- Album: Reality   - Lyrics and music by David Bowie       Tragic youth was looking young and sexy   The tragic youth was wearing tattered black jeans   Bearing arms and flooring all her mischief   The tragic youth was growing down on me    And I swear   Hoo, hoo   Yes, I swear      I feel the wall of silence separate us   I hear the morning junk, her wretched highs   I spin from Planet X to Planet Alpha   Struggling for reality      Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha   Woo, hoo   Ha, ha, ha, ha   Woo hoo      Hey, now my sight is failing in this twilight   Duh duh duh duh duh-duh duh-duh-duh   Now my death is more than just a sad song   Da duh duh duh duh-duh duh-duh-duh      And I swear   Hoo, hoo   Yes, I swear   Hoo, hoo      I still don't remember how this happened   I still don't get the 'wherefores' and the 'whys'   I look for scent and I get next to nothing   Hey, boy, welcome to reality      Ha, ha, ha, ha   Woo, hoo      I've been right, but I've been wrong   Now I'm back where I started from   Never looked over reality's shoulder      Ha, ha, ha, ha   Huh, ha, ha, ha   Woo, hoo      Huh, ha, ha   Woo, hoo   Wooh