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The Width Of A Circle - 2020 Mix
David Bowie
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Tony Visconti
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In the corner of the morning and the past
I would sit and blame the master first and last
Oh, the roads were straight and narrow
And the bros were scarlet yellow
And the rumors spread that I was aging fast
Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping by a tree
And I looked and frowned and the monster was me
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Well, I said "Hello" and I said "Hello"
And I asked "Why not?" and I replied "I dunno"
So he asked a simple back road who was happiest to be
Well, he laughed and sang and quipped Kahlil Gibran
And I cried for all the others 'til the day was nearly through
For I realized the gods are young men too
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Oh, I said "So long" and I waved bye bye
And I smashed my soul and traded my mind
Got laid by a young bordello who was vaguely half asleep
For which my reputation swept back home in drag
And the morals of his magic spell negotiate my hide
When God did take my logic for a ride
I'm running along
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He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips
And showed me the leather bound 'round his hips
My knees were shaking, my cheeks aflame
He said, "You'll never go down to the gods again"
Turn around, go away
I struck the ground, a cavern appeared
And I smelt the burning pit of fear
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His head is raised wide above
His tongue swollen with devil's love
Snaking high, a venom high
I said, "Do it again, do it again"
Turn around
Breathe, breathe, breathe deeply
And oh, it's seething, breathing deeply
Spitting a century-long entailed
Waiting for you
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