Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Bowie
Guitar
Carmine Rojas
Bass
Erdal Kizilcay
Keyboards
Stan Harrison
Alto Saxophone
Carlos Alomar
Background Vocals
Diva Gray
Background Vocals
Gordon Grodie
Background Vocals
Loni Groves
Background Vocals
Robin Clark
Background Vocals
Steve Elson
Baritone Saxophone
Earl Gardner
Trumpet
Philippe Saisse
Keyboards
Sid McGinnis
Guitar
Crusher Bennett
Percussion
Chris Lord-Alge
Remixer
Lenny Pickett
Tenor Saxophone
Laurie Frink
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Bowie
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Bowie
Producer
Malcolm Pollack
Recording Engineer
David Richards
Mixing Engineer
Andre Gauchat
Assistant Engineer
Jon Goldberger
Assistant Engineer
Justin Shirley-Smith
Assistant Engineer
Ray Staff
Mastering Engineer
Bob Clearmountain
Mixing Engineer
Chris Lord-Alge
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Time will crawl
I've never sailed on a sea
I would not challenge a giant
I could not take on the church
Time will crawl
Till the 21st century lose
I know a government man
He was as blind as the moon and he
He saw the sun in the night
He took a top-gun pilot and he
He made him fly through a hole
Till he grew real old and he
And he never came down
He just flew till he burst
(Time will crawl)
Till our mouths run dry
(Time will crawl)
Till our feet grow small
(Time will crawl)
Till our tails fall off
(Time will crawl)
Till the 21st century lose
I saw a black black stream
Full of white eyed fish
And a drowning man
With no eyes at all
I felt a warm warm breeze
That melted metal and steel
I got a bad migraine
That lasted three long years and a
And the pills that I took, made my fingers disappear
(Time will crawl)
(Time will crawl)
(Time will crawl)
Till the 21st century lose
Time will crawl
Time will crawl
You were a talented child
You came to live in our town
We never bothered to scream
When your mask went off
We only smelt the gas
As we lay down to sleep
(Time will crawl)
And our heads bowed down
(Time will crawl)
And our eyes fell out
(Time will crawl)
And the streets run red
(Time will crawl)
Till the 21st century lose
And our mouths run dry
(Time will crawl)
And our feet grow small
(Time will crawl)
And our tails fall off
(Time will crawl)
Till the 21st century lose
For the crazy child
(Time will crawl)
We'll give every life
For the crackpot notion
Time will crawl
Time will crawl
Written by: David Bowie

