people stared at the makeup on his face
laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace
the boy in the bright blue jeans jumped up on the stage
and lady stadust sang his songs of darkness and disgrace
and he was all right, the band was altogether
yes he was all right, the song went on forever
and he was awful nice, really quite out of sight
and he sang all night long
femme fatales emerged from shadows to watch this creature fair
boys stood upon their chairs to make their point of view
i smiled sadly for a love i could not obey
while lady stardust sang his songs of darkness and dismay