Alternative Candidate Cifras

Alternative Candidate – David Bowie, Diamond Dogs
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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    Inside every teenage girl there's a fountain
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    Inside every young pair of pants there's a mountain
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   Inside every mother's eyes is Tommy Tinkrem's bed
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   Inside every candidate waits a grateful dead
 
[Chorus 1]
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I make it a thing, when I'm on my own to relieve myself
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I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself
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I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself
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Yeah, and pretend I'm walking home
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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    I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room
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    Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon
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Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing because inside this tin is tin
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   Would you like to techno-plate 'cause I'm your candidate, oh yeah
 
[Chorus 2]
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It's a matter of life, and the way you walk, you've got a BrylCream queen
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It's a matter of tact, in the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean
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A matter of fact, that a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen
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So I'll pretend I'm walking home
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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    You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune
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    You don't have to scream a lot to predict monsoons
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   You don't have to paint my contact black, now I've hustled a pair of jeans
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   Do I have to give your money back when I'm the Fuhrerling?
 
[Chorus 3]
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I'll make you a deal, I'll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped
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I'll make you a deal, you can get your kicks on the candidate
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I'll make you a deal, for your future's sake, I'm the candidate
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Let's pretend we're walking home
 
[Outro]
(Bm)        E     A
    Uh-huh, uhhh
        Bm             E        A
Uh-huh, uhhh, I'm the candidate
                  Bm        E  A
Make way for the candidate
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Vote now for the candidate
 
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