Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)

(David Bowie/Maria Schneider/Paul Bateman/Bob Bhamra)



Sue, I got the job
We'll buy the house
You'll need to rest
But now we'll make it

Sue, the clinic called
The x-ray's fine
I brought you home
I just said home

Sue, you said you want writ
"Sue the virgin" on your stone
For your grave

Why too dark to speak the words?
For I know that you have a son
Oh, folly, Sue

Ride the train I'm far from home
In a season of crime none need atone
I kissed your face

Sue, I pushed you down beneath the weeds
Endless faith in hopeless deeds
I kissed your face
I touched your face
Sue, good-bye

Sue, I found your note
That you wrote last night
It can't be right
You went with him

Sue, I never dreamed
I'm such a fool
Right from the start
You went with that clown



(Single released in UK/Europe on 17th November 2014 on 10" vinyl and the US Columbia Records release on 28th November (exclusively for Record Store Day, Black Friday 2014). Also appears on the Nothing Has Changed compilation album, released the same day. A reworked version also appears on the ★ Blackstar album released 8th January 2016).