Genius Lyrics
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David Bowie – The Next Day
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The video of “The Next Day” takes place in a bar called The Decameron. If we follow the reference, we find a masterpiece written by Boccaccio, an Italian author. In this book, a
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David Bowie – Valentine's Day
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A bittersweet song about love and ambition, “Valentine’s Day,” shows us how quickly a young heart can turn cold and turn violent.
It concerns Valentine, who is telling his friend
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David Bowie – If You Can See Me
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If you can see me I can see you / I could wear your new blue shoes / I should wear your old red dress / And walk to the crossroad, so take this knife / And meet me across the river
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David Bowie – Heat
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[Verse 1] / Then we saw Mishima's dog / Trapped between the rocks / Blocking the waterfall / The songs of dust / The world would end / The night was always falling / The peacock in
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David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
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The second single from The Next Day, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” is Bowie in his element. A driving, uptempo rock number in praise of celebrity, it sounds almost as if it could
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David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
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The first single released from Bowie’s surprise 2013 comeback album The Next Day, “Where Are We Now?” presents a look at modern-day Berlin, and how different the city is compared
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David Bowie – The Informer
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This is a bonus track, only available in the “The Next Day Extra EP” or deluxe version.
The name and the lyrics are taken from the 1935 classic black & white John Ford’s movie “
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David Bowie – Atomica
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[Verse 1] / I'm just a rock star stabbing away / I'll take the, I'll take the leave for another day / A modern scholar, just let me know if I sing too much / When you're head over
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David Bowie – How Does the Grass Grow?
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[Verse 1] / There's a graveyard by the station where the girls / Wear vinyl skirts and sandals from Hungary / The boys ride their Riga 1s upon the little hills / Such sadness and
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David Bowie – Like a Rocket Man
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Like A Rocket Man is the 6th track on Bowie’s album The Next Day Extra (released in 2013). It was both written and composed by him.
The song is as direct about drugs as David has
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David Bowie – I'll Take You There
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“I’ll Take You There” is an up-beat tempo song, only available on the deluxe version of the Next Day.
Referring to the 1st of May, international Labour Day, and more recently
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David Bowie – God Bless the Girl
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[Verse 1] / Jacqui loves her work, and her work is love / For there is no other / She says "God has given me a job" / Jacqui loves her work / There is no other / Jacqui's aiming
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David Bowie – So She
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Lady Gaga – Just Another Day
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“Just Another Day” is the only song on Joanne that Lady Gaga wrote by herself. On October 4th, she teased the lyrics and some info about the song during an interview with On Air
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David Bowie – I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Nabokov is sun-licked now / Upon the beach at Grunewald / Brilliant and naked just / The way that authors look / Clare and Lady Manners drink / Until the other cows go
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David Bowie – Dirty Boys
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[Verse 1] / Something like tobacco road / Living on a lonely road / I will pull you out of there / We will go to Finchley fair / [Verse 2] / I will buy you feather hat / I will
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David Bowie – I'd Rather Be High
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[Verse 1] / Nabokov is sun-licked now / Upon the beach at Grunewald / Brilliant and naked just / The way that authors look / Clare and Lady Manners drink / Until the other cows go
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David Bowie – "Heroes"
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During his Berlin Period, Bowie spied Tony Visconti kissing backing vocalist Antonia Maaß by the Berlin Wall. Their love was doomed, as Visconti was married.
I thought, of all the
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David Bowie – Dancing Out in Space
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[Verse 1] / Cutting through the water / Hands upon the ghost / To the city of solid iron / Through the kingdom of the boats / Send your friend away now / Let him sail back home
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David Bowie – Born in a UFO
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[Intro] / Born in a UFO / She was born in a UFO / [Verse 1] / I come to the glade and watch the saucer land / She glided through the mist in an a-line skirt / Booted her shoes like
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David Bowie – Love Is Lost
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“Love is Lost” details the perils of success. The story starts with a fresh-voiced 22 year old, follows him through stardom, and the sad, lonely, years after he’s made it big.
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David Bowie – (You Will) Set the World on Fire
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[Verse 1] / Midnight in the Village / Seeger lights the candles / From Bitter End to Gaslight / Baez leaves the stage / Ochs takes notes / When the black girl and guitar / Burn
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