Alternative Candidate (A demo for Proposed 1984 Musical) Songtext
von David Bowie

Inside every teenage girl there′s a fountain
Inside every young pair of pants there's a mountain
Inside every mother′s eyes is Tommy Tinkrem's bed
Inside every candidate waits a grateful dead

I make it a thing, when I'm on my own to relieve myself
I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself
I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself
Yeah, and pretend I′m walking home

I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room
Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon
Well, I ain′t gonna suck no radar wing
Because inside this tin is tin
Would you like to techno-plate cause I'm your candidate
Oh yeah


It′s a matter of life
And the way you walk, you've got a BrylCream queen
It′s a matter of tact
In the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean
A matter of fact
That a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen
So I′ll pretend I'm walking home

You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune
You don′t have to scream a lot to predict monsoons
You don′t have to paint my contact black
Now I've hustled a pair of jeans
Do I have to give your money back when I′m the Fuhrerling

I'll make you a deal
I′ll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped
I'll make you a deal
You can get your kicks on the candidate
I′ll make you a deal
For your future's sake, I'm the candidate
Let′s pretend we′re walking home
Uh-huh, uh-huh
I'm the candidate
I′m the candidate
Vote now for the candidate