She's Got Medals

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She's Got Medals by David Bowie

About She's Got Medals

“She’s Got Medals” was a gender-bending tale with gay and lesbian connotations that predated the ‘dress cover’ of "The Man Who Sold the World" and the bisexual/androgynous character of Ziggy Stardust. .

She's Got Medals Lyrics

[00:12.26] She'd walk through the door and she'd set up the drinks on the house
[00:18.77] She played a good game of darts, and the men slapped her back
[00:21.93] And never took her out
[00:26.04] She wore a trenchcoat khaki
[00:29.34] Her hobnail boots were full of holes
[00:34.32] She's got medals
[00:45.97] Her mother called her mary,
[00:47.58] but she changed her name to tommy, she's a one, oh
[00:52.50] She went and joined the army, passed the medical
[00:55.24] Don't ask me how it's done
[00:59.00] They sent her to the front line
[01:02.47] Fighting for her country's name
[01:07.76] She's got medals
[01:13.27] She got very tired of picking up girls
[01:16.67] Cleaning her gun and shaving her curls
[01:20.13] Then the enemy dropped a bomb
[01:23.20] Survivors there were none
[01:32.13] People say that when the moon is
[01:33.70] full and all the stars have gone to bed
[01:37.92] You can see her ghost but that's a
[01:39.03] lie because the naughty woman isn't dead
[01:44.74] She deserted on the previous morning
[01:48.24] Replaced her uniform with dresses silk and green
[01:53.71] Called herself eileen
[01:56.86] Came to london town
[02:00.08] Now she's settled down
[02:03.46] She's got medals
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From the album: The Deram Anthology (1966 - 1968)