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Artist: David Bowie
Canonical path: /david-bowie/who-can-i-be-now
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Who Can I Be Now
Read Who Can I Be Now lyrics by David Bowie on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Who Can I Be Now
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Everybody's raised in blindness
Everbody knows it's true
Everybody feels that everything is real
Anybody's point of view
Nobody can break their bondage
Everyone can feel their chains
But even in my life, I knew you found your sight
And nothing would be quite the same
Please help me
Who can I be now? You found me
Who can I be? Fell apart, you found me
Now can I be now? You found me
Now can I be real?
Can I be real?
(Somebody real)
Hmm, if it's all a vast creation
Putting on a face that's new
Someone has to see
a role for him and me
Someone might as well be you
Up in heaven, any angel
Writes a special game to play
Oh oh, could we, could we
Make a star to snatch their angels, boy?
Played your role for every day
Please help me
Who can I be now? You found me
Who can I be? Fell apart, you found me
Now can I be now? You found me
Now can I be real?
Can I be?
Who can I be now? You found me
Who can I be? Fell upon, you found me
Now can I be now? You found me
Now can I, can I be real? Can I be real?
Can I be
Can I be real
You found me
Can I be real
Ye ye yeah
Can I be real
You found me
Can I be real
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