Listen to New Killer Star by David Bowie

New Killer Star

David Bowie

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

David Bowie

Vocals

Catherine Russell

Catherine Russell

Background Vocals

Gail Ann Dorsey

Gail Ann Dorsey

Background Vocals

Tony Visconti

Background Vocals

Mark Plati

Guitar

Sterling Campbell

Sterling Campbell

Drums

David Torn

Guitar

Earl Slick

Guitar

Gerry Leonard

Guitar

Mike Garson

Piano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Bowie

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

David Bowie

Producer

Tony Visconti

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

See the great white scar

Over Battery Park

Then a flare glides over

But I won't look at that scar

Oh, my nuclear baby (We'll discover a star)

Oh, my idiot trance

All my idiot questions (Like the stars in your eyes)

Let's face the music and dance

[Verse 2]

Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready

I never said I'm better, I'm better, I'm better

Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready

I never said I'm better, I'm better, I'm better, I'm better than you

[Verse 3]

All the corners of the buildings

Who but we remember these?

The sidewalks and trees

I'm thinking now

[Verse 4]

I got a better way

I discovered a star

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

A new killer star

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

The stars in your eyes

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

I discovered a star

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

[Verse 5]

See my life in a comic

Like the way they did the Bible

With the bubbles and action

The little details in colour

First a horseback bomber (We'll discover a star)

Just a small thin chance

Like seeing Jesus on Dateline (Like the stars in your eyes)

Let's face the music and dance

[Verse 6]

Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready

I never said I'm better, I'm better, I'm better

Don't ever say I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready

I never said I'm better, I'm better, I'm better, I'm better than you

[Verse 7]

All the corners of the buildings

Who but we remember these?

The sidewalks and trees

I'm thinking now

[Verse 8]

I got a better way

I discovered a star

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

A new killer star

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

The stars in your eyes

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

I discovered a star

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

I got a better way

I got a better way

Ready, set, go

Written by: David Bowie

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