David Bowie
The Supermen (Recorded live at the Music Hall, Boston 1st October 1972)
[Verse 1]
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 endless tragic lives could heave nor sigh
In solemn, perverse serenities
Wondrous beings chained to life

[Chorus]
Strange games they would play then
No death for the perfect men
Life rolls into one for them
So softly a supergod cries

[Verse 2]
Where all were minds in uni-thought
Powers weird by mystics taught
No pain, no joy, no power too great
Colossal strength to grasp a fate
Where sad-eyed mermen tossed in slumbers
Nightmare dreams no mortal mind could hold
A man would tear his brother's flesh
A chance to die, to turn to mold
[Chorus]
Far out in the red skies
Far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebrations
So softly a supergod cries
Far out in the red skies
Far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebrations
So softly a supergod dies

[Outro]
Thank you