David Bowie (89,96 %)
The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 (83,80 %)
In collection
Released: 1998-04
Type: Compilation
Type: Compilation
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1.
Sound and Vision
 03:05
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2.
Golden Years
 03:29
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3.
Fame
04:14
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4.
Young Americans
03:15
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5.
John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
 07:00
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6.
Can You Hear Me?
 05:07
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7.
Wild Is the Wind
06:00
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8.
Knock on Wood
03:00
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9.
TVC 15
03:34
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10.
1984
03:29
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11.
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
 03:49
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12.
Look Back in Anger
03:08
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13.
The Secret Life of Arabia
03:48
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14.
D.J.
04:02
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15.
Beauty and the Beast
03:36
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16.
Breaking Glass
01:53
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17.
Boys Keep Swinging
03:20
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18.
'Heroes'
03:33
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Album length:
00:09:22
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Lyrics |
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1.
Sound and Vision
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Don't you wonder sometimes 'Bout sound and vision Blue, blue, electric blue That's the color of my room Where I will live Blue, blue Pale blinds drawn all day Nothing to do, nothing to say Blue, blue I will sit right down Waiting for the gift of sound and vision And I will sing Waiting for the gift of sound and vision Drifting into my solitude Over my head Don't you wonder sometimes 'Bout sound and vision |
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2.
Golden Years
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Golden years, gold whop whop whop Golden years, gold whop whop whop Golden years, gold whop whop whop Don't let me hear you say Life's taking you nowhere, angel Come get up, my baby Look at that sky, life's begun Nights are warm and the days are young Come get up, my baby There's my baby, lost that's all Once I'm begging you save her little soul Golden years, gold whop whop whop Come get up, my baby Last night they loved you Opening doors and pulling some strings, angel Come get up, my baby In walked luck and you looked in time Never look back, walk tall, act fine Come get up, my baby I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold Golden years, gold whop whop whop Come get up, my baby Some of these days, and it won't be long Gonna drive back down where you once belonged In the back of a dream car twenty foot long Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart Doing all right, but you gotta get smart Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe, oh Lord I believe all the way Come get up, my baby There's my baby, lost that's all Once I'm begging you save her little soul Golden years, gold whop whop whop Come get up, my baby Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel Come get up, my baby Run for the shadows, run for the shadows Run for the shadows in these golden years I'll stick with you, baby, for a thousand years Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold Golden years, gold whop whop whop Golden years, gold whop whop whop |
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Fame
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Fame, makes a man take things over Fame, lets him loose, hard to swallow Fame, puts you there where things are hollow Fame Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame That burns your change to keep you insane Fame Fame, what you like is in the limo Fame, what you get is no tomorrow Fame, what you need you have to borrow Fame Fame, "Nein! It's mine!" is just his line To bind your time, it drives you to, crime Fame Could it be the best, could it be Really be, really, babe Could it be, my babe, could it, babe Really, really Is it any wonder I reject you first Fame, fame, fame, fame Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool Fame Fame, bully for you, chilly for me Got to get a rain check on pain Fame Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame Fame, fame, fame Fame What's your name (Whispered) Feeling so gay, feeling gay |
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Young Americans
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They pulled in just behind the fridge He lays her down, he frowns "Gee my life's a funny thing, am I still too young?" He kissed her then and there She took his ring, took his babies It took him minutes, took her nowhere Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but All night She wants the young American Young American, young American, She wants the young American All right But she wants the young American All the way from Washington Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor "We live for just these twenty years Do we have to die for the fifty more have?" All night He wants the young American Young American, young American, He wants the young American All right He wants the young American Do you remember, your President Nixon? Do you remember, the bills you have to pay Or even yesterday? All night You want the young American Young American, young American, You want the young American All right You want the young American You ain't a pimp, you ain't a hustler A pimp's got a Caddy and a lady got a Chrysler Black's got respect and white's got his soul train Mama's got cramps and look at your hands shake (I heard the news today, oh boy) I got a suite and you got defeat an' Ain't there a man who can say no more? An' Ain't there a woman I can sock on the jaw? An' Ain't there a child I can love without judging? Ain't there a pen that will write before they die? Ain't you proud that you've struck our faces? Ain't there one damn song that can make me Break down and cry? All night She wants the young American Young American, young American, She wants the young American All right But she wants the young American All night I want the young American Young American, young American, I want the young American All right I want the young American |
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5.
John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
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(Dancing) I'm having so much love (Dancing) Too bad my back had gone (Dancing) Boogie down with daddy now I'd give my house in the country If you slept, it's so funky (Music) I'm dancing in the street (Oooh, music) I've torn my shoes from my feet (Romancing) It's got me dirty and sweet It's got you reeling and rocking Won't you let me slam my thing in? (Falling) I think it's all I can do (Falling) Just got me feeling it too (Ooh, falling) Give a little, take a little, give a little back Jumping John, the great goose has gone Got a lion on my hand, a Charlie on my back (John) I'm only dancing (She turns me on) I'm only dancing (She turns me on) Ooh, but she moves me (Don't get me wrong) I-I-I-I-I (I'm only dancing, ooh-ooh) (I'm only dancing, ooh-ooh) (Dancing) Have you heard the news? (Dancing) President has got the blues (Dancing) I tell you confidently If he gives it to you, he'd better take it from me (Sad sad) I'll pick up your bones (Sad sad) Leave the numbers alone (Sad sad) Get off your telephone Looking people in the eye, tell them "my, oh, my" Let your backbone slide while you whistle and cry (John) (She turns me on) (She turns me on) love, love, love, we get (Don't get me wrong) hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm I'm only dancing, ooh-ooh (John) I-I-I-I'm only dancing (She turns me on) I-I-I'm only dancing (She turns me on) I've lost my feet (Don't get me wrong) I'm off on my way (I'm only dancing, ooh-ooh) Please dance with me (I'm only dancing, ooh-ooh) Please dance with me (I'm only dancing, ooh-ooh) (Dancing, dancing, dancing, woo, woo, woo) (Dancing, dancing, dancing, woo, woo, woo) (Dancing, dancing, dancing, woo, woo, woo) (Dancing) I'm only (Dancing) I'm only (Dancing) I'm only (Woo, woo, woo) (Dancing) I'm only (Dancing) I'm only (Dancing) I'm only (Woo, woo, woo) Can't sing nor hear I've lost my fear Cha-Charlie, a dance on (Woo, woo, woo) (Woo, woo, woo) He-he-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey, 'cos (Woo, woo, woo) You got white light You got black light I've got white light Lay a dance on (woo, woo, woo) I'm only I'm only I'm only (Woo, woo, woo) I've got I've got (Woo, woo, woo) (Woo, woo, woo) (Dancing) Hey (Dancing) Hey (Dancing) Hey (Woo, woo, woo) Take a dance on me (Dancing) Lay a dance on me (Dancing) Lay a dance on me (Dancing) Hey (Woo, woo, woo) (Dancing, dancing, dancing, woo, woo, woo) Gotta give it up (Dancing) Gotta give it up (Dancing) Gotta give it up (Dancing) (Woo, woo, woo) He-hey (Dancing) He-hey (Dancing) (Dancing) (Woo, woo, woo) Liking it fine Making it mine Liking it fine Making it mine Liking it fine Making it (I'm only dancing, mmm-hmm) (I'm only dancing, dancing, I'm only dancing, mmm-hmm) (I'm only dancing, dancing, I'm only dancing, mmm-hmm) (I'm only dancing, dancing, I'm only dancing, mmm-hmm) (I'm only dancing, hey I'm dancing, hey! I'm dancing, mmm-hmm) Yes I am (I'm only dancing, hey I'm dancing, hey, dancing, mmm-hmm) Ooh (I'm only dancing, ooh, I'm only dancing, I'm only dancing, mmm-hmm) |
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Can You Hear Me?
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Once we were lovers, can they understand? Closer than others I was your, I was your man Don't talk of heartaches, ooh, I remember them all And I'm taking you out one day, to see if I'm Faking it all Can you hear me? Can you feel me inside? Show your love, love Take it in right (take it in right) Take it in right (take it in right) There's been many others (Oo-oo-oo-oohh) so many times Sixty new cities, an' what do I, what do I What do I find? I want love so badly, I want you most of all You know, it's harder to take it from anyone It's harder to fall Can you hear me call ya? Can you hear me? Can you feel me inside? Show your love, love Take it in right (take it in right) Take it in right (take it in right) Well, can you hear me? (yeah) Can you feel me inside (I do) Show your love, show your sweet, sweet love Show me your love Take it in right (take it in right) Take it in right, yeah (take it in right) Take it in right to your love life, baby Take it in right To your love life Take it in right, take it in right, right to your love life Take it in right, ah Take it in, take it in right Right down, right down (Why don't you take it?) Mmmm, why don't you take it? (Right to your heart) Can you hear me? (Why don't you take it?) Can you feel me? (Why don't you take it?) Can you? Take it in right (Why don't you take it?) Wuhh, right down, right down (Right to your heart) Can you take it? Feel me? (Why don't you take it?) Down, to right down (Why don't you take it?) To your heart (Why don't you take it?) To your heart (Right to your heart) Take it down, take it down (Why don't you take it? Why don't you take it?) Take it in right (Right to your heart) |
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Wild Is the Wind
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Love me, love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind And wild is the wind Wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart Oh, wild is the wind Wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins You're spring to me All things to me Don't you know you're life itself Like a leaf clings to the tree Oh my darling, cling to me For we're like creatures in the wind And wild is the wind Wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins You're spring to me All things to me Don't you know you're life itself Like a leaf clings to the tree Oh my darling, cling to me For we're like creatures in the wind And wild is the wind Wild is the wind |
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Knock on Wood
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I don't wanna lose the good thing that I've got If I have do, I will surely, I will lose a lot For your love is better than any love other I've known It's like thunder, lightning The way you love me is frightening I better knock on wood, baby I got superstitious about you, but I can't take a change You got me spinning, baby, spinning in a trance But your love is better than any other love I've known It's like thunder, lightning The way you love me is frightening You better knock on wood It's no secret, but that woman fills my lovin' cup She sees to it, that I get enough And her love is better than any other love I've known It's like thunder, it's like lightning The way you love me is frightening I better knock on wood, baby |
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TVC 15
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Up every evening 'bout half eight or nine I give my complete attention to a very good friend of mine He's quadraphonic, he's a, he's got more channels So hologramic, oh my TVC one five I brought my baby home, she, she sat around forlorn She saw my TVC one five, baby's gone, she She crawled right in, oh my, she crawled right in my So hologramic, oh my TVC one five Oh so demonic, oh my TVC one five Maybe if I pray every, each night I sit there pleading "Send back my dream test, baby, she's my main feature" My TVC one five, he just stares back unblinking So hologramic, oh my TVC one five One of these nights I may just jump down that rainbow way Be with my baby, then we'll spend some time together So hologramic, oh my TVC one five My baby's in there someplace, love's rating in the sky So hologramic, oh my TVC one five Transition Transmission Transition Transmission Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five Maybe if I pray every, each night I sit there pleading "Send back my dream test, baby, she's my main feature" My TVC one five, he just stares back unblinking So hologramic, oh my TVC one five One of these nights I may just jump down that rainbow way Be with my baby, then we'll spend some time together So hologramic, oh my TVC one five My baby's in there someplace, love's rating in the sky So hologramic, oh my TVC one five Transition Transmission Transition Transmission Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five Oh my TVC one five, oh oh, TVC one five |
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1984
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Someday they won't let you, now you must agree The times they are a-telling, and the changing isn't free You've read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on TV Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 They'll split your pretty cranium and fill it full of air And tell that you're eighty, but brother you won't care You'll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow's never there Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 Come see, come see, remember me? We played out an all night movie role You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled In 1984 (who could ask for more) 1984 (who could ask for more) I'm looking for a vehicle, I'm looking for a ride I'm looking for a party, I'm looking for a side I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65 Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 Come see, come see, remember me? We played out an all night movie role You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled In 1984 (who could ask for more) 1984 (who could ask for more) 1984 1984 1984 (more) 1984 1984 (more) 1984 |
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It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
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I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a Cobra I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a super-nova I could walk like Brando right into the sun, and dance just like a Casanova With my black-jack and jacket and my hair slicked sweet Silver studs on my duds just like a Harley in heat When I strut down the street I can hear its heartbeat The sisters fell back and said "Don't that man look pretty" The cripple on the corner cried out "Penny, nickels for your pity" Them gasoline boys down-town, they sure talk gritty It's so hard to be a saint in the city I was the king of the alley, mama, I could talk some trash I was the Prince of the Paupers, crowned down-town at the Beggars' Bash I was a pimp's main prophet, I kept everything cool Just a back-street gambler with the luck to lose And when the heat came down it was left on the ground, mama Devil appeared to me like Jesus through the steam in the street, and Showed me a hand that even the cops couldn't beat An' I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a poor boy out on the street And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead As the tracks clack out the rhythm, the eyes fixed straight ahead They ride the line of balancing, hold on by just a thread Well, it's too hot in these tunnels, you can get hit up by the heat When you get up to get out at your next stop But they push you right down in your seat And your heart starts beating faster as you struggle to your feet Then you're out of that hole, back on the street And them South-side sisters, they sure look pretty And the cripple on the corner cries out "Nickels for your pity" And them down-town boys, they sure talk gritty It's so hard to be a saint in the... city |
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Look Back in Anger
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"You know who I am," he said The speaker was an angel He coughed and shook his crumpled wings Closed his eyes and moved his lips "It's time we should be going" (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, see it in my eyes Till you come No one seemed to hear him So he leafed through a magazine And, yawning, rubbed the sleep away Very sane he seemed to me (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, driven by the night Till you come (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) Look back in anger, feel it in my voice Till you come (Waiting so long, ahhh...) (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) (Waiting so long, ahhh...) |
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The Secret Life of Arabia
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The secret life of Arabia Secret secrets never seen Secret secrets ever green I was running at the speed of life Through morning's thoughts and fantasies Then I saw your eyes at the cross fades Secret secrets never seen Secret secrets ever green The secret life of Arabia Never here, never seen Secret life ever green The secret life of Arabia You must see the movie the sand in my eyes I walk through a desert song when the heroine dies Arabia (secret secret) Arabia (secret) Arabia (secret secret) Arabia Arabia (secret secret) The secret life of Arabia Never here never seen Secret life ever green |
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D.J.
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I'm home, lost my job, and incurably ill You think this is easy, realism I've got a girl out there, I suppose I think she's dancing Feel like Dan Dare lies down I think she's dancing, what do I know? I am a DJ, I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around, no, oh, ooh I am a DJ, I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around, no, oh no I am a DJ, I am what I play I got believers (kiss-kiss) Believing me, oh One more, weekend, of lights and evening faces Fast food, living nostalgia Humble pie or bitter fruit I am a DJ, I am what I play Can't turn around no, can't turn around no, ooh I am a DJ, I am what I say Can't turn around no, can't turn around, ooh I am a DJ, I am what I play I've got believers (kiss-kiss) Believing me I am a DJ, I am what I play Can turn around no, can't turn around I am a DJ, I am what I play Can turn around no, can't turn around I am a DJ, I am what I play Can turn around no (kiss-kiss) Time flies when you're having fun Break his heart, break her heart He used to be my boss and now he is a puppet dancer I am a DJ, and I've got believers I've got believers I've got believers I've got believers in me I've got believers I am a DJ, I am what I play I am a DJ |
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Beauty and the Beast
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Weaving down a byroad, singing the song That's my kind of high rolling gone wrong My-my Smile at least You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast Something in the night Something in the day Nothing is wrong but darling Something's in the way There's slaughter in the air Protest on the wind Someone else inside me Someone could get skinned, how? My-my Someone fetch a Priest You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast Darling My-my You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast (Weakling) My-my You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast I wanted to believe me I wanted to be good I wanted no distractions Like every good boy should My-my Nothing will corrupt us Nothing will compete Thank God Heaven left us Standing on our feet My-my Beauty and the Beast My-my Just Beauty and the Beast You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast Darling My-my My My-my My |
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Breaking Glass
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Baby, I've been breaking glass in your room again Listen, don't look at the carpet I drew something awful on it See you're such a wonderful person But you got problems oh-oh-oh-oh I'll never touch you |
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Boys Keep Swinging
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1-2-3-4 Heaven loves ya The clouds part for ya Nothing stands in your way When you're a boy Clothes always fit ya Life is a pop of the cherry When you're a boy When you're a boy You can wear a uniform When you're a boy Other boys check you out You get a girl These are your favourite things When you're a boy Boys Boys Boys keep swinging Boys always work it out Uncage the colours Unfurl the flag Luck just kissed you hello! When you're a boy They'll never clone ya You're always first on the line When you're a boy When you're a boy You can buy a home of your own When you're a boy Learn to drive and everything You'll get your share When you're a boy Boys Boys Boys keep swinging Boys always work it out |
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'Heroes'
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I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can beat them, just for one day We can be Heroes, just for one day And you, you can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cos we're lovers, and that is a fact Yes we're lovers, and that is that Though nothing, will keep us together We could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say? I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, for ever and ever Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can be Heroes, just for one day We can be us, just for one day I, I can remember (I remember) Standing, by the wall (by the wall) And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads) And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) And the shame, was on the other side Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever Then we could be Heroes, just for one day We can be Heroes We can be Heroes We can be Heroes Just for one day We can be Heroes We're nothing, and nothing will help us Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay But we could be safer, just for one day Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, just for one day |