Lyrics to
Somebody Up There Likes Me

This version of Somebody Up There Likes Me was released by David Bowie in 1975.

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He’s everybody’s token, on everybody’s wall
Blessing all the papers, thanking one and all
Hugging all the babies, kissing all the ladies
Knowing all that you think about from writing on the wall
He’s so divine, his soul shines
Breaks the night, sleep tight
His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race
He says “I’m somebody”
He’s got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart

He says “Don’t hurry, baby
Somebody up there (somebody) likes me”
He’s the savage son of the TV tube
Planets wrote the day was due
All the wisest men around
Predicted that a man was found
Who looked a lot like you and me, yeah
Everyone with sense could see
Nothing left his eye unmoved, he
Had the plan, he had to use
He’s so divine, his soul shines
Breaks the night, sleep tight
His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race

He says “I’m somebody”
He’s got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart

He says “Don’t hurry, baby
Somebody up there (somebody) likes me”
Somebody plays my song in tune
Makes me, makes me, makes me stronger for you, babe
Was a way when we were young, that
Any man was judged by what he’d done
But now you pick them on the screen (what they look like)
Where they’ve been

He’s got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart

He says “Don’t hurry, baby
Somebody up there (somebody) likes me”
Leaders come, they hate all the people know
That given time, the leaders go
Tell me, can they hold you under their spell
Can they walk and hold you as well as a
Smile like Valentino?
Could he sell you anything?
Keep your eyes on your soul, keep your hand on your heart

He says “Don’t hurry, baby
Somebody up there (somebody) likes me”
Somebody (somebody) somebody (somebody
Yeah, can’t remember (somebody) peace so well

Oh, space to ramble, (somebody, somebody) space to boogie

Soul shine (Ooh-ooh)
So divine
Somebody (ooh-ooh, somebody)
Soul shine (Ooh-ooh)
So divine
Somebody (ooh-ooh)
Somebody, somebody, somebody

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The lyrics to Somebody Up There Likes Me are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that David Bowie used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Somebody Up There Likes Me have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only David Bowie and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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