David Bowie

I'm Deranged

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Funny how secrets travel
I'd start to believe if I were to bleed
Thin skies, the man chains his hands held high
Cruise me blond
Cruise me babe
A blond belief beyond beyond beyond
No return No return
I'm deranged
Deranged my love
I'm deranged down down down
So cruise me babe cruise me baby
CHORUS
And the rain sets in
It's the angel-man
I'm deranged
Cruise me cruise me cruise me babe
The clutch of life and the fist of love
Over your head
Big deal Salaam
Be real deranged Salaam
Before we reel
I'm deranged
CHORUS (two times)
Cruise me cruise me cruise me babe

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saturnine On Apr 09, 2004

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2004-04-09 01:15:15

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by laurelinwyntre

18y ago

in keeping with the conceptual album this track is found on, this song is sung by the Artist/Minotaur

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by Bonehead XL

20y ago

Oh this is such a great moody song. I have no idea how it fits in with the story of "Outside" but it's probabily my favorite off a very hit and miss album.

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by whatRUtalkingabout

11y ago

It is a very moody song. I've liked it for years. It seems to me urgent and sad, at times desperate ... could be all my feelings that I am projecting on it. One of Bowie's best songs in my opinion.

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by exobscura

8y ago

I listened to a radio interview around the time of the release of OUTSIDE where he commented on this song being more or less about TALKING HEADS frontman David Byrne. Knowing that really opened the song out for me.

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