Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
David Bowie * Track #11 On The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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Album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide by David Bowie
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Often used as a closing song for the Ziggy and Aladdin Sane tours, Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide is not only the thematic death of Ziggy Stardust on the album, but the real life end to the character as portrayed by Bowie.
Before playing the song at The Hammersmith Odeon in London (The last date of the tour...
Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
You pull on your finger
Then another finger, then cigarette
The wall-to-wall is calling
It lingers, then you forget
[Refrain]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
[Verse 2]
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
And the clock waits so patiently on your song
You walk past the café, but you don't eat
When you've lived too long
[Refrain]
Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
[Verse 3]
Chev's brakes are snarling
As you stumble across the road
But the day breaks instead, so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk float, ride your mind
They're so natural, religiously unkind
[Bridge]
Oh no, love, you're not alone
You're watching yourself, but you're too unfair
You got your head all tangled up
But if I could only make you care
Oh no, love, you're not alone
No matter what or who you've been
No matter when or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
[Outro]
Just turn on with me, and you're not alone
Let's turn on and be not alone (wonderful)
Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful (wonderful)
Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful (wonderful)
Oh, gimme your hands
Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide Q&A
Who wrote Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide's ?
Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide was written by David Bowie.
Who produced Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide's ?
Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide was produced by Ken Scott & David Bowie.
When did David Bowie release Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide?
David Bowie released Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide on Fri Jun 16 1972.
What did David Bowie say about "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"?
Bowie explained in 1974 that the song described Ziggy’s eventual destruction by cosmic black-hole jumpers called “the infinites,” whose coming he had predicted in “Starman”:
Now Ziggy starts to believe in all this himself and thinks himself a prophet of the future starman. He takes himself up to in...