“I look to the stars”
And you though we posted a young picture of David Jones yesterday. In this detail from a contact sheet of 48 different images, the baby Bowie is pictured at just ten months old.
The wee nipper is undeniably looking to the stars in the selected frames (well, 1947 was the year of the Roswell incident), and that’s our tenuous link to today’s lyric, Boss Of Me, track number nine from The Next Day.
As we’ve suggested previously, we will endeavour to provide a daily marriage of lyrics from The Next Day to images from the upcoming David Bowie is Exhibition at The V&A.
Boss Of Me (David Bowie/Gerry Leonard)Tell me when you’re sadI wanna make it cool againI know you’re feeling badTell me when you’re cool againWho’d have ever thought of itWho’d have ever dreamedThat a small town girl like youWould be the boss of meWe fly through the nightThe tears on your lipsLife has your mind and soulIt spins on your hipsWho’d have ever thought of itWho’d have ever dreamedWho’d have ever thought of itWho’d have ever dreamedThat a small town girl like youWould be the boss of meWould be the boss of meWould be the boss of meYou look at me and you weepFor the free blue skyI look to the starsAs they flicker and float in your eyesAnd under these wings of steelThe small town diesWho’d have ever thought of itWho’d have ever dreamedWho’d have ever thought of itWho’d have ever dreamedThat a small town girl like youWould be the boss of meWho’d have ever thought of itWho’d have ever dreamedThat a small town girl like youWould be the boss of meWould be the boss of meWould be the boss of me