Station to Station

Album: Station to Station (1976)
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  • The return of the Thin White Duke
    Throwing darts in lovers' eyes
    Here are we, one magical moment, such is the stuff

    From where dreams are woven
    Bending sound, dredging the ocean, lost in my circle
    Here am I, flashing no color

    Tall in this room overlooking the ocean
    Here are we, one magical movement from Kether to Malkuth
    There are you, you drive like a demon from station to station

    The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes
    The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes
    The return of the Thin White Duke, making sure white stays

    Once there were mountains on mountains
    And once there were sun birds to soar with
    And once I could never be down

    Got to keep searching and searching
    Oh, what will I be believing and who will connect me with love?
    Wonderful, wonderful, wonder when

    Have you sought fortune, evasive and shy?
    Drink to the men who protect you and I
    Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high

    It's not the side-effects of the cocaine
    I'm thinking that it must be love
    It's too late to be grateful

    It's too late to be late again
    It's too late to be hateful
    The European cannon is here

    I must be only one in a million
    I won't let the day pass without her
    It's too late to be grateful

    It's too late to be late again
    It's too late to be hateful
    The European cannon is here

    Should I believe that I've been stricken?
    Does my face show some kind of glow?
    It's too late to be grateful

    It's too late to be late again
    It's too late to be hateful
    The European cannon is here, yes it's here

    It's too late
    It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late
    The European cannon is here

    It's not the side-effects of the cocaine
    I'm thinking that it must be love
    It's too late to be grateful

    It's too late to be late again
    It's too late to be hateful
    The European cannon is here

    I must be only one in a million
    I won't let the day pass without her
    It's too late to be grateful

    It's too late to be late again
    It's too late to be hateful
    The European cannon is here

    Should I believe that I've been stricken?
    Does my face show some kind of glow?
    It's too late to be grateful

    It's too late to be late again
    It's too late to be hateful
    The European cannon is here, yes it's here

    It's too late
    It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late
    The European cannon is here Writer/s: David Bowie
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 4

  • Aife from LondonI think they meant it's the only song that refers to the Thin White Duke. There are also songs for Aladdin Sane , and Diamond Dogs , if you count that as a character
    And I believe it's European Canon , one n , meaning body of work
    The lyrics are quite oblique but one of his best songs I think
  • Scott Glazbrook from AustraliaIt is not the only song that names a character, Ziggy
  • Garry S from Manahawkin, NjWhat is a European Cannon?
  • Cliff from Oakdale, NyBowie opened his Jones Beach Theater Concert at Zach's Bay a few years ago with this one. He used an unbelivable video in the background of trains rushing to each other along with a great light show, it was spectacular!!!
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