David Bowie
Silly Boy Blue (2001 Re-Recording)
[Verse 1]
Mountains of Lhasa are feeling the rain
People are walking the Botella lanes
Preacher takes the school
One boy breaks a rule
[Chorus]
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
[Verse 2]
Yak butter statues that melt in the sun
Cannot dissolve all the work you've not done
A chela likes to feel
That his overself pays the bill
[Chorus]
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
[Verse 3]
You wish and wish, and wish again
You've tried so hard to fly
You'll never leave your body now
You've got to wait to die
[Bridge]
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
Jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jim
Jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, Jim
[Chorus]
Silly boy bluе
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
[Verse 4]
Child of Tibet, you'rе a gift from the sun
Reincarnation of hundreds man
Homeward road is long
You've left your prayers and song
[Chorus]
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue
Silly boy blue