1.The Next Day
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Look into my eyes he tells her
I'm gonna say goodbye he says yea
Do not cry she begs of him goodbye yea
All that day she thinks of his love yea
They whip him through the streets and alleys there
The gormless and the baying crowd right there
They can't get enough of that doomsday song
They can't get enough of it all
Listen
Listen to the whores he tells her
He fashions paper sculptures of them
Then drags them to the river's bank in the cart
Their soggy paper bodies wash ashore in the dark
And the priest stiff in hate now demanding fun begin
Of his women dressed as men for the pleasure of that priest
Here I am
Not quite dying
My body left to rot in a hollow tree
Its branches throwing shadows
On the gallows for me
And the next day
And the next
And another day
Ignoring the pain of their particular diseases
They chase him through the alleys chase him down the steps
They haul him through the mud and they chant for his death
And drag him to the feet of the purple headed priest
First they give you everything that you want
Then they take back everything that you have
They live upon their feet and they die upon their knees
They can work with satan while they dress like the saints
They know god exists for the devil told them so
They scream my name aloud down into the well below
Here I am
Not quite dying
My body left to rot in a hollow tree
Its branches throwing shadows
On the gallows for me
And the next day
And the next
And another day
2.Dirty Boys
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Something like Tobacco Road
Living on a lonely road
I will pull you out of there
We will go to Finchley Fair
I will buy a feather hat
I will steal a cricket bat
Smash some windows, make a noise
We will run with Dirty Boys
When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down and the die is cast
When the die is cast and you have no choice
We will run with Dirty Boys
We all go mad we all want you
Me and the Boys we all go through
You've got to learn to hold your tongue
They said the moon was his burning son
When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down and the die is cast
When the die is cast and you have no choice
We will run with Dirty Boys
3.The Stars(Are Out Tonight)
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living
We live closer to the earth
Never to the heavens
The stars are never far away
Stars are out tonight
They watch us from behind their shades
***, Jack and Kate and Brad
From hehind their tinted window stretch
Gleaming like blackened sunshine
Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living
Waiting for the first move
Satyrs and their child wives
Waiting for the last move
Soaking up our primitive world
Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living
Their jealousy's spilling down
The stars must stick together
We will never be rid of these stars
But I hope they live forever
And they know just what we do
That we toss and turn at night
They're waiting to make their moves
But the stars are out tongiht
Here they are upon the stairs
Sexless and not aware
They are the stars, they're dying for you
But I hope they live forever
They burn you with their radiant smiles
Trap you with their beautiful eyes
They're broke and shamed or drunk or scared
But I hope they live forever
Their jealousy's spilling down
The stars must stick together
We will never be rid of these stars
But I hope they live forever
And they know just what we do
That we toss and turn at night
They're waiting to make their moves on us
But the stars are out tonight
The stars are out tonight
The stars are out tonight
4.Love Is Lost
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
It's the darkest hour, you're 22
The voice of you, the hour of dread
The darkest hour, and your voice is new
Love is lost, lost is love
Your country's new, your friends are new
Your house, and even your eyes are new
Your maid is new, and your accent, too
But your fear is as old as the world have
Say goodbye to the thrills of life
When love was good, when love was bad
Wave goodbye to the life without pain
Say hello, you're beautiful girl
Say hello to the royalty men
Tell them your secrets they'll like the grave
Oh what you have done, oh what you have done
Love is lost, lost is love
You know so much, it's making you cry
You refuse to talk, but you think like mad
You've cut out your zone and the things have fold
Oh what have you done, oh what have you done
Oh what have you done, oh what have you done
5.Where Are We Now ?
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Had to get the train
From Potzdamer platz
You never knew that
That I could do that
Just walking the dead
Sitting in the Dschungel
On Nurnberger strasse
A man lost in time near KaDeWe
Just walking the dead
Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know
Twenty thousand people
Gross Bose Brucke
Fingers are crossed
Just in case
Walking the dead
Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know
As long as there's sun
As long as there's sun
As long as there's rain
As long as there's rain
As long as there's fire
As long as there's fire
As long as there's me
As long as there's you
6.Valentine's Day
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Valentine told me who's to go
Feelings he treasured most of all
The teachers and the football stars
It's in his tiny face
It's in his scrawny hands
Valentine sold his soul
He's got something to say
It's Valentine's day
The rhythm of the crowd
Benny and Judy down
Valentine sees it all
He's got something to say
It's Valentine's day
Valentine told me how he feels
If all the world were under his heels
Or stumbling through the mall
It's in his tiny face
It's in his scrawny hands
Valentine Knows it all
He's got something to say
It's Valentine's day
Valentine, Valentine
Valentine, Valentine
It's in his scrawny hands
It's in his icy heart
It's happening today
Valentine, Valentine
It's in his scrawny hands
It's in his icy heart
It's happening today
Valentine, Valentine
7.If You Can See Me
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
I could wear your new blue shoes
I should wear your old red dress
And walk to the crossroads
So take this knife
And meet me across the river
Just shoots and ladders and this is the kiss
American anna fantasticalsation
From nowhere to nothing
And I go way back
Children swarm like thousands of bugs
Towards the lights the beacons above the hill
The stars to the West, the South, the North
And to the East
Now you could say I've got a gift of sorts
A Fear of rear windows and swinging doors
A love of violence a dread of sighs
If you can see me I can see you
If you can see me I can see you
I have seen these bairns wave their fists at God
Swear to destroy the beasts stamping the ground
In their excitement for tomorrow
I could wear your new blue shoes
I should wear your old red dress
And walk to the crossroads
So take this knife
And meet me across the river
I will take your lands and all that lays beneath
The dust of cold flowers prison of dark of ashes
I will slaughter your kind who descend from belief
I am the spirit of greed a lord of theft
I'll burn all your books and the problems they make
If you can see me I can see you
If you can see me
8.I'd Rather Be High
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Nobokov is sun-licked now
Upon the beach at Gruenwald
Brilliant and naked just
The way that authors looks
Clare and Lady Manners drink
Until the other cows go home
Gossip till their lips are bleeding
Politics and all
I'd rather be high
I'd rather be flying
I'd rather be dead
Or out of my head
Than training these guns on those men in the sand
I'd rather be high
The Thames was black, the tower dark
I flew to Cairo, find my regiment
City's full of generals
And generals full of shit
I stumble to the graveyard and I
Lay down by my parents, whisper
Just remember duckies
Everybody gets got
I'd rather be high
I'd rather be flying
I'd rather be dead
Or out of my head
Than training these guns of those men in the sand
I'd rather be high
I'm seventeen and my looks can prove it
I'm so afraid that I will lose it
I'd rather smoke and phone my ex
Be pleading for some teenage sex
Yeah
I'd rather be high
I'd rather be flying
I'd rather be dead
Or out of my head
Than training these guns on the men in the sand
I'd rather be high
9.Boss Of Me
Lyricist:Gerry LeonardDavid Bowie
Writer(s):Gerry LeonardDavid Bowie
Tell me when you're sad
I'm gonna make it cool again
I know you're feeling bad
Tell me when you're cool again
Who'd have ever thought of it
Who'd have ever dreamed
That a small town girl like you
Would be the boss of me
We fly through the night
The tears on your lips
Life has your mind and soul
It spins on your hips
Who'd have ever thought of it
Who'd have ever dreamed
Who'd have ever thought of it
Who'd have ever dreamed
That a small town girl like you
Would be the boss of me
Would be the boss of me
Would be the boss of me
You look at me and you reach for the free blue sky
I look to the stars as they flicker and float in your eyes
And under these wings of steel the small town dies
Who'd have ever thought of it
Who'd have ever dreamed
Who'd have ever thought of it
Who'd have ever dreamed
That a small town girl like you
Would be the boss of me
Who'd have ever thought of it
Who'd have ever dreamed
That a small town girl like you
Would be the boss of me
Would be the boss of me
Would be the boss of me
10.Dancing Out In Space
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Now some guys say they're legman
And other prefers blondes
And some guys go for tna
Of all these I am fall
But there's one thing that I earned for this much as true as I
know
The women turns my head like the one who would gamble Joe
Nigga' girls are all from the North
Oooh
With a big...
Sleakin' out of the slim...
I ask the one to dance with a yo-yo in her pants
I cannot reason why this tought I can declipse
And nothing get's me quiet as ** lips
I'd like the gamble of Joe because it comes in Andy when
I need another place to hold my pounting pen
...
Gamble Joe
Now some guys say they're legman
And other prefers blondes
And some guys go for tna
Of all these I am fall
But there's one thing that I earned for this much as true as I
know
The women turns my head like the one who would gamble Joe
Nigga' girls are all from the North
I ask the one to dance with a yo-yo in her pants
I cannot reason why this tought I can declipse
And nothing get's me quiet as ** lips
I'd like the gamble of Joe because it comes in Andy when
I need another place to hold my pounting pen
11.How Does The Grass Grow ?
Lyricist:Jerry LordanDavid Bowie
Writer(s):Jerry LordanDavid Bowie
There's a graveyard by the station where the girls
Wear mammal skirts and sandals of honey
The boys are the real ones, their probably the guilted
Service and greed
That's where me made our tryst and struggled with our guns
Would you still love me if the clocks could go backwards?
The grass was filed with blood, and the grass will be green
He can't remember the dead, they were so great, celebrate
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
I lived a blind life, a wife is a prison
But you made a life out of nothing ?
Black boots ? more than you'll ever, ever
eyes and a stone heart
I gaze in defeat at the stars in the night
The light in my life burns away
There will be no tomorrow,
Then you sigh in your sleep
And meaning returns with the day
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
12.You Will Set The World On Fire
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Midnight in the village
She gonn light the candle
From vigorin to cast light
Buyers leave the stage
No twin the black of guitar
Burnt together all in rage
You'ev got what it takes
You say too much
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Kennedy would kill the lines that you've written
Then rock says to barbie she's the next real things
Cracks still at hell fly, screaming like a banshee
You're in the boat babe, reel in the water
You say too much
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire.
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire.
13.You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
No one else saw you
Moving through the dark
Leaving slips of paper
Somewhere in the park
Hidden from your friends
Stealing all they knew
Love is thrown in airless rooms
Then vile rewards for you
Oh, I'm gonna tell.
Yes, I've gotta tell
Gotta tell the things you've said
When you're talking in the dark
And I'm gonna tell the things you've done
When you're walking through the park
Some night on a thriller street
Will come the silent gun
You've got a dangerous part
You stole their trust, their moon, their sun
There'll come a thousand needles
On a crowded train
I fetch you feel so lonely you could die
Buildings crammed with people
Landscape filled with wrath
Grim concrete city
Rained has wet the street
I want to see you clearly
Before you close the door
A room of bloody history
You made sure of that
I can see you ice cold
Hanging from a beam
I can read you like a book
I can feel you falling
I hear you mourning in your room
Oh, see if I care
Oh, please, please, make it soon
Holes have got you cornered
You've got the blues, my friend
And people don't like you
But you will leave without a sound, without an end
Hopefully it'll shine on you
Death alone shall love you
I hope you feel so lonely you could die
(Feel so lonely)
You could die
Feel so lonely, you could die
You feel so lonely you could die
14.Heat
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
Then we saw mission is dark
Trapped between the rocks
Blocking the waterfall
The songs of dust
The world would end
And night was always falling
The peacock in the snow
And I tell myself, I don't know who I am
And I tell myself, I don't know who I am
My father ran the prison (and the prison, in the prison?)
My father ran the prison
I can only love you by hating him more
That's not the truth, it's too big a word
He believed that love is theft
Love and war, the theft of love
And I tell myself, I don't know who I am
And I tell myself, I don't know who I am
My father ran the prison
My father ran the prison
But I am a seer, I am a liar
I am a seer, but I am a liar
My father ran the prison
My father ran the prison
15.So She
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
For the priceless man
Who suffers gloom
So slow
Eyes were stolen
For her
A sleeping sky
Takes the moon
So slow
I would slide away
Further out to sea
Further out to sea
So she
She saw me smile
Feeling like
I'd never been
She saw me smile
Feeling like I'd never been
In love
Feeling like I'd never been
The only one and all alone
The only one and all alone
16.Plan
Lyricist:David Bowie
Writer(s):David Bowie
17.I'll Take You There
Lyricist:Gerry LeonardDavid Bowie
Writer(s):Gerry LeonardDavid Bowie
Today, today is the 1st of May
Everything around us
Everything a lie
Your hearts beating fast
As we race through the dark
Past the really good people
Who do what they're told
What will be my name
In the USA?
Hold my hand and
I'll take you there
Who will I become
In the USA?
Hold my hand and
I'll take you there
Sophie and Lev are running away
These are the days
The days of gloom
Lev can't smile and Sophie can't sing
A mile to the future
Where tomorrow is king
What will be my name
In the USA?
Hold my hand and
I'll take you there
Who will I become
In the USA?
Hold my hand and
I'll take you there
I don't need to know
Know where you are
Only that you are
Safe in this world
Then I'll be content
Get on with my life
Eat, drink and sleep
Look up at the stars
What will be my name
In the USA?
Hold my hand and
I'll take you there
Who will I become
In the USA?
Hold my hand and
I'll take you there
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