



Grant Lee Buffalo
The Whole Shebang
Velvet Goldmine
Oh, I was moved by your screen dream
Celluloid pictures of living
Your death could not kill our love for you
Take two people, romantic
Smoky nightclub situation
Your cigarette traces a ladder
Here’s looking at you, kid
Celebrate years
Here’s looking at you, kid
Wipe away tears
Long time, since we’re together
Now I hope it’s forever
Ideal love flies away now
White jacket, mmm, black tie wings too
You gave her away to the hero
Words don’t express my meaning
Notes could not spell out the score
But finding not keeping’s the lesson
Here’s looking at you, kid
Hard to forget
Here’s looking at you, kid
At least not yet
Your memory stays
It lingers ever
Will fade away never
Is There Life On Mars? (2014)
It’s not possible for me to name a favorite Bowie song, but I can say that Life On Mars? is in my top five. It’s an example of Bowie when he is at his best; invoking feelings of nostalgia for a future that never came to pass.
Darling,you can’t live your life
Singing songs in exile
You were born for stardom’s crown
And not for self-denial
So don’t you close the door on fate
When she comes to call
And tell her that you’ll join her there
At the masquerader’s ball
Funny how some people never love at all
We’ll take the whole shebang
All or nothing,anything
Ecstasy’s the birthright of our gang
We’ll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what’s yours
The whole shebang
Nothing on this earth could hold you prisoner,my dear
Except for contemplation’s evil brother,love is feared
But love is extra-terrestrial
And love falls from the stars
Like Maxwell Demon’s silver disk
Into this world of ours
Funny how we keep on loving,true love power
We’ll take the whole shebang
All or nothing,anything
Ecstasy’s the birthright of our gang
We’ll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what’s yours
The whole shebang
Kick up your heels and paint your face
Wave goodbye to yesteryear
We can swing in outer space
Or from the chandeliers
Though sometimes it breaks my heart,I hide my tears
We’ll take the whole shebang
All or nothing,anything
Ecstasy’s the birthright of our gang
We’ll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what’s yours
The whole shebang