@ALBUM: Scary Monsters @SONG: It's No Game (No.1) Music and Lyrics by Bowie Shirueto ya kage ga kaku mei o miteiru Mo tengoku no giu no kai dan wa nai Ore genjitsukara shime dasare Nani ga okkote iru ka wakara nai Doko ni kyokun wa aruka Hitobito wa yabi oorareteiru Konna dokusaisha ni igashime rareru nowa kanashi Namnino kiroku eiga Hioteki o se ni shita koibi to tach Michi ni ishi o nage reba Konago na ni kundake Kino ni hutao sureba Kyo hu wa masu Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba Shinbun wa kaki tateru @SONG: Up the Hill Backwards Music and Lyrics by Bowie The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom And the possibilities it seems to offer It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart Earth keeps on rolling - witnesses falling It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it Yea yea yea - up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooo -ooo While we sleep they go to work We're legally crippled It's the death of love It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it More idols than realities I'm O.K. - you're so-so It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you If one can grasp it Yea yea yea - up the hill backwards It'll be alright ooo -ooo @SONG: Scary Monsters (and SuperCreeps) Music and Lyrics by Bowie She had a horror of rooms she was tired you can't hide beat And when I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home She could've been a killer if she didn't walk the way she do She'd opened strange doors that we'd never close again She began to wail jealousies screams Waiting at the lights know what I mean Scary monsters supercreeps keep me running running scared Scary monsters supercreeps keep me running running scared She asked me to stay and I stole her room She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind Now she's stupid in the streets and she can't socialise I love the little girl and I'll love her till the day she dies Jimmy's guitar sound jealousies scream Waiting at the lights know what I mean Scary monsters supercreeps keep me running running scared @SONG: Ashes yo Ashes Music and Lyrics by Bowie Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song I've heard a rumour from Ground Control Oh no don't say it's true They got a message from the Action Man I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed love Sordid details following The shrieking of nothing is killing me Just pictures of Japgirls in synthesis And I ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair (But I'm hoping to kick) But the planet is glowing Ashes to ashes funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junky Strunk out in heavens high Hitting an all time low Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with my valuable friend I'm happy hope you're happy too One flash of light but no smoking pistol I've never done good things I've never done bad things I've never done anything out of the blue I want an axe to break the ice I want to come down right now Ashes to ashes funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junky Strunk out in heavens high Hitting an all time low My mama said to get things done You better not mess with Major Tom @SONG: Fashion Music and Lyrics by Bowie There's a brand new dance But I don't know its name That people from bad homes Do again and again It's big and it's bland Full of tension and fear They do it over there But they don't do it here Fashion - Turn to the left Fashion - Turn to the right We are the goon squad And we're coming to town Beep-Beep - Beep-Beep Listen to me - don't listen to me Talk to me - don't talk to me Dance with me - don't dance with me No - Beep-Beep - Beep-Beep There's a brand new talk But it's not very clear That people from bad homes Are talking this year It's loud and it's tasteless I've not heard it before Shout it when you're dancing On the -er dance floor Fashion - Turn to the left Fashion - Turn to the right We are the goon squad And we're coming to town Beep-Beep - Beep-Beep Listen to me - don't listen to me Talk to me - don't talk to me Dance with me - don't dance with me No - Beep-Beep - Beep-Beep Oop bop - do do do do do do do do Fa fa fa fa - Fashion @SONG: Teenage Wildlife Music and Lyrics by Bowie How come you only want tomorrow With its 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 used up You break open your million dollar weapon 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 As ugly as a teenage millionaire Pretending it's a whizz kid world And you'll take me aside And say David what shall I do They wait for me in the hallway And 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 They can't do this to me I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife Those midwives to history put on their bloody robes The word is that the hunted one is out there on his own 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 a tree And look up one time at that vast blue sky Scream out aloud as they shoot you down No, no I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife And no one will have seen and no one will confess Fingerprints will prove that you couldn't pass the test And there'll be others on the line filing past Who'll whisper low I miss you he had to go Each to his own Just another piece of teenage wildlife @SONG: Scream Like a Baby Music and Lyrics by Bowie Well I wouldn't buy the merchandise And I wouldn't fight no war And I mixed with other colours But the nurse doen't care And I hide under blankets Or did I run away I really can't remember Last time I saw the light of day But I remember Sam 'cause he was like me Scream like a baby Sam was a gun But I never knew his last name And we never had no fun They came down hard on the faggots They came down on the street They came down harder on Sam And we all knew he was beat Thrown into the wagon Blind fold chains and stomped on us Took away our clothes and things Pumped us full of strange drugs And oh I saw Sam falling Spitting in their eyes But now I lay me down to sleep But now I close my eyes And I'm learning to be a part of society Scream like a baby Sam was a gun But I never knew his last name And we never had no fun No athletic program, no discipline, no book He just sat in the back seat Swearing he'd seek revenge But he jumped into the the furnace Singing old songs we loves Scream like a baby Sam was a gun But I never knew his last name And we never had no fun @SONG: Kingdome Come Music and Lyrics by Tom Verlaine Well I walked in the pouring rain And I heard the voice that cries it's all in vain The face of doom was shining in my room I just need one day somewhere far away Lord I just need one day Well I'll be breaking these rocks until the Kingdom comes And cutting this hay until the Kingdom comes yes I'll be breaking these rocks until the Kingdom comes It's my price to pay until the Kingdom comes The river's so muddy but it may come clear And I know too well what's keeping me here I'm just a slave of a burning ray Give me the night I can't take another sight Please give me the night Well I'll be breaking these rocks until the Kingdom comes And cutting this hay until the Kingdom comes yes I'll be breaking these rocks until the Kingdom comes It's my price to pay until the Kingdom comes The sun keeps beating down the wall's a mile high Up in the towers they're watching me hoping I'm gonna die But they'll open these cells when the Kingdom comes I won't be breaking no rocks when the Kingdom comes yes they'll open these cells when the Kingdom comes I won't hear their talk when the Kingdom comes I'm going up for pardon when the Kingdom comes Well pardon me when the Kingdom comes I won't be breaking no rock I won't be breaking no rock I won't be breaking no rock When the Kingdom comes @SONG: Because You're Young Music and Lyrics by Bowie Psychodelicate girl - come out to play Little metal faced boy - don't stay away He's so war torn and resigned - she can't talk anymore What are they trying to prove - what are they hoping to find It's love back to front and no sides - like I say These pieces are broken - like I say These pieces are broken Hope I'm wrong but I know Because you're young You'll meet a stranger some night Because you're young What could be nicer for you And it makes me sad So I'll dance my life away A million dreams A million scars He punishes hard - was loving her such a crime She took back everything she said Left him nearly out of his mind They're people I know - people I love They seem so unhappy - dead or alive It's love back to front and no sides - like I say These pieces are broken - like I say These pieces are broken Hope I'm wrong but I know Because you're young You'll meet a stranger some night Because you're young What could be nicer for you And it makes me sad So I'll dance my life away A million dreams A million scars @SONG: It's No Game (No.2) Music and Lyrics by Bowie Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven Just walky-talky - heaven or hearth Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan Well it's no game I am barred from the event I really don't understand the situation So where's the moral People have their fingers broken To be insulted by these fascists - it's so degrading It's no game Documentaries on refuges Couples 'gainst the target Throw the rock upon the road and It breaks into pieces Draw the blinds on yesterday And it's all so much scarier Put a bullet in my brain And it makes all the papers It's no game Children 'round the world Put camel shit on the wall Making carpets on treadmills Or garbage sorting And it's no game CREDITS: David Bowie: vocals + keyboards Dennis Davis: percussion George Murray: bass Carlos Alomar: guitars Chuck Hammer: guitar on Ashes to Ashes + Teenage Wildlife Robert Fripp: guitar on Fashion + It's no game + Scary Monsters + + Kingdom Come + Up the Hill Backwards + + Teenage Wildlife Roy Bittan: piano on Teenage Wildlife + Ashes to Ashes + Up the Hill Backwards Andy Clark: syntheziser on Fashion + Scream Like a Baby + + Ashes to Ashes + Because You're Young Pete Townshend: guitar on Because You're Young Tony Visconti: acoustic guitar on Scary Monsters + + Up the Hills Backwards Lynn Maitland, Chris Porter, Tony Visconti, David Bowie: vocal backing Michi Hirota: voice on It's No Game (No.1) Hisahi Miura: Japanese translation of It's No Game Natasha Kornilof: clown costume Richard Sharah: make-up Cover concept: Bowie/Duffy Cover by: Edward Bell Recorded: Power Station, New York by David Bowie and Tony Visconti Assistants Power Station: Lany Alexander + Jeff Hendrickson