Loving the Alien

by David Bowie

From the album: Nothing Has Changed

Track 24 of 59 on Nothing Has Changed (2014).

Duration: 4:42

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Lyrics for Loving the Alien

Watching them come and go The templars and the saracens They're traveling the holy land Opening telegrams oh ho Torture comes and torture goes Knights who'd give you anything They bear the cross of coeur de leon Salvation for the mirror blind oh ho But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) Thinking of a different time Palestine a modern problem Bounty and your wealth in land Terror in a best laid plan Watching them come and go Tomorrows and the yesterdays oh ho Christians and the unbelievers Hanging by the cross and nail oh ho But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear oh ho Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) You pray till the break of dawn (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And you'll believe you're loving the alien (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) Believeing the strangest things (loving the alien)

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