Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin

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