The Prettiest Star (1973 Version) Lyrics
[Intro]
Cold fire, you've got everything but cold fire
You will be my rest and peace child
I moved up to take a place
Near you
[Verse 1]
So tired, it's the sky that makes you feel tried
It's a trick to make you see wide
It can all but break your heart
In pieces
[Chorus]
Staying back in your memory
Are the movies in the past
How you moved is all it takes
To sing a song of when I loved
The prettiest star
[Verse 2]
One day though it might as well be someday
You and I will rise up all the way
All because of what you are
The prettiest star
[Chorus]
Staying back in your memory
Are the movies in the past
How you moved is all it takes
To sing a song of when I loved
The prettiest star
Cold fire, you've got everything but cold fire
You will be my rest and peace child
I moved up to take a place
Near you
[Verse 1]
So tired, it's the sky that makes you feel tried
It's a trick to make you see wide
It can all but break your heart
In pieces
[Chorus]
Staying back in your memory
Are the movies in the past
How you moved is all it takes
To sing a song of when I loved
The prettiest star
[Verse 2]
One day though it might as well be someday
You and I will rise up all the way
All because of what you are
The prettiest star
[Chorus]
Staying back in your memory
Are the movies in the past
How you moved is all it takes
To sing a song of when I loved
The prettiest star
[Verse 2]
One day though it might as well be someday
You and I will rise up all the way
All because of what you are
The prettiest star
[Guitar Solo]
One day though it might as well be someday
You and I will rise up all the way
All because of what you are
The prettiest star
[Guitar Solo]
About
Genius Annotation
This song was written March 1970 about Bowie’s first wife, Angela ‘Angie’ Barnett. They married that same year, and had a son, now known as Duncan Jones (born Zowie Bowie). The two divorced in 1980 and according to Angie: the two never spoke again.
Producer Tony Visconti bought David Bowie together with Mark Bolan (of the Glam Rock band ’T. Rex') who plays guitar on the original track.
In the Aladdin Sane version, from 1973, the guitarist is Mick Ronson (Spider from Mars). However, Mick Ronson recreated Bolan’s original guitar part almost note-for-note.
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Credits
Produced By
Written By
Bass
Saxophone
Drums
Piano
Backing Vocals
Lead guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Lead Vocals
Recorded At
Trident Studios, Soho, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Release Date
April 13, 1973
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