Queen Bitch (In Concert: John Peel) [Mono]

[Intro: John Peel]
Well, unless I'm very much mistaken this is another program, not a concert from the BBC, in London. My name's John Peel, and you're going to hear the music of David Bowie, and, uh, a galaxy of his friends. And the first piece is called "Queen Bitch"

[Verse 1: David Bowie]
Up on the eleventh floor
Watching the cruisers below
Heart's in the basement
Weekend's at an all time low
He's down on the street
And he's trying hard to pull sister Flo
'Cause she's hoping to score
I just can't see her letting him go
Right out of her heart
Right out of her mind

[Chorus: David Bowie]
She's so swishy in satin and tat
In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
Oh, God, I could do better than that

[Verse 2: David Bowie]
She's an old-time ambassador
Of sweet talking, night walking games
She's known in the clubs
For pushing ahead of the dames
If she says she can do it
Then she can do it
She don't make false claims
But she's a queen, and such are queens
That your laughter is sucked in their brains
Now she's leading him on
And she'll lay him right down
Yes, she's leading him on
And she'll lay him right down

[Refrain: David Bowie]
But it could have been me
Yes, it could have been me
Why didn't I say, why didn't I say?
No, no, no

[Chorus: David Bowie]
She's so swishy in satin and tat
In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
Oh, God, I could do better than that

[Verse 3: David Bowie]
So I lay down a while
And I gaze at my hotel wall
The bed feels so cold
And it don't feel like no bed at all
And I lay down a while
And I gaze at my hotel wall
And he's down on the street
So I throw both his bags down the hall
And I'm phoning a cab
And my stomach is small
There's room in my head
Well, it's no room at all

[Refrain: David Bowie]
And it could have been me
Yes, it could have been me
Why didn't I say, why didn't I say?
No, no

[Chorus: David Bowie]
She's so swishy in satin and tat
In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
Oh, God, I could do better than that

[Outro: John Peel]
Now, this is gonna be incredibly complicated so I want you to take notes. That was called, uh, "Queen Bitch" anyway, and it'll be on David's next LP, and, uh, at the moment he's accompanied by Mark Carr Pritchard on guitar. Now, Mark is with a group called Arnold Corns who have a single called "Moonage Daydream" which nobody on the BBC has played at all which is a great pity, and, uh, that's that, yes. And then there's Mick Ronson on lead guitar and, uh, Mick Woodmansey on drums and Trevor Bolder on bass. And they're all members of a group called Ronno. Now, Ronno are going to be making an LP fairly soon, and, uh, David is going to be involved in that, in some way or another, and David played twelve-string guitar on that, and the other member of Ronno is called Benny Marshal, although they told me to say it was Betty Marshal, but it's not. Uh, so I've hope you've got all of that clear, anyway