Bowie has said this about the song: “I wanted to put in every 60s cliche I could think of! ‘Stopping and preaching and letting love in,’ all those things. I hope there’s a humorous undertone to it. But the subtext is definitely that the trappings of rock are not what they’re made out to be.”
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[Intro]
Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah
[Verse 1]
You've arrived in the land of a thousand different names
And the fabulous sons have crashed their planes in flames
Now tomorrow is back claiming redemption is on your heels
And a toothless past is asking you how it feels
[Pre-Chorus]
And me my little red Corvette has driven by
Fair weather heart has fallen in
My rainy day girl is feeling down
And she tells me that the world is spinning round
I say the dream was all for you
You're nobody else
[Chorus]
Tonight the Zeroes were singing for you, yeah
[Verse 2]
Hi, can I walk you home again today
Got to get forgive and forget hey, hey
Something good is happening and I don't know what it is
Don't you know we're back on trial again today
[Pre-Chorus]
And it's breaking wine for you
Hell it's only because you're true
Someone out-timed my heart
Stopping and preaching and letting love in
You are my moon, you are my sun
Heaven knows what you are
[Chorus]
Tonight the Zeroes were singing for you, yes they were
Tonight the Zeroes were singing for you, yeah
Tonight the Zeroes were singing for you
[Outro]
Doesn't matter what you try to do
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
Doesn't matter what you try to do
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
Doesn't matter where you try to go
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
Doesn't matter who we really are
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
Oh, It doesn't matter
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
It doesn't matter
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
It doesn't matter
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
It doesn't matter
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
Oh, It doesn't matter
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
It really doesn't matter
I do
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
It doesn't matter
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
It doesn't matter
(Doesn't matter, doesn't matter)
Zeroes was written by David Bowie.
Zeroes was produced by David Richards & David Bowie.
David Bowie released Zeroes on Mon Apr 20 1987.