David Bowie - The Bewlay Brothers

And so the story goes they wore the clothes
They said the things to make it seem improbable
The whale of a lie like they hope it was
And the Goodmen Tomorrow
Had their feet in the wallow
And their heads of Brawn were nicer shorn
And how they bought their positions with saccharin and trust
And the world was asleep to our latent fuss
Sighing, the swirl through the streets
Like the crust of the sun
The Bewlay Brothers
In our Wings that Bark
Flashing teeth of Brass
Standing tall in the dark
Oh, And we were Gone
Hanging out with your Dwarf Men
We were so turned on
By your lack of conclusions

I was Stone and he was Wax
So he could scream, and still relax, unbelievable
And we frightened the small children away
And our talk was old and dust would flow
Thru our veins and Lo! it was midnight
Back at the kitchen door
Like the grim face on the Cathedral floor
And the solid book we wrote
Cannot be found today
And it was Stalking time for the Moonboys
The Bewlay Brothers
With our backs on the arch
In the Devil-may-be-here
But He can't sing about that
Oh, And we were Gone
Real Cool Traders
We were so Turned On
You thought we were Fakers

Now the dress is hung, the ticket pawned
The Factor Max that proved the fact
Is melted down
And woven on the edging of my pillow
Now my Brother lays upon the Rocks
He could be dead, He could be not
He could be You
He's Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature
Shooting-up Pie-in-the-Sky
The Bewlay Brothers
In the feeble and the Bad
Bewlay Brothers
In the Blessed and Cold
In the Crutch-hungry Dark
Was where we flayed our Mark
Oh, and we were Gone
Kings of Oblivion
We were so Turned On
In the Mind-Warp Pavilion

Lay me place and bake me Pie
I'm starving for me Gravy
Leave my shoes, and door unlocked
I might just slip away, hey

Just for the Day, Hey!
Hey, Please come Away, Hey!
Just for the Day, Hey!
Please come Away, Hey!
Please come Away, Hey!
Just for the Day
Please come Away
Please come Away
Please come Away
Please come Away
Away
(Away)
Away
Hey

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[aahjamaise]

On a scale of 1 to fuckin awesome this song is fuckin awesome. And to think some o the shit that kids buy today

[ralucagymnast]

One of the best songs Bowie ever wrote; its about his brother, Terry, who was schizophrenic. Really moving song, fantastic.

[teamcrumb]

lovely David

[teamcrumb]

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[turner475]

Lovely photos....

[pathop]

Some of those photos I've never seen before. Great! The song is a masterpiece. Bowie's a genius.

[pchamberlain]

Ken Andrews did a remake of this song. the orignal is kinda' folksey and Ken's version is epicly theatrical. don't get me wrong, I love Bowie, i just prefer Ken's take on this classic. (BTW the band ken headed when he did the remake was called "The Replicants")

[SuperBillythepoet]

One of Bowie's best lyrics... Great melody, too...

[TheKenfig]

@wpollock1 I think of this as part of an unrelated triology that began with 'The Man Who Sold The World' album that happen to be Bowie's best three albums for me and which have just about everything he has to offer, although he gave us more than that with other great tracks like 'Space Oddity', 'Heroes', 'Jean Genie', 'Ashes To Ashes' etc. I dont think after 'Ziggy Stardust' he made more albums that were entirely such classics

[MrMAHBOI1]

@aahjamaise no it's more then fucking awesome.

[wpollock1]

Before Ziggy or the Thin White Duke there was THIS Bowie....making very personal songs. I won this album in a raffle at my high school in 1973. I always loved this album and thank God that I flipped it over to hear the entire thing. Queen Bitch, Fill Your Heart, Song For Bob Dylan, etc.

[doubleder]

Bowie often "frightened the small children away"...those that grew up listening to his music are richer for it! Bewlay Brothers may be his crowning achievement lyrically! Simply brilliant song.