Candidate [alternate version] lyrics

inside every teenage girl there's a fountain.

inside every young pair of pants there's a mountain.

inside every mother's eyes

is tommy tinkrem's bed.

inside every candidate

waits a grateful dead.

i make it a thing

when i'm on my own to relieve myself
.

i make it a thing

when i gazelle on stage to believe in myself
.

i make it a thing

to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself.


yeah.

and pretend i'm walking home.

i took it so bad

i sat in the correction room.


took me a fag

and a kick in the moon.


well i ain't gonna suck no radar wing


because inside this tin is tin
.

would you like to techno-plate

'cause i'm your candidate
.

oh yeah.

it's a matter of life

and the way you walk you've got a brylcream queen
.

it's a matter of tact


in the things you talk that keeps his passport clean
.

a matter of fact


that a cock ain't a cock on a twelve-inch screen
.

so i'll pretend i'm walking home.

you don't have to scream a lot

to keep an age in tune
.

you don't have to scream a lot

to predict monsoons
.

you don't have to paint my contact black


now i've hustled a pair of jeans
.

do i have to give your money back

when i'm the fuhrerling.

i'll make you a deal


i'll say I came from from earth and my tongue is taped.


i'll make you a deal


you can get your kicks on the candidate
.

i'll make you a deal


for your future's sake i'm the candidate
.

let's pretend we're walking home.

uh-ah-huh.

uh-ah-huh.


i'm the candidate.

vote for the candidate.

oh i'm for the candidate.

• Artist:David Bowie