La canción Starman, de David Bowie, forma parte del álbum The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, lanzado en 1972. La canción introduce el personaje de Ziggy Stardust, un mensajero intergaláctico que trae esperanza a través de las ondas de radio a la juventud de la Tierra. Bowie buscó inspiración en la sensación de alienación y desesperanza, pero también utilizó la pista para expresar optimismo y la posibilidad de salvación ... Ver más [+] a través de la música y el amor.
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Introducción:
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Didn't know what time it was the lights were low-ow-ow.
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I lean back on my radio-o-o
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Some cat was laying down some rock'n'roll,
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'Lotta soul' he said.
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Then the loud sound did seem to fa-a-ade
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Came back like a slow voice on a wave of pha-a-ase
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That weren't no DJ that was hazy cosmic jive.
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There's a starman waiting in the sky
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He'd like to come and meet us
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But he thinks he'd blow our minds.
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There's a starman waiting in the sky
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He's told us not to blow it
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'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile, He told me,
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"Let the children lose it, let the children use it,
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Let all the children boogie."
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Well I had to phone someone so I picked on you-ou-ou
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Hey that's far out, so you heard him too-oo-oo
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Switch on the TV we may pick him up on Channel 2.
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Look out your window I can see his li-i-ight,
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If we can sparkle he may land toni-i-ight,
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Don't tell your papa or he'll get us locked up in fright.
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There's a starman waiting in the sky
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He'd like to come and meet us
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But he thinks he'd blow our minds.
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There's a starman waiting in the sky
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He's told us not to blow it
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'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile, He told me,
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"Let the children lose it, let the children use it,
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Let all the children boogie."
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Starman waiting in the sky
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He'd like to come and meet us
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But he thinks he'd blow our minds.
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There's a starman waiting in the sky
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He's told us not to blow it
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'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile, He told me,
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"Let the children lose it, let the children use it,
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Let all the children boogie."
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La la la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la la la la (Fade out)