Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Weird and Gilly
And the spiders from Mars. He played it left hand
But made it too far
Became the special man, then we were Ziggy's band

Now Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan, he could lick 'em by smiling
He could leave 'em to hang
'Came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan

So where were the spiders, while the fly tried to break our balls
With just the beer light to guide us
So we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands?

Ziggy played for time, jiving us that we were voodoo
The kid was just crass, he was the nazz
With God given ass
He took it all too far but boy could he play guitar

Making love with his ego Ziggy sucked up into his mind
Like a leper messiah
When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band

Ziggy played guitar


Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit, edited by jimbob11

Ziggy Stardust Lyrics as written by David Bowie

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    im not a huge fan of this song, or bowie for that matter, but i always kinda thought these lyrics were great. everytime i hear/see the lyrics i think of kurt cobain. obviously im not saying it was written about him. anyone else see the cobain thing?

    notthatguysomeoneelseon December 28, 2004   Link

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