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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Bowie
Keyboards
Tony Visconti
Background Vocals
Pete Townshend
Acoustic Guitar
Kristeen Young
Piano
Lenny Pickett
Tenor Saxophone
Stan Harrison
Alto Saxophone
Sterling Campbell
Drums
Steve Elson
Baritone Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Bowie
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Bowie
Producer
Tony Visconti
Producer
Hector Castillo
Assistant Engineer
Christian Rutledge
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
Here shall we live in this terrible town
Where the price for our eyes shall squeeze them tight like a fist
And the walls shall have eyes
And the doors shall have ears
But we'll dance in the dark
And they'll play with our lives
Like a Slow Burn
Leading us on and on and on
Like a Slow Burn
Turning us round and round and round
But who are we
So small in times such as these
Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Oh, these are the days
These are the strangest of all
These are the nights
These are the darkest to fall
But who knows?
Echoes in tenement halls
Who knows?
Though the years snare them all
Like a Slow Burn
Leading us on and on and on
Like a Slow Burn
Twirling us round and round and upside down
There's fear overhead
There's fear overground
Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Like a Slow Burn
Leading us on and on and on
Like a Slow Burn
Turning us round and round and round
And here are we
At the center of it all
Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Writer(s): David Bowie
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