DB backstage at this year’s Tibet House Benefit Concert.
Picture adapted from a photograph at Martha Mooke’s site.
And I’m busting up my brains for the words…
Those of you reading this that still haven’t worked out that the message boards are a constant source of fun, and indeed, useful information, will be pleased to learn that David Bowie has stopped the suffering of many a curious fan by posting the correct lyrics to ‘I Would Be Your Slave’.
Now you can all stop straining to hear through the roar of background noise on the illicit recording you have of the song, and you can also ignore the brave if amusing attempts to decipher the lyrics that you may have seen posted elsewhere. These are the correct words per the studio recording, with only a couple of minor deviations from the live version performed at Carnegie Hall 2002.
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I Would be your Slave
Walking in the snowy street
Let me understand
Drifting down a silent path
Stumbling over land
Open up your heart to me
Show me who you are
And I would be your Slave
Do you sleep in quietude
Do you walk in peace
Do you laugh out loud at me
No one else is free
Open up your heart to me
Show me all you are
And I would be your slave
I don’t sit and wait
I don’t give a damn
I don’t see the point at all
No footsteps in the sand
I bet you laugh out loud at me
A chance to strike me down
Give me peace of mind at last
Show me all you are
Open up your heart to me
I would be your slave
I don?t sit and wait
I don’t give a damn
I don’t see the point at all
No footsteps in the sand
I would give you all my love
Nothing else is free
Open up your heart to me
I would be your slave
Words and music David Bowie
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