Lyrics to
Cracked Actor

This version of Cracked Actor was released by David Bowie in 1973.

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I’ve come on a few years from my Hollywood Highs
The best of the last, the cleanest star they ever had

I’m stiff on my legend,
the films that I made
Forget that I’m fifty
cause you just got paid

Crack, baby, crack,
show me you’re real
Smack, baby, smack, is that all that you feel
Suck, baby, suck,
give me your head
Before you start professing
that you’re knocking me dead

You caught yourself a trick down
on Sunset and Vine
But since he pinned you baby
you’re a porcupine

You sold me illusions for a sack full of cheques
You’ve made a bad connection ’cause I just want your sex

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About Lyrics and Cracked Actor by David Bowie

The lyrics to Cracked Actor are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by David Bowie in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Cracked Actor are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by David Bowie and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Cracked Actor back when it was created.

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