Well 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 dreams

Come on, come on, we've really got a good thing going
Well come on, well come on, if you think we're gonna make it
You better hang on to yourself

We can't dance, we don't talk much, we just ball and play
But then we move like tigers on Vaseline
Well the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar
You're the blessed, we're the spiders from Mars

Come on, come on, we've really got a good thing going
Well come on, well come on, if you think we're gonna make it
You better hang on to yourself
Come on

Come on, come on, we've really got a good thing going
Well come on, well come on, if you think we're gonna make it
You better hang on to yourself

Come on, come on, we've really got a good thing going
Well come on, well come on, if you think we're gonna make it
You better hang on to yourself

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on


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Hang On to Yourself Lyrics as written by David Bowie

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    ~sigh~ this is another part of the epic of ziggy stardust(told by all the songs on this album) and this is essentially the band saying how they are doing good and telling the fans to come along for the ride, but hang on, because it will be tough; this theory obviously comes from the next song being ziggy stardust and the lines from there about the band getting restless under the leadership of ziggy

    quick tangent: wow im amazed there was only 1 post on this song o_O

    avs2006on January 12, 2006   Link

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