Song for Bob Dylan [Bowie]

Ah, hear this, Robert Zimmerman
I wrote a song for you
About a strange young man called Dylan
With a voice like sand and glue

Some words had truthful vengeance
They could pin us to the floor
Brought a few more people on
And put the fear in a whole lot more

Ah, here she comes, here she comes
Here she comes again
The same old painted lady
From the brow of a super-brain

She'll scratch this world to pieces
As she comes on like a friend
But a couple of songs from your old scrapbook
Could send her home again

You gave your heart to every bed-sit room
At least a picture on the wall
And you sat behind a million pair of eyes
And told them how they saw

Then we lost your train of thought
Your paintings are all your own
While troubles are rising, we'd rather be scared
Together than alone

Ah, here she comes, here she comes
Here she comes again
The same old painted lady
From the brow of a super-brain

She'll scratch this world to pieces
As she comes on like a friend
But a couple of songs from your old scrapbook
Could send her home again, oh

Now, hear this, Robert Zimmerman
Though I don't suppose we'll meet
Ask your good friend, Dylan
If he'd gaze a while down the old street

Tell him we've lost his poems
So we're writing on the walls
Give us back our unity, and
Give us back our family

You're every nation's refugee
Don't leave us with our sanity

Ah, here she comes, here she comes
Here she comes again
The same old painted lady
From the brow of a super-brain

She'll scratch this world to pieces
As she comes on like a friend
But a couple of songs from your old scrapbook
Could send her home again

A couple of songs from your old scrapbook
Could send her home again

Oh, here she comes
Ooo, here she comes
Oh, here she comes
Ooo
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Hunky Dory
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The Ziggy Stardust Tour