God Knows I'm Good Lyrics

Lyric discussion by laocoon 

Cover art for God Knows I'm Good lyrics by David Bowie

Great song, let's talk about it

I think an impoverished old lady is stealing food from a grocery store and feeling guilty but also feeling that it is necessary.

She feels she is a good person but that somehow she has been brought to this stealing to remain alive.

The chorus is like a plea for forgiveness and hoping that God will overlook her sins because, at heart, she believes that God knows she's good