@ALBUM: ziggy.stardust
David Bowie
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
=============================================================@SONG: Five Years
Pushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News had just come over
We had five years left to cry inNews guy wept and told us
Earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet
Then I knew he was not lyingI heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
Saw boys, toys, electric irons and TVs
My brain hurt like a warehouse
It had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things to store
Everything in thereAnd all the fat-skinny people
And all the tall-short people
And all the nobody people
And all the somebody people
I never thought I'd need so many peopleA girl my age went off her head
Hit some tiny children
If the black hadn't a-pulled her off
I think she would have killed themA soldier with a broken arm
Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
A cop knelt and kiss the feet of a priest
And a queer threw up at the sight of thatI think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
Don't think you knew you were in this songAnd it was cold and it rained
So I felt like an actor
And I thought of Ma
and I wanted to get back thereYour face, your race, the way that you talk
I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walkWe got five years, stuck on my eyes
We got five years, what a surprise
We got five years, my brain hurts a lot
We got five years, that's all we've got@SONG: Soul Love
Stone love -- she kneels before the grave
A brave son -- who gave his life to save the slogan
That hovers 'tween the headstone and her eyes
For they penetrate her grievingNew love -- a boy and girl are talking
New words -- that only they can share in
New words -- a love so strong it tears their hearts
To sleep -- through the fleeting hours of morning
Love is careless in its choosing -- sweeping over cross a baby
Love descends on those defenseless
Idiot love will spark the fusion
Inspirations have I none -- just to touch the flaming dove
All I have is my love of love -- and love is not lovingSoul love -- the priest that tastes the word and
Told of love -- and how my God on high is
All love -- though reaching up my loneliness evolves
By the blindness that surrounds him@SONG: Moonage Daydream
I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa comin' for you
I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock'n'rollin' bitch for you
Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a pink monkey bird
And I'm busting up my brains for the wordsKeep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in the moonage daydream oh! yea!Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me
The church of man, love, is such a holy place to be
Make me baby, make me know you really care
Make me jump into the airKeep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in the moonage daydream oh! yea!@SONG: 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 jiveCHORUS
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 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 boogieI 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 frightCHORUS(twice)
@SONG: Lady Stardust
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 onto the stage
And lady stardust sang his songs
Of darkness and disgraceAnd 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
And he sang all night longFemme fatales emerged from the 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
And lady stardust sang his songs
Of darness and dismayAnd he was alright the band was altogether
Yes he was alright the song went on forever
And he was awful nice
Really quite paradise
And he sang all night longOh how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name
And he was alright the band was altogether
Yes he was alright the song went on forever
And he was awful nice
Really quite paradise
And he sang all night long@SONG: Star
Tony went to fight in Belfast
Rudi stayed at home to starve
I could make it all worth while as a rock'n'roll star
Bevan tried to change the nation
Sonny wants to turn the world, well he can tell you that he tried
I could make a transformation as a rock'n'roll star
So inviting -- so enticing to play the part
I could play the wild mutation as a rock'n'roll star
I could do with the money
I'm so wiped out with things as they are
I'd send my photograph to my honey -- and I'd c'mon like a regular superstar
I could fall asleep at night as a rock'n'roll star
I could fall in love all right as a rock'n'roll star@SONG: Hang on to Yourself
She's a tongue twisting storm, she will come to the show tonight
Praying to the light machine
She wants my honey not my money she's a funky-thigh collector
Layin' on 'lectric dreamsCHORUS
So come on, come on, we've really got a good thing going
Come on, come on, if you think we're gonna make it
You better hang on to yourselfWe can't dance, don't talk much, just ball and play
But then we move like tigers on vaseline
The bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar
You're the blessed, we're the spiders from MarsCHORUS
@SONG: Ziggy Stardust
Ziggy played guitar, jammin' 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 bandZiggy 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 tanSo where were the spiders while the fly tried th break our balls
Just a 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 was voodoo
The kids was just crass. He was the nazz
With God given ass
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitarMaking 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 bandZiggy Played Guitar
@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 placeHey man schooldays insane
Hey man my work's down the drain
Hey man well she's total blam-blam
She said she had to squeeze it but she... and then she...CHORUS
Don't lean on me man, 'cause you can't afford the ticket
I'm back on Suffragette City
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 rightHey man, ah Henry, don't be unkind, go way
Hey man, ah! I can't take you this time, no way
Hey man, ah droogie don't crash here
There's only room for one and here she comes, here she comesCHORUS
Ah, hey man!
CHORUS
Aaaaaah Wham Bam Thank you Ma'am!
Suffragette City... Suffragette
@SONG: Rock'n'Roll Suicide
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette
The wall-to-wall's calling, it lingers then you forget
You're a rock'n'roll suicideYou're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
And the clock waits so patiently on your song
You walk past the cafe' but you don't eat when you've lived too long
You're a rock'n'roll suicideChev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road
But day breaks instead so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk floats ride your mind
So natural -- religiously unkindOh no love! You're not alone
You're watching yourself but you're too unfair
You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care
Oh no love! you're not alone
No matter what or who you've been
No matter when are where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share so I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone just turn on with me
You're not alone let's turn on and be
You're not alone gimme your hands
You're wonderful gimme your hands
You're wonderful gimme your hands
