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Law (Earthlings on Fire) Lyrics by David Bowie

Earthling

1997

[Refrain]
I don't want knowledge, I want certainty
I don't want knowledge, I want certainty
I don't want knowledge, I want certainty

[Verse 1]
In the street, a man shouts out loud
A wallet drops, and money flies into the midday sun

[Pre-Chorus]
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
Sure, I get a little bit afraid
Sometimes

[Chorus]
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire

[Pre-Chorus]
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
Sure, I get a little bit afraid
Sometimes

[Chorus]
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire

[Refrain]
I don't want knowledge, I want certainty
I don't want knowledge, I want certainty

[Verse 2]
In a house, a man drops dead
As he hits the floor, he sighs
"What a morning!"

[Pre-Chorus]
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
Sure, I get a little bit afraid

With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
With the sound, with the sound, with the sound on the ground
Sure, I get a little bit afraid
Sometimes

[Chorus]
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire

[Outro]
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire
Sure, I get a little bit afraid
Sometimes
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire
Earthlings on fire (I don't want knowledge, I want certainty)
Earthlings on fire
(Sure, I get a little bit afraid
Sometimes)
Earthlings (I don't want knowledge, I want certainty)
I don't want knowledge, I want certainty
I don't want knowledge

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"Law (Earthlings on Fire)" appears on "Earthling" in 1997.

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