Escrita por David Bowie e Brian Eno, foi gravada entre setembro de 1978 e março de 1979, no Mountain Studios em Montreaux e no Record Plant, em New York City. Foi lançada em 25 de maio de 1979, no disco Lodger, o décimo terceiro de Bowie. Foi produzida por David Bowie e Tony Visconti. David Bowie cantou, fez backing vocals e tocou piano. Carlos Alomar tocou guitarra. Dennis Davis tocou bateria. George Murray tocou baixo. Sean Mayes tocou piano. Simon House e Adrian Belew tocaram bandolim. Tony Visconti tocou bandolim e fez backing vocals. Brian Eno fez ambient drone.
A letra:
In
the event that this fantastic voyage
Should turn to erosion and we
never get old
Remember it's true, dignity is valuable
But our
lives are valuable too
We're learning to live with somebody's
depression
And I don't want to live with somebody's
depression
We'll get by, I suppose
It's a very modern world,
but nobody's perfect
It's a moving world, but that's no
reason
Shoot some of those missiles
Think of us as fatherless
scum
It won't be forgotten
'Cause we'll never say anything nice
again, will we?
And the wrong words make you listen
In
this criminal world
Remember it's true, loyalty is valuable
But
our lives are valuable too
We're learning to live with somebody's
depression
And I don't want to live with somebody's
depression
We'll get by I suppose
But any sudden movement I've
got to write it down
They wipe out an entire race and I've
got to write it
Down
But I'm still getting educated but I've
got to write it down
And it won't be forgotten
'Cause I'll
never say anything nice again, how can I?
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