Of all the tracks on Blackstar, none is more opaque than “Girl Loves Me”. The song’s lyrics are half Nadsat, the language used in Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, and half Polari, a slang language from gay clubs in 70s London. Bowie encapsulates what it’s like to be in hard-core pain and on heav...
[Verse 1]
Cheena so sound, so titi up this malchick, say
Party up moodge, nanti vellocet round on Tuesday
Real bad dizzy snatch, making all the omies mad – Thursday
Popo blind to the polly in the hole by Friday
[Bridge]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
I'm cold to this pig and pug show
I'm sitting in the chestnut tree
Who the fuck's gonna mess with me?
[Chorus]
Girl loves me (Hey, cheena)
Girl loves me
Girl loves me (Hey, cheena)
Girl loves me
[Bridge]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
I'm cold to this pig and pug show
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
Where the fuck did Monday go?
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
[Verse 2]
You viddy at the cheena
Choodesny with the red rot
Libbilubbing litso-fitso
Devotchka watch her garbles
Spatchko at the rozz-shop
Split a ded from his deng, deng
Viddy, viddy at the cheena
[Chorus]
Girl loves me (Hey, cheena)
Girl loves me
Girl loves me (Hey, cheena)
Girl loves me
Girl loves me (Hey, cheena)
Girl loves me
[Refrain]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
Where the fuck did Monday go?
Where the fuck did Monday go?
[Chorus]
Girl loves me (Hey, cheena)
Girl loves me
Girl loves me (Hey, cheena)
Girl loves me
[Refrain]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
Where the fuck did Monday go?
Girl Loves Me was written by David Bowie.
Girl Loves Me was produced by Tony Visconti & David Bowie.
David Bowie released Girl Loves Me on Fri Jan 08 2016.
You can find the meaning of the Nadsat/Polari lyrics in the annotations.