The Bewlay Brothers Lyrics by David Bowie

The Bewlay Brothers Lyrics

    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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