If You Can See Me lyrics

I could wear your new blue shoes

I should wear your old red dress

And walk to the crossroads

So take this knife

And meet me across the river

Just chutes and ladders and this is the kiss

American Anna, fantastic Alsatian

From nowhere to nothing

And I go way back

Children swarm like thousands of bugs

Towards the lights the beacons above the hill

The stars to the West, the South, the North and to the East

Now you could say I've got a gift of sorts

A fear of rear windows and swinging doors

A love of violence and dread of sighs

If you can see me I can see you

If you can see me I can see you

I have seen these bairns wave their fists at God

Swear to destroy the beasts, stamping the ground

In their excitement for tomorrow

I could wear your new blue shoes

I should wear your old red dress

And walk to the crossroads

So take this knife

And meet me across the river

I will take your lands and all that lays beneath

The dust of cold flowers, prison of dark of ashes

I will slaughter your kind who descend from belief

I am the spirit of greed, a lord of theft

I'll burn all your books and the problems they make

If you can see me I can see you

If you can see me.

• Artist:David Bowie
• Album:The Next Day