The Next Day Lyrics - David Bowie

1 "Look into my eyes," he tells her.

2 "I'm gonna say goodbye," he says yeah

3 "Do not cry," she begs of him goodbye yeah

4 All that day she thinks of his love, yeah

5 They whip him through the streets and alleys there

6 The gormless and the baying crowd right there

7 They can't get enough of that doomsday song

8 They can't get enough of it all

9 Listen

10 "Listen to the whores," he tells her.

11 He fashions paper sculptures of them

12 Then drags them to the river‘s bank in the cart

13 Their soggy paper bodies wash ashore in the dark

14 And the priest stiff in hate now demanding fun begin

15 Of his women dressed as men for the pleasure of that priest

16 Here I am

17 Not quite dying

18 My body left to rot in a hollow tree

19 Its branches throwing shadows

20 On the gallows for me

21 And the next day

22 And the next

23 And another day

24 Ignoring the pain of their particular diseases

25 They chase him through the alleys, chase him down the steps

26 They haul him through the mud and they chant for his death

27 And drag him to the feet of the purple headed priest

28 First they give you everything that you want

29 Then they take back everything that you have

30 They live upon their feet and they die upon their knees

31 They can work with satan while they dress like the saints

32 They know God exists for the devil told them so

33 They scream my name aloud down into the well below

34 Here I am

35 Not quite dying

36 My body left to rot in a hollow tree

37 Its branches throwing shadows

38 On the gallows for me

39 And the next day

40 And the next

41 And another day

42 Here I am

43 Not quite dying

44 My body left to rot in a hollow tree

45 Its branches throwing shadows

46 On the gallows for me

47 And the next day

48 And the next

49 And another day

50 Here I am

51 Not quite dying

52 My body left to rot in a hollow tree

53 Its branches throwing shadows

54 On the gallows for me

55 And the next day

56 And the next

57 And another day

58 Listen