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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Bowie
Vocals
Keith Christmas
Acoustic Guitar
John Lodge
Bass Guitar
John Cambridge
Drums
Mick Wayne
Guitar
Tim Renwick
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Bowie
Songwriter
Tony Visconti
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tony Visconti
Producer
Barry Sheffield
Engineer
Malcolm Toft
Engineer
Ken Scott
Recording Engineer
Ray Staff
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
Oh, my love, Janine
I'm helpless for your smile
Like a Polish wanderer, I travel ever onwards to your land
And were it not just for the jewels, I'd close your hand
Your strange demand
To collocate my mind
Scares me into gloom, you're too intense
I'll have to keep you in your place
I've no defence, I've got to keep my veil on my face
Janine, Janine
You'd like to know me well
But I've got things inside my head that even I can't face
Janine, Janine
You'd like to crash my walls
But if you take an axe to me, you'll kill another man
Not me at all
You're fey, Janine
A tripper to the last
But if I catch you standing on my toes
I'll have a right to shout you down
For you're a lazy stream in which my thoughts would drown
So stay, Janine
And we can glide along
I've caught your wings for laughs
I'm not obliged to read you statements of the year
So take your glasses off and don't act so sincere
Janine, Janine
You'd like to know me well
But I've got things inside my head that even I can't face
Janine, Janine
You'd like to crash my walls
But if you take an axe to me, you'll kill another man
Not me at all
Yeah! Oh-oh!
Wooo!
Janine!
Hey, Janine!
Janine!
Oh, hey, Janine!
Oh, Janine-ah!
Oh, hey, Janine!
Oh, hey-ya
Oh-oh, Janine-ah
Oh, Janine, yeah!
Janine, Janine, Janine, yeah!
Janine, Janine, Janine, yeah!
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Written by: David Bowie