Lyrics Modern Love

Modern Love is a song by David Bowie, part of the 1983 album Lets Dance. The song reflects Bowies skepticism about love in the face of his own romantic failures, as well as a critique of the commercial nature of contemporary society. It was partly inspired by New Yorks burgeoning dance scene and by Bowies own artistic reawakening under the tutelage of producer Nile Rodgers. 

I catch the paper boy
But things don’t really change
I’m standing in the wind
But I never wave bye-bye
 But I try, I try

There’s no sign of life
It’s just the power to charm
I’m lying in the rain
But I never waved bye-bye
 But I try, I try

Never gonna fall for
(Modern love) - walks besides me
(Modern love) - walks on by
(Modern love) - gets me to the
Church on time
(Church on time) - terrifies me
(Church on time) - makes me party
(Church on time) - puts my trust in
God and man
(God and man) - no confessions
(God and man) - no religion
(God and man) - don’t believe in
Modern love


It’s not really work
It’s just the power to charm
Still standing in the wind
But I never waved bye-bye
 But I try, I try
(repeat chorus)

Never gonna fall for
(Modern love) - walks besides me
(Modern love) - walks on by
(Modern love) - gets me to the
Church on time
(Church on time) - terrifies me
(Church on time) - makes me party
(Church on time) - puts my trust in
God and man
(God and man) - no confessions
(God and man) - no religion
(God and man) - don’t believe in
Modern love

Modern love, modern love
Modern love, modern love x 3
(Part 2)
Modern love walks besides me
(Modern love)
Modern love walks on by....

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