THE SUPERMEN- David Bowie * * * When all the world was very young * And mountain magic heavy hung * The supermen would walk in file * Guardians of a loveless isle And gloomy browed with superfear their tragic endless lives Could heave nor sigh In solemn, perverse serenity * * Wonderous beings chained to life Strange games they would play then, no death for the perfect men Life rolls into one for them, so softly a supergod cries Where all were minds in uni-thought Power wierd by mystics taught No pain, no joy, no power too great Colossal stength to grasp a fate Where sad eyed mermen tossed in slumber Nightmare dreams no mortal mind could hold Man would tear his brother's flesh A chance to die, to turn to mold Far out in the red sky, far out from the sad eyes Strange, mad celebration, so softly a supergod cries Far out in the red sky, far out from the sad eyes Strange, mad celebration, so softly, a supergod dies *: alternate bass notes between and *: alternate bass notes between and NOTE: From The Man Who Sold the World, 1971, but I figured this out from the more acoustic bonus track version on (I think) Hunky Dory. This is just my best guess- any improvements are welcome.