Modern Love - David Bowie

Cleopatra's portrait, In the bathroom line All the parties ended with a lust for life A dark mouth surrounds us, into the stardust I stand before the ending, carousel ascending The end is the beginning, beginning to an ending Like the cells dividing, zeroes multiplying You tell me it existed, as you lie beside me From the early wars, to modern love stories I reach into the darkness, the universe collects us

I don't want to go out And I won't stay in Get things done I catch a paper boy But things don't really change I'm standing in the wind But I never wave bye-bye But I try, I try There's no sign of life It's just the power to charm I'm lying in the rain But I never wave goodbye But I try, I try Never gonna fall for Modern love, walks beside me Modern love, walks on by Modern love, gets me to the church on time, yeah The church on time, terrifies me Church on time, makes me party Church on time, puts my trust in god and man, yeah God and man, no confessions God and man, no religion God and man, don't believe in modern love It's not really work It's just the power to charm I'm still standing in the wind But I never wave bye-bye But I try, I try Never gonna fall for Modern love, walks beside me Modern love, walks on by Modern love, gets me to the church on time, yeah The church on time, terrifies me Church on time, makes me party Church on time, puts my trust in god and man, yeah God and man, no confessions God and man, no religion God and man, don't believe in Puts my trust in god and man God and man, no confessions God and man

Ooh Hey, I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean And all you can give is a spin in your washing machine I fly off to Rome to my prima bella She leaves me in the rain with telescopic umbrella Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain I trusted my Venus was untouched in her shell But the pearls and the balls in her oysters were tacky as hell For Lady Godiva I came incognito The driver had stolen her red hot magneto Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain I don't know why they leave me in the lurch To carry on the search It's driving me up the wall When I have so much passion Romance is out of fashion Can't handle modern love at all Hey, I worship Diana by the light of the moon When I pull out my pipe she scream out of tune In Paris my heart sinks when I see my Mona Lisa She gives me the wink, then she shows me the freezer Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain Aah the pain Ooh the pain Aah the pain Ooh, ooh Gimme the pain Ooh, the pain

Tell me you're sorry so we can move on Kissing my friends is always wrong But I'm not too worried 'Cause we're still so young now Just like this night, we won't last long So let's leave this party, I'll find my way home Into your body, leave the light on now Late night, red wine and you 'Cause we are modern lovers hanging on each other Late night, long drive, you can't kill our vibe 'Cause we are modern lovers, we can't get enough of Late night, glazed eyes, we all lose our minds Act so cold-hearted, but I know you're not Look what you've started, can't be apart Until the morning, leave the light on now Late night, red wine and you 'Cause we are modern lovers hanging on each other Late night, long drive, you can't kill our vibe 'Cause we are modern lovers, we can't get enough of Late night, glazed eyes, we all lose our minds Broken by the love They can't handle us We can't get enough This is modern love 'Cause we are modern lovers hanging on each other Late night, long drive, you can't kill our vibe We are modern lovers, we can't get enough of Late night, glazed eyes, we all lose our minds 'Cause we are modern lovers hanging on each other Late night, long drive, you can't kill our vibe 'Cause we are modern lovers, we can't get enough of Late night, glazed eyes, we all lose our minds Broken by the love They can't handle us This is modern love 'Cause we are modern lovers Broken by the love They can't handle us This is modern love This is modern love

This week dragged past me so slowly The days fell on their knees Maybe I'll take something to help me Hope someone takes after me I guess there's always some change in the weather This time I know we could get it together If I did casually mention tonight That would be crazy tonight Stay - that's what I meant to say Or do something, but what I never say is Stay this time, I really meant to so bad this time 'Cause you can never really tell When somebody wants something you want too Heart wrecker, heart wrecker, make me delight Life is so vague when it brings someone new This time tomorrow I'll know what to do I know it's happened to you Stay - that's what I meant to say Or do something, but what I never say is Stay this time, I really meant to so bad this time 'Cause you can never really tell When somebody wants something you want too Stay - that's what I meant to say Or do something, but what I never say is Stay this time, I really meant to so bad this time 'Cause you can never really tell When somebody wants something you want too