so he slides down a rope Onto the street below, oh Tarzie, go man go Meet his little hussy with his ghost town approach Her face is sans feature, but she wears a Dali brooch Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake Wrecked up and paralyzed, Diamond Dogs are sable-ized CHORUS Oo-oo-ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs (x2) In the year of the scavenger, the season of the bitch Sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the ditch Just another future song, lonely little kitsch (There's gonna be sorrow) try and wake up tomorrow CHORUS Ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs (x2) 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, ooo Call them the Diamond Dogs Keep cool Diamond Dogs rule, OK Hey-hey-hey-hey Beware of the Diamond Dogs (repeat) @SONG: Rebel Rebel =========== Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo (3 times) 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 CHORUS 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 CHORUS Don't ya? Oh? Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo (2 times) CHORUS 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 dudes 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 @SONG: Young Americans =============== They pulled in just behind the fridge He lays her down, he frowns "Gee my life's a funny thing, am I still too young?" He kissed her then and there She took his ring, took his babies It took him minutes, took her nowhere Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but CHORUS (SHE) All night She wants the young American Young American, young American, she wants the young American All right She wants the young American Scanning life through the picture window She finds the slinky vagabond He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, but Heaven forbid, she'll take anything But the freak, and his type, all for nothing He misses a step and cuts his hand, but Showing nothing, he swoops like a song She cries "Where have all Papa's heroes gone?" CHORUS (SHE) All the way from Washington Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor "We live for just these twenty years Do we have to die for the fifty more?" CHORUS (HE) All night He wants the young American Young American, young American, he wants the young American All right He wants the young American Do you remember, your President Nixon? Do you remember, the bills you have to pay Or even yesterday? Have you have been an un-American? Just you and your idol singing falsetto 'bout Leather, leather everywhere, and Not a myth left from the ghetto Well, well, well, would you carry a razor In case, just in case of depression? Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors Blushing at all the afro-Sheilas Ain't that close to love? Well, ain't that poster love? Well, it ain't that Barbie doll Her heart's been broken just like you have CHORUS (YOU) All night You want the young American Young American, young American, you want the young American All right You want the young American You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler A pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler Black's got respect, and white's got his soul train Mama's got cramps, and look at your hands ache (I heard the news today, oh boy) I got a suite and you got defeat Ain't there a man you can say no more? And, ain't there a woman I can sock on the jaw? And, 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? Ain't there one damn song that can make me break down and cry? CHORUS (I) (repeat 3 times) All night I want the young American Young American, young American, I want the young American All right I want the young American @SONG: Fame ==== (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 @SONG: Golden Years ============ 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 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) @SONG: TVC15 ===== 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.) @SONG: Be My Wife ========== VERSE Sometimes you get so lonely Sometimes you get nowhere I've lived all over the world I've left every place CHORUS Please be mine Share my life Stay with me Be my wife VERSE CHORUS Sometimes you get so lonely @SONG: Sound & Vision ================ 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 @SONG: Beauty & The Beast ==================== 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 @SONG: Heroes ====== (David Bowie/Brian Eno) I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can beat them, just for one day We can be Heroes, just for one day And you, you can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact Yes we're lovers, and that is that Though nothing, will keep us together We could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say? 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 be us, just for one day I, I can remember (I remember) Standing, by the wall (by the wall) And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads) And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) And the shame, was on the other side Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever Then we could be Heroes, just for one day We can be Heroes We can be Heroes We can be Heroes 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-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day @SONG: Boys Keep Swinging ================== (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 @SONG: D.J. ==== (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Carlos Alomar) 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 turn around no, can't turn around I am a D.J., I am what I play Can 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. @SONG: Look Back In Anger ================== (David Bowie/Brian Eno) "You know who I am," he said The speaker was an angel He coughed and shook his crumpled wings Closed his eyes and moved his lips "It's time we should be going" (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, see it in my eyes Till you come No one seemed to hear him So he leafed through a magazine And, yawning, rubbed the sleep away Very sane he seemed to me (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, feel it in my voice Till you come (Waiting so long, ahhh...) (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) (repeat ad inf.) @SONG: Ashes To Ashes ============== Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song I've 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've needed to love Sordid details following" The shrieking 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 it's glowing CHORUS Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in 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 never done good things I never done bad things I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh Want an axe to break the ice Wanna come down right now CHORUS REPEAT My mother said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom @SONG: Fashion ======= There's a brand new dance but I don't know its name That people from bad homes do again and again It's big and it's bland full of 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 Oooh, fashion! 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 There's a brand new talk, but it's not very clear Oh bop That people from good homes are talking this year Oh bop, fashion It's loud and tasteless and I've heard it before Oh bop You shout it while you're dancing on the ole dance floor Oh bop, fashion Fashion! Turn to the left Fashion! Right Fashion! 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 REPEAT Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion La-la la la la la la-la @SONG: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) ============== 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 @SONG: Under Pressure (David Bowie and Queen) ============== (David Bowie/Freddy Mercury/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Brian May) Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah 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 Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah That's o-kay It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming `Let me out' Pray tomorrow takes me higher Pressure on people, people on streets Doh doh doh bah bah bah bah O-kay Chipping 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 takes 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 love love love Insanity laughs, under pressure we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance Why can't we give love 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 ourselves Under pressure Under pressure Pressure @SONG: Cat People (Putting Out Fire) ========== (David Bowie/Giorgio Moroder) See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Colder than the moon It's been so long Feel my blood enraged It's just the fear of losing you Don't you know my name Well, you been so long And I've been putting out fire With gasoline See these eyes so red Red like jungle burning bright Those who feel me near Pull the blinds and change their minds It's been so long Still this pulsing night A plague I call a heartbeat Just be still with me Ya wouldn't believe what I've been thru You've been so long Well it's been so long And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline Putting out the fire With gasoline See these tears so blue An ageless heart that can never mend These tears can never dry A judgment made can never bend See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Just be still with me You wouldn't believe what I've been thru You've been so long Well it's been so long And I've been putting out fire with gasoline Putting out fire with gasoline [Been so long] [Been so long] Well, it's been so long [Been so long] I've been putting out fire [Been so long] Well, it's been so long [Been so long] I've been putting out fire [Been so long] It's been so long [Been so long] Putting out fire [Been so long] Been so long [So long, so long] Been so long [So long, so long] Been putting out fire [Been so long, so long, so long] Been putting out fire [Been so long, so long, so long] Been so long [Been so long, so long, so long Been so long, so long, so long] I've been putting out fire [Been so long, so long, so long] Been putting out fire [Been so long, so long, so long] Been so long [So long, so long] Been so long [So long, so long] Been so long [So long, so long] @SONG: Let's Dance =========== 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 @SONG: China Girl ========== (David Bowie/Iggy Pop) 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 @SONG: Modern Love =========== 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 CHORUS 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 It's not really work It's just the power to charm I'm still standing in the wind But I never wave bye bye But I try, I try CHORUS (x2) Modern love - Modern love (x12) Modern love - Modern love, walks beside me Modern love - Modern love, walks on by (repeat 3 more times) @SONG: Blue Jean ========= 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 @SONG: Loving The Alien ================ Watching them come and go The templars and the saracens They're traveling the Holy Land Opening telegrams Torture comes and torture goes Knights who'd give you anything They bear the cross of Coeuf De Leon Salvation for the mirror blind But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) You pray til the break of dawn (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And you'll believe you're loving the alien (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) Thinking of a different time Palestine a modern problem Bounty and your wealth in land Terror in a best laid plan Watching them come and go Tomorrows and the yesterdays Christians and the unbelievers Hanging by the cross and nail @SONG: Dancing In The Streets (David Bowie and Mick Jagger) ====================== (Ivy Jo Hunter/William Stevenson/Marvin Gaye) 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) @SONG: Absolute Beginners ================== 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 CHORUS If our love song Could fly over mountains Could laugh at the ocean/sail over heartaches second time 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 CHORUS @SONG: Day-In Day-Out ============== 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 @SONG: Never Let Me Down ================= (David Bowie/Carlos Alomar) When I believed in nothing I called her name Trapped in a high-dollar joint in some place I called her name And though my days are slipping by And nights so cruel I thought I'd die She danced her little dance 'till it made me cry She was shakin' like this honey doing that When I needed soul revival I called your name When I was falling to pieces I screamed in pain Your soothing hand that turned me round A love so real swept over me You danced your little dance 'till it made me cry You were shakin' like this honey doing that Never let me down She never let me down Never let me down She never let me down When all your faith is failing Call my name When you've nothing coming Call my name I'll be strong for all it takes I'll cover your head till the bad stuff breaks I'll dance my little dance till it makes you smile Shaking like this honey doing that Never let you down I'll never let you down I'll never let you down I'll never let you down @SONG: Jump They Say ============= When comes the shaking man A nation in his eyes Striped with blood and emblazed tattoo Streaking cathedral spire They say he has no brain They say he has no mood They say he was born again They say look at him climb They say 'Jump' They say he has two gods They say he has no fear They say he has no eyes They say he has no mouth They say hey that's really something They feel he should get some time I say he should watch his ass My friend don't listen to the crowd They say 'Jump' Got to believe somebody Got to believe @SONG: Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (David Bowie and Bing Crosby) ================================= (Peace On Earth: Ian Fraser/Larry Grossman/Alan Kohan) (Little Drummer Boy: Katherine Davis/Henry Onorah/Harry Simone) DB: Hello... you're the new butler? BC: Hahaha! Well, it's been a long time since I've been the new anything! DB: What's happened to Hudson? BC: I guess he's changing. DB: Yeah, he does that a lot, doesn't he? Uhm... Oh, I'm David Bowie, I live down the road. BC: Oh! DB: Sir Percival let's me use his piano if he not around. He's not around, is he? BC: I can honestly say I haven't seen him, but come on in! Come in! DB: But uh... BC: Come on in! DB: Are you related to sir Percival? BC: Well, distantly... DB: Oh, you're not the poor relation from America, right? BC: Ha! Gee... news sure travels fast, doesn't it? I'm Bing. DB: Oh, I'm pleased to meet you. You're the one that sings, right? BC: Well, right or wrong, I sing either way. DB: Oh well, I sing too. BC: Oh good! What kind of singing? DB: Mostly the contemporary stuff. Do you eh... do you like modern music? BC: Oh, I think it's marvelous! Some of it's really fine. But tell me, have you ever listened to any of the older fellows? DB: Oh yeah, sure. I like ah... John Lennon and the other one with eh...Harry Nilsson. BC: Mmm... you go back that far, uh? DB: Yeah, I'm not as young as I look. BC: Haha, none of us is these days! DB: In fact I've got a six year old son. And he really gets excited around the Christmas holiday-thing. BC: Do you go in for anything of the traditional things in the... boy, household, Christmas time? DB: Oh yeah, most of them really. Presents, tree, decorations, agents sliding down the chimney... BC: What?? DB: Oh, I was just seeing if you were paying attention. BC: Haha! DB: Actually, our family do most of the things that other families do. We sing the same songs. BC: Do you? DB: Oh, I even have a go at 'White Christmas'. BC: You do, eh! DB: And this one. This is my son's favourite. Do you know this one? BC: Oh, I do indeed, it's a lovely theme. And they told me pa-ram-pam-pam-pam A new-born king to see pa-ram-pam-pam-pam Our finest gifts we bring pa-ram-pam-pam-pam Ra-pam-pam-pam, ra-pam-pam-pam Peace on Earth, can it be Years from now, perhaps we'll see See the day of glory See the day, when men of good will Live in peace, live in peace again Peace on Earth, can it be Every child must be made aware Every child must be made to care Care enough for his fellow man To give all the love that he can I pray my wish will come true For my child and your child too He'll see the day of glory See the day when men of good will Live in peace, live in peace again Peace on Earth, can it be Can it be BC: It's a pretty theme, isn't it?