Little Wonder - The Song

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Music by Bowie, Gabrels and Plati. Lyrics by Bowie.

Thanks to Alex Zachary for the "official" lyrics, and to Stefan Westman for his original help with the lyrics.

Lyrics

Stinky weather, Fat shaky hands
Dopey morning Doc, Grumpy gnomes
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you

Big screen dolls, tits and explosions
Sleepytime, Bashful but nude
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you

I'm getting it

Intergalactic, see me to be you
It's all in the tablets, Sneezy Bhutan
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you

Mars Happy nation, sit on my karma
Dame meditation, take me away
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you

CHORUS
  Sending me so far away, so far away
  So far away, so far away (x4)
  So far away, so so far away
  So far away, so far away
  So far away, so so far away

  Little wonder
  You little wonder, you
  Little wonder
  You little wonder you

[If it's good to ya, it's gotta be good for ya]

CHORUS

You little wonder, little wonder you
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you

Trivia

Charlie Sutherland and his roommate Aaron Westman finally worked out the sampled spoken line just before the last chorus (If it's good to ya, it's gotta be good for ya). Charlie says that this comes from the spoken introduction to a live track from Steely Dan, which appears on the boxed set Citizen Steely Dan. The sampled voice is the 14th track of the second disc, Bodhisattva (live). Eric Wilcox tells me it's also available on Steely Dan: Gold. Added March 24, 1997
As Bowie has pointed out, he intended to write a song where he used the names of the seven dwarves, Dopey, Doc, Grumpy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Happy
Although it doesn't seem to appear on the album version, during live performances, Bowie appears to say "Train Time" before the first chorus (e.g. check out the VH-1 appearance.)

Appearances

Little Wonder appeared on

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