I thought it was like a film
Reviewed but never seen
Where everybody played themselves

As a drama king or queen
The music was overwhelming
Glittering and thin

Solemn and shabby like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin
I visualize the flashbacks

School, punk rock, success
Parties, too much of everything
The cliches, the candles, the mess


Lucian in the scene with David
Bryan in a tux

McCartney on a blitz in Zanzibar
All Hollywood Redux
Ossie's last collection

Biba's closing sale
A little more rouge on powdered cheeks
But the base is pale


This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin

Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin


It ended with the motorbike
A search for evidence
Poring over old photographs

To make it all fake sense
Glamorous in its own way
Shouting above the din

Solemn and shabby like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin


Johnny's wearing brothel creepers
Malcolm's round the block
Adam's in a Jarman film

But look he's let it rock
The Johnson's leather jacket
Hair by Keith at Smile

All you need to make it big is sex and style

This is our last chance for goodbye

Let the music begin
Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin


This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin

Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin


(Requiem in denim and leopardskin)

This is our last chance for goodbye

Let the music begin
Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin


This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin

Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin