This is the demo version of the Candidate song, released on the 1990 sound and vision edition of the Diamond Dogs album, as bonus track, track #6 of the side. Wonderful song with wonderful lyrics by the wonderful Bowie! CANDIDATE (DEMO) - David Bowie Album: Diamond Dogs (1974) ( ) 3x Inside every teenage girl there's a fountain Inside every young pair of paints there's a mountain Inside every mother's eyes is Tommy Tinkrem's bed Inside every candidate waits a grateful dead I make it a thing, when I on my own to relief myself I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself Yeah, and pretend I'm walking home I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing because inside this tin is tin Would you like techno plate 'cause I'm your candidate, oh yeah It's a matter of life and the way you walk, you've got a Brylcream queen It' a matter of fact in the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean A matter of fact that a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen So I'll pretend I'm walking home You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune You don't have to scream a lot to predict monsoons You don't have to paint my contact black now I've hustled a pair of jeans Do I have to give your money back when I'm the Fuhrerling I'll make you a deal I'll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped I'll make you a deal you can get your kicks on the candidate I'll make you a deal for your future's sake I'm the candidate Let's pretend we're walking home [Intro]...... repeat until fade [Chords]
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