David Bowie - Teenage Wildlife lyrics
[David Bowie - Teenage Wildlife lyrics]
Well, how come you only want tomorrow?
With it's promise of something hard to do
A real life adventure worth more
Than pieces of gold
Blue skies above and sun on your arms
Strength in your stride and hope
In those squeaky clean eyes
You'll get chilly receptions
Everywhere you go
Blinded with desire - I guess
The season is on
So you train by shadow boxing
Search for the truth
But it's all, but it's all used up
Break open your million dollar weapon
And you push your luck, still you push
Still you push your luck
A broken nosed mogul
Are you one of the New Wave boys?
Same old thing in brand new drag
Comes sweeping into view, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
As ugly as a teenage millionaire
Pretending it's a whizz kid world
You'll take me aside, and say "Well, David
What shall I do? They wait
For me in the hallway"
I'll say "Don't ask me
I don't know any hallways"
But they move in numbers and they've
Got me in a corner
I feel like a group of one, no no
They can't do this to me
I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife
Those midwives to history put
On their bloody robes
And the word is that the hunted one
Is out there on his own
And you're alone for maybe the last time
And you breathe for a long time
Then you howl like a wolf in a trap
And you daren't look behind
You fall to the ground like
A leaf from the tree
And look up one time at that vast blue sky
Scream out aloud as they shoot you down
No, no
I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife
I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife
And no one will have seen
And no one will confess
The fingerprints will prove that you
Couldn't pass the test
There'll be others on the line filing past
Who'll whisper low I miss you
He really had to go well, each to his own
He was another piece of teenage wildlife
Oh oh oh oh, oh
Another piece of teenage wildlife, oh
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh
Another piece of teenage wild life
Wild wild life
With it's promise of something hard to do
A real life adventure worth more
Than pieces of gold
Blue skies above and sun on your arms
Strength in your stride and hope
In those squeaky clean eyes
You'll get chilly receptions
Everywhere you go
Blinded with desire - I guess
The season is on
So you train by shadow boxing
Search for the truth
But it's all, but it's all used up
Break open your million dollar weapon
And you push your luck, still you push
Still you push your luck
A broken nosed mogul
Are you one of the New Wave boys?
Same old thing in brand new drag
Comes sweeping into view, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
As ugly as a teenage millionaire
Pretending it's a whizz kid world
You'll take me aside, and say "Well, David
What shall I do? They wait
For me in the hallway"
I'll say "Don't ask me
I don't know any hallways"
But they move in numbers and they've
Got me in a corner
I feel like a group of one, no no
They can't do this to me
I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife
Those midwives to history put
On their bloody robes
And the word is that the hunted one
Is out there on his own
And you're alone for maybe the last time
And you breathe for a long time
Then you howl like a wolf in a trap
And you daren't look behind
You fall to the ground like
A leaf from the tree
And look up one time at that vast blue sky
Scream out aloud as they shoot you down
No, no
I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife
I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife
And no one will have seen
And no one will confess
The fingerprints will prove that you
Couldn't pass the test
There'll be others on the line filing past
Who'll whisper low I miss you
He really had to go well, each to his own
He was another piece of teenage wildlife
Oh oh oh oh, oh
Another piece of teenage wildlife, oh
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh
Another piece of teenage wild life
Wild wild life