"Drive-In Saturday"
(David Bowie)

 

These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in the "Swords" album. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.

Let me put my arms around your head
it's hot let's go to bed
and don't forget to turn on the light
don't laugh, this will be alright
point towards another phone
I'll ring and see if your friends are home
perhaps the strange ones in the Dome
can lend us a book
we can read up alone
and try, try like once before
when people stared
in David Johansen's eyes and scored
like the video films we saw
His name was always Buddy
and he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay
and she'd sigh like Kris the Wonderkid
and turn her face away
she's uncertain if she likes him
but she knows she's got to have him
it's a crash-course for the Ravers
it's a drive-in Saturday
Jung the foreman prayed at work
neither hands nor limbs would burst
it's hard enough to keep formation
amid this fall-out saturation
cursing at the Astronettes 1
that stand in steel by his cabinets
he is crashing out with Sylvian
the Bureau Supply for Ageing Men
with snorting head he gazes to the shore
once it raged, the sea that raged no more
like the video films we saw
His name was always Buddy
and he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay
and she'd sigh like Kris the Wonderkid
and turn her face away
she's uncertain if she likes him
but she knows she really loves him
it's a crash course for the ravers
it's a drive-in Saturday
his name was always Buddy
and he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay
when she'd sigh like Kris the Wonderkid
and she'd turn her face away
she's uncertain if she likes him
but she knows she really loves him
it's a crash course for the ravers
it's a drive-in Saturday
it's a drive-in Saturday
(repeat to fade) 2

 

Here are the lyrics for the original David Bowie version. Morrissey's additions are in darker text while omissions are striken out.

Let me put my arms around your head
Gee, It's hot, let's go to bed
And don't forget to turn on the light
Don't laugh babe, it'll this will be alright
Pour me out Point towards another phone
I'll ring and see if your friends are home
Perhaps the strange ones in the dome
Can lend us a book we can read up alone

And try to get it on try like once before
When people stared in Jagger David Johansen's eyes and scored
Like the video films we saw

His name was always Buddy
And he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay
And she'd sigh like Twig Kris the Wonder Kid
And turn her face away

She's uncertain if she likes him
But she knows she's got to have him really loves him
It's a crash course for the ravers
It's a Drive-in Saturday

Jung the foreman prayed at work
Neither hands nor limbs would burst
It's hard enough to keep formation
'mid this fall out saturation
Cursing at the Astronettes
Who That stands in steel by his cabinets
He's crashing out with Sylvian
The Bureau Supply for ageing men
With snorting head he gazes to the shore
Once it raged, the sea that raged no more
Like the video films we saw

His name was always Buddy
And he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay
But And she'd sigh like Twig Kris the Wonder Kid
And turn her face away

She's uncertain if she likes him
But she knows she really loves him
It's a crash course for the ravers
It's a Drive-in Saturday

His name was always Buddy
And he'd shrug and he'd ask to stay
And When she'd sigh like Twig Kris the Wonder Kid
And she'd turn her face away

She's uncertain if she likes him
But she knows she really loves him
It's a crash course for the ravers
It's a Drive-in Saturday

It's a Drive-in Saturday
(repeat to fade)

 

1 The first time Morrissey did this song live, on 29 February 2000, he sang "cursing at the internet".