Reality

- Album: Reality

- Lyrics and music by David Bowie



Tragic youth was looking young and sexy

The tragic youth was wearing tattered black jeans

Bearing arms and flooring all her mischief

The tragic youth was growing down on me

And I swear

Hoo, hoo

Yes, I swear



I feel the wall of silence separate us

I hear the morning junk, her wretched highs

I spin from Planet X to Planet Alpha

Struggling for reality



Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Woo, hoo

Ha, ha, ha, ha

Woo hoo



Hey, now my sight is failing in this twilight

Duh duh duh duh duh-duh duh-duh-duh

Now my death is more than just a sad song

Da duh duh duh duh-duh duh-duh-duh



And I swear

Hoo, hoo

Yes, I swear

Hoo, hoo



I still don't remember how this happened

I still don't get the 'wherefores' and the 'whys'

I look for scent and I get next to nothing

Hey, boy, welcome to reality



Ha, ha, ha, ha

Woo, hoo



I've been right, but I've been wrong

Now I'm back where I started from

Never looked over reality's shoulder



Ha, ha, ha, ha

Huh, ha, ha, ha

Woo, hoo



Huh, ha, ha

Woo, hoo

Wooh