1.That's A Promise
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Vocal:David Bowie/The Lower Third
Baby, you can own two hearts
Baby, don't try to tear me apart
Someone's got to go and I won't, I won't
That's a promise
Baby, you can't fool around
Baby, can't turn me upside down
Someone's got to go and I won't, I won't
That's a promise
It's just a matter of time before you call him on the phone
Tell him please, please leave him alone
Please leave him alone
It's just a matter of time, call him on the phone
Tell him please, please leave him alone
Please leave him alone
Baby, you've got me used
Baby, Can't you be like you?
Someone's got to go and I won't, I won't
That's a promise
(Ad lib to end)
2.Silly Boy Blue
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Vocal:David Bowie/The Lower Third
Mountains of Lhasa are feeling the rain
People are walking the Botella lanes
Preacher takes the school
One boy breaks a rule
Silly Boy Blue, silly Boy Blue
Yak butter statues that melt in the sun
Cannot dissolve all the work you've not done
A chela likes to feel
That his overself pays the bill
Silly Boy Blue, silly Boy Blue
You wish and wish, and wish again
You've tried so hard to fly
You'll never leave your body now
You've got to wait to die
La la la la la la la la la la (x2)
La la la la la (x2)
Silly Boy Blue, silly Boy Blue
Child of Tibet, you're a gift from the sun
Reincarnation of one better man
The homeward road is long
You've left your prayers and song
Silly Boy Blue, silly Boy Blue
Silly Boy Blue, silly Boy Blue.
3.Love You Till Tuesday
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Just look through your window, look who sits outside
Little me is waiting, standing through the night
When you walk out through your door I'll wave my flag and shout
Ohh, beautiful baby
My burning desire started on Sunday
Give me your heart and I'll love you till Tuesday
Da da da dum (x4)
Who's that hiding in the apple tree, clinging to a branch
Don't be afraid it's only me, hoping for a little romance
If you lie beneath my shade, I'll keep you nice and cool
Ohh, beautiful baby
I was very lonely till I met you on Sunday
My passion's never-ending and I'll love you till Tuesday
Da da da dum (x7)
Let the wind blow through your hair, be nice to the big blue sea
Don't be afraid of the man in the moon, because it's only me
I shall always watch you until my love runs dry
Ohh, beautiful baby
My heart's aflame, I'll love you till Tuesday
My head's in a whirl and I'll love you till Tuesday
Love, love, love, love you till Tuesday
Love, love, love, love you till Tuesday
Da da da dum (x11)
Well, I might stretch it till Wednesday
4.Over The Wall We Go
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Over the wall we go
All coppers are nanas
Over the wall we go
Leave him a note saying 'Wish you was here'
I know the best ways to break out of here
I helped a young laddie called Ivan
Over the wall last night
Then he climbed back and he grabbed me tight
He uttered some words that I can't say to you
Cause he remembered that he was a screw
Over the wall we go
All coppers are nanas
Over the wall we go
Leave him a note wishing 'Happy New Year'
My name is Henry
Some say I'm thick
I've spent half me life in and out of nick
Me mum sends me presents to keep me in style
Soggy old cakes and hundreds of files
God sussed all them files
I'm a clever young man
Now I'm just stupid with manicured hands
Over the wall we go
All coppers are nanas
Over the wall we go
Nobody's left and the screws are in tears
spoken
'Double 3, 427' 'Here sir'
'Double 3, 428' 'Here sir'
'Double 3, 429, Double 3, 429, where is he?'
'He went out for a cup of tea at the local football match sir'
'Oh.... well he might have invited me'
Over the wall we go
All coppers are nanas
Over the wall we go
Nobody's left and the screws are in tears
We tried digging tunnels but gave up the ghost
Just past the Kensington Yards at the most
Our limbs was aching, we felt pretty pooped
Our clothes they was tatty, our hallows did droop
We crawled back to safety, our hearts filled with gloom
Cause we'd dug ourselves through to the smallest room
Over the wall we go
All coppers are nanas
Over the wall we go
Leave him a note wishing 'Happy New Year'
spoken
'Hello, who is it?'
'Double 3, 429, guv'
'Oh, hang on a minute...
Hello sonny Jim
Been wondering where you were
Did you have a nice Christmas?'
5.When I Live My Dream
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
When I live my dream, I'll take you with me
Riding on a golden horse
We'll live within my castle, with people there to serve you
Happy at the sound of your voice
Baby, I'll slay a dragon for you
Or banish wicked giants from the land
But you will find, that nothing in my dream can hurt you
We will only love each other as forever
When I live my dream
When I live my dream, I'll forgive the things you've told me
And the empty man you left behind
It's a broken heart that dreams, it's a broken heart you left me
Only love can live in my dream
I'll wish, and the thunder clouds will vanish
Wish, and the storm will fade away
Wish again, and you will stand before me while the sky will
paint an overture
And trees will play the rhythm of my dream
When I live my dream, please be there to meet me
Let me be the one to understand
When I live my dream, I'll forget the hurt you gave me
Then we can live in our new land
Till the day my dream cascades around me
I'm content to let you pass me by
Till that day, you'll run to many other men
But let them know it's just for now
Tell them that I've got a dream
And tell them you're the starring role
Tell them I'm a dreaming kind of guy
And I'm going to make my dream
Tell them I will live my dream
Tell them they can laugh at me
But don't forget your date with me
When I live my dream
6.Let Me Sleep Beside You
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Baby, baby, brush the dust of youth from your shoulder
Because the years of fretting days are right behind you now
Don't return to fields of green where rainbow secrets were told
Place your ragged doll with all the toys and things and deeds
I will show you a game where the winner never wins
CHORUS
Let your hair hang down, wear the dress your mother wore
Let me sleep beside you
Lock away your childhood and throw away the key
For now the streets and city sounds will burn your eyes as coals
We shall drink the oldest wine and velvet skies will linger
Child, you're a woman now, your heart and soul are free
I will boldly light that lamp and we shall walk together
CHORUS
Your darkened eyes throw mystery
But your lips are void of history
You could not imagine that it could happen this way, could you
I will give you dreams and I'll tell you things you'll like to
hear
CHORUS
Let me sleep beside you
7.Karma Man
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Fingertip sun at sideshow stalls, they throw the balls
At coconut fur that hides behind
Coloured shades that blind your eyes
Every child's mother holds an ice-cream cone, they circle round
Perceived unknown by an eye that peers from a hole in the tent
where no one goes
A figure sitting cross-legged on the floor
He's clogged and clothed in saffron robes
His beads are all he owns
Slow down, slow down
Someone must have said that slowed him down
Slow down, slow down
It's pictured on the arms of the Karma Man
Fairy tale skin, depicting scenes from human zoos
Impermanent toys like peace and war
A gentle face you've seen before
Karma Man tattooed on your side, the wheel of life
I see my times and who I've been
I only live now and I don't know why
I struggle hard to take these pictures in, but
All my friends can see is just the pinkness of his skin
Slow down, slow down
Someone must have said that slowed him down
Slow down, slow down
It's pictured on the arms of the Karma Man
Slow down, slow down
Someone must have said that slowed him down
Slow down, slow down
It's pictured on the arms of the Karma Man
8.Threepenny Pierrot
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Threepenny Pierrot - we love you
Threepenny Pierrot - loves us too
Pockets of gladness, gay time eyes
Comical hero, Threepenny Pierrot
Happy little feet that dance all day
Lonely little heart with lots to say
Stepping footprints on your mind
Offering thoughts of Columbine
Bang the drum and blow the bugle call.
Pierrot takes the stage to play for all
For here's a life his fortune rules
Forsaken by his Columbine
Threepenny Pierrot - we love you
Threepenny Pierrot - loves us too
Pockets of gladness, gay time eyes
Comical hero, Threepenny Pierrot
To tap his feet to greet dear Harlequin
The hearts of folks so keenly hard to win
A patchwork frame of tears and wine
Are nectar for cruel Columbine
??? the three he leaves the stage forlorn
Puppets cold, their faces sad and drawn
Relive each trial of rise and fall
The love which lacks between us all
Threepenny Pierrot - we love you
Threepenny Pierrot - loves us too
Pockets of gladness, gay time eyes
Comical hero, Threepenny Pierrot
(repeat).
9.Columbine
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Columbine, my prayer design
I see you see me standing on my own
Is it you that I'm walking through?
Should I retrace my point of view?
I'm left in clouded dreams of finding who?
Not columbine!
Just in case you're my disguise
I found yourself to my surprise
I'm on the ground
And it's Harlequin who picks me up
And catches you
Who banishes me
For finding who you are
10.The Mirror
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Wash your face before your faded make-up makes a mark
The mirror will watch over you
Pierrot never calls so pack your face and chase the dark
The mirrors hung up on you
Don't be last your friends and your reflections
It's autodirection now
Poor Harlequin, you're quite an exception
Fade Trubadour - on a downer
Gay Harlequin doesn't believe in you
Doesn't believe it's true - such a downer
11.When I Live My Dream
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
When I live my dream, I'll take you with me
Riding on a golden horse
We'll live within my castle, with people there to serve you
Happy at the sound of your voice
Baby, I'll slay a dragon for you
Or banish wicked giants from the land
But you will find, that nothing in my dream can hurt you
We will only love each other as forever
When I live my dream
When I live my dream, I'll forgive the things you've told me
And the empty man you left behind
It's a broken heart that dreams, it's a broken heart you left me
Only love can live in my dream
I'll wish, and the thunder clouds will vanish
Wish, and the storm will fade away
Wish again, and you will stand before me while the sky will
paint an overture
And trees will play the rhythm of my dream
When I live my dream, please be there to meet me
Let me be the one to understand
When I live my dream, I'll forget the hurt you gave me
Then we can live in our new land
Till the day my dream cascades around me
I'm content to let you pass me by
Till that day, you'll run to many other men
But let them know it's just for now
Tell them that I've got a dream
And tell them you're the starring role
Tell them I'm a dreaming kind of guy
And I'm going to make my dream
Tell them I will live my dream
Tell them they can laugh at me
But don't forget your date with me
When I live my dream
12.In the Heat of the Morning
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
The blazing sunset in your eyes will tantalize
Every man who looks your way
I watched them sink before your gaze
Señorita sway
Dance with me before their frozen eyes
I'm so much in love
Like a little soldier catching butterflies
CHORUS
No man loved like I love you
Wouldn't you like to love me too
In the heat of the morning
In the shadow I'll clip your wings
And I'll tell you I love you
In the heat of the morning
I'll tie a knot in rainbow's end, organise the breeze
Light my candle from the sun
I'll give you daylight for a friend
I'll do all of these
I'll prove that it can be done, oh, I'm so much in love
Like the ragged boy who races with the wind
CHORUS
In the heat of the morning
In the shadow I'll clip your wings
And I'll tell you I love you
In the heat of the morning
Oh yeah, all day, all the way
Ooh
13.London Bye Ta Ta
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
CHORUS
London bye ta-ta
Strange young town
London bye ta-ta
Brought me down
Don't like your new face
That's not nice
Got to go far far
London bye ta-ta
Gee gee, gee gee
Take me away
Gee gee, gee gee
Take me today
The boys in the clothes shop
Sold me curry for a pound
His cardboard face is soggy
And his selling thorny crowns
I loved her!
I loved her!
I've got to get away now
But I loved her!
CHORUS
Red light, green light
Make up your mind
Red light, green light
You're far too un-kind
She loves to love all beauty
And she says the norm is funny
But she whimpers in the morning
When she finds she has no money
I loved her!
I loved her!
I've got to get away now
But I loved her!
Ahhh!
CHORUS
CHORUS
Oh, London bye ta-ta
Oh, London bye ta-ta
Oh, ehh
14.Life Is A Circus
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
CHORUS
Life is a circus
It's not fair
Life is a hard road
When you're not there
At the fair
Friends come to see me
To see the show
When will they realize
The circus must go
???
Papa he talks to me
Don't try your heart
Gets deep inside you
Does you real harm
Don't you care?
Life ??
Stand straight and true
Fight your
Christ don't tell
15.Lover To The Dawn
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
And as the sparrow sings
Dawn chorus for
Someone else to hear
The thinker sits alone growing older
And so bitter
She gave them life,
She gave them all
They drained her very soul dry...dry
Hey hey hey bitter girl
We're out to sitting here digging you
We flew done here just to figure you
It's easy
Don't be so bitter
Oh oh oh crazy girl
You gave too much and you got nothing
Too many problems and not one thing
In return
Left high and dry
Door
And as the sun rise stream
Flickers on
She finds lavender
To fight the beckoning
16.Love Song
Lyrics:Leslie Duncan
Music:Leslie Duncan
The words I have to say
May well be simple but they're true
Until you give your love
There's nothing more that we can do
Love is the opening door
Love is what we came here for
Noone can offer you more
You know what I mean
Have your eyes really seen?
VERSE
You say you find it hard
To lead the life that we once knew
But there's no other way
So now it's really up to you
CHORUS (x2)
Love is the key we must turn
Truth is the flame we must burn
Freedom the lesson we must learn
Do you know what I mean?
Have your eyes really seen?
VERSE
CHORUS (x2)
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha
17.Little Toy Soldier
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Once upon a time there was a toy soldier
And he lived in the playroom
Once upon a time there was a toy soldier
With a whiplash in his hand
And every night little girl Sadie would take all her clothes off
And wind up the toy solider
And he'd raise his whip and say to her
CHORUS
'On your knees, little Sadie
Little Sadie, on your knees
Taste the whip, and love not given lightly
Taste the whip, and bleed for me'
Little Sadie loved her little toy soldier
And she'd run home from school each day
Little Sadie loved her little toy soldier
And she'd lock the door so she could play
Little Sadie got ambitious and
Wound the clockwork soldier tighter
So he could whip her harder and harder
CHORUS
One day, Sadie wound and wound
And wound and wound
And wound and wound
Till suddenly
The little toy soldier's spring went
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
Arrgghhhh!
And he beat her to death!
18.Waiting For The Man
Lyrics:Lou Reed
Music:Lou Reed
I'm waiting for the man
Twenty six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington, One Two Five
So sick and dirty more dead than alive
I'm waiting for the man
Hey white boy, what you doing uptown?
Hey white boy, you're chasing all the women around
Oh pardon me sir it's furthest from my mind
I'm just looking for a good friend of mine
I'm waiting for the man
Here he comes, he's all dressed in black
PR shoes, and a big straw hat
He's never early, he's always late
First thing you learn is that you've always got to wait
I'm waiting for the man
Brown stone building and three flights of stairs
Nobody stops you 'cause nobody cares
He's got the works and he gives you sweet taste
But then you've got to split because you've got no time to waste
I'm waiting for the man
Baby don't you holler, darling don't you scream and shout
I'm feeling good, I'm going to work it on out
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling so fine
Until tomorrow but that's just another time
I'm waiting for the man
I'm waiting for the man
Twenty six dollars lying there in my hand
Up to Lexington, One Two Five five
So sick and dirty more dead than alive
I'm waiting for the man
19.Rupert The Riley
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Who'll ride in my Rupert the Riley?
Ride on for mile after miley
I'm the greatest driver, sit by my side
I'll drove you so wild, if you sit by my side
See how far we travel take hold the wheel
I'll drive you to hell
If you take hold the wheel
Wo-wo-wo-woo, yea-yea-yea-yeah
Toot beep-beep, beep beep
Toot beep-beep, beep beep
Who'll ride in my Rupert the Riley?
Ride on for mile after miley
I guess I've got ?? Riley of mine
She's shaky on her legs, that Riley of mine
I'm the greatest driver, sit by my side
I'll drove you so wild, if you sit by my side
Toot beep-beep, beep beep
Toot beep-beep, beep beep
(repeat 4 times)
Who'll ride in my Rupert the Riley?
Ride on for mile after miley
20.Buzz The Fuzz(Live)
Lyrics:Biff Rose
Music:Biff Rose
Once there was a fellow
and his name was Buzz.
He was just a rookie cop
just a baby fuzz.
He patrolled the Sunset Strip
in the land of the free
and the home of the hip.
He protected you and me
from evil women like
poor Alice D
Alice was the girl
that all good hippies dread
and they called her sweet Alice D'head
Alice it was plain to see was
full of pot and STP
she'd attract a great big crowd
because her inner peace was much too loud.
Good Buzz did the thing
that all the good fuzz must
stuck his gun in Alice's back
and said 'This is a bust'
Shone the flashlight in her eyes
she began to hypnotize
Buzz said 'What a wild sensation'
guess this must be hallu hallucina cina cina cination hmmm
Love is so sensational
when you fall in love with eyes dilational la la
now they're taking pills and shots
And Buzz is not afraid of Watts
Buzz and Alice D have shown
the way of where the Fuzz might be some day
Buzz is still a cop of course
he's the pusher on the force
he's protecting you and me
from evil women like
poor Alice D
21.Right On Mother
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
Right on mother
You've really blown my mind
I never thought we'd hit it off until today
CHORUS (x2)
Right on mother
You know the way I feel
Now you know I'm living with my girl and it's real
I never thought you'd dig it
So sure you'd hit the roof
And now you're telling me you understand
That I'm a man
Ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bah
Goodnight Siobahn
I'll see you in the morning
Me and ma have got a good thing on
Cause she thinks it's grand
That I'm a man
Ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bah
Right on mother
You know the way I feel
Now you know I'm living with my girl and it's real
Ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bah (repeat ad lib)
22.He Was All Right(A Song For Marc)
Lyrics:David Bowie
Music:David Bowie
People stared at the makeup on his face
Laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace
The boy in the bright blue jeans
Jumped up on the stage
And lady stardust sang his songs
Of darkness and disgrace
CHORUS
And he was alright, the band was altogether
Yes he was alright, the song went on forever
And he was awful nice
Really quite out of sight (second time: really quite paradise)
And he sang all night long
Femme fatales emerged from shadows
To watch this creature fair
Boys stood upon their chairs
To make their point of view
I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey
Lady stardust sang his songs
Of darkness and dismay
CHORUS
Oh how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name
CHORUS
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