David Bowie
David Bowie - Baal's Hymn lyrics
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Whilst his mother's womb contained the growing baal Even then the sky was waiting quiet and pale Nakedyoungimmensely marvellous Like baal loved itwhen he came to us That same sky remained with him in joy and care Even when baal slept peaceful and unaware At night a lilac skya drunken baal Turning pious as the sky grows pale So through hospitalcathedralwhiskey bar Baal kept moving onwards and just let things go When baal's tiredboysbaal cannot fall far He will have his sky down there below When the sinners congregate in shame together Baal lay nakedrevelling in their distress Only skya sky that will go on forever Formed a blanket for his nakedness And that lusty girlthe worldwho'll laughing yield To the men who'll stand the pressure of her thighs Sometimes gave him love-bitessuch as can't be healed Baal survived ithe just used his eyes And when baal saw lots of corpses scattered round He felt twice the thrilldespite the lack of room "space enough" said baal"then I'll thicken the ground Space enough within this woman's womb" Any vice for baal has got it's useful side It's the man who practices ithe can't abide Vices have their pointonce you see it as such Stick to two for one will be too much Slacknesssoftness are the sort of things to shun Nothing could be harder than the quest for fun Lots of strength is needed and experience too Swollen bellies can embarrass you Under gloomy stars and this poor veil of tears Baal will graze a pasture till it disappears Once it's been digested to the forest's teeth Baal trod singing for a well earned sleep Baal can spot the vultures in the stormy sky As they wait up there to see if baal will die Sometimes baal pretends he's deadbut vultures swoop Baal in silence dines on vulture-soup When the dark womb drags him down to it's prize What's the world still mean to baalhe's overfed So much sky is lurking still behind his eyes He'll just have enough sky when he's dead Once the earth's dark womb engulfed the rotting baal Even then the sky was up therequiet and pale Nakedyoungimmensely marvellous Like baal loved it when he lived with us