Star

David Bowie

Tony went to fight in Belfast
Rudi stayed at home to starve
I could make it all worthwhile
As a rock and 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 and roll star

So inviting, so enticing to play the part
I could play the wild mutation
As a rock and roll star

Get it on yeah

(Ooh yeah)

I could do with the money (you know that I)
I'm so wiped out with things as they are (you know that I)
I'd send my photograph to my honey
And I'd come on like a regular superstar

I could make a transformation
As a rock and roll star

So inviting, so enticing to play the part
I could play the wild mutation
As a rock and roll star, get it on yeah

I could do with the money (you know that I)
I'm so wiped out with things as they are (you know that I)
I'd send my photograph to my honey
And I'd come on like a regular superstar

I could fall asleep at night
As a rock and roll star
I could fall in love all right
As a rock and roll star

Rock and roll star
Rock and roll star
Just watch me now


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    I actually tooko this kind of on face value - as if he was talking about his "friends" (i originally though roomates - perhaps at college, before he got famous), and what happened when, basically, they'd blown all their money, probably on drugs. They all seem to have ambitions, and he thinks his if the only one vaguely sensible one - like, "yeahh, i'll become a rock star to pay for our daily baked beans on toast!".

    he's also laughing at them, in a friendly way - "well, he can tell you that he tried,".

    TheRealTashMaybeon November 20, 2006   Link

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