ROCK AND
ROLL SUICIDE
DAVID
BOWIE
SONGWRITER:
DAVID BOWIE
WHERE:
LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA 1974
COUNTRY: U.
K.
ALBUM: THE
RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
LABEL: RCA
VICTOR
GENRE: ROCK
AND ROLL
YEAR: 1972
"Rock 'n' Roll
Suicide" is a song by David Bowie, originally released as the closing
track on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from
Mars in June 1972. It
detailed Ziggy's final collapse as an old, washed-up rock star and, as such,
was also the closing number of the Ziggy Stardust live show. In April 1974 RCA issued
it as a single.
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in
your mouth
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette
The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget
Oh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
And the clock waits so patiently on your song
You walk past a cafe but you don't eat when you've lived too long
Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road
But the day breaks instead so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk float ride your mind
You're so natural - religiously unkind
Oh 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 or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
Just turn on with me and you're not alone
Let's turn on with me and you're not alone
Let's turn on and be not alone
Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful[2x]
Oh gimme your hands.