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The World Of David Bowie, 1970 (recorded 1967)
Written by David Bowie
A slow-burning rock song with a cello arrangement, this song was shelved due to its "risqué" title and Bowie's refusal to change it. The lyric is a smoldering come-on to a young woman: "Lock away your childhood and throw away the key / Now the streets and city sights will burn your eyes as coals / We shall drink the oldest wine and velvet skies will linger / Child, you're a woman now, your heart and soul are free." It's a little creepy, frankly, with its reference to putting away dolls and toys and the calling her child and so on. But if anyone can sell this mystical pale rock-god seduction act, I guess it's Bowie.
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