Letra de
The Man Who Sold The World

La canción The Man Who Sold the World, compuesta por David Bowie, trata temas como la alienación y desconexión. David Bowie mencionó que la canción fue inspirada por un encuentro con el fantasma de su propio futuro. Marca una desviación significativa del estilo folk de sus trabajos anteriores hacia un sonido más de hard rock o glam rock.

We passed upon the stair
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there
He said I was his friend
Which came as some surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago

Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world


I laughed and shook his hand
And made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazely stare
At all the millions here
We must have died alone
A long long time ago

Who knows, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world


Who knows, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

(fade out)