The Width Of A Circle (BBC Live Session)

On this next number in addition to

John Cambridge on drums

And Tony Visconti on bass and, of course

David on guitar, we have - uh-

Mick Ronson, who'll be playing lead guitar whose recorded on Michael Chapman LPs as you've heard Michael Chapman LPs

One of my favourite singers

And the first thing that the full band will be doing

Is called 'The Width of a Circle':

[Instrumental introduction]

[Verses 1]

In the corner of the morning in the past

I would sit and blame the master first and last

All the roads were straight and narrow

And the prayers were small and yellow

And the rumour spread that I was ageing fast

Then I ran across a monster

Who was sleeping by a tree

And I looked and frowned

And looked again at me:

[Verses 2]

Woah

Well, I said hello

And I said, "Hello?"

And I asked, "Why not?"

And I replied "I don't know"

So we asked a simple black bird

Who was happy as can be

Well he laughed insane

And quipped Khalil Gibran

So I cried for all the others

Until the day was nearly through

For I realized that

God's a young man too

Yeah, yeah, yeh

[Electric guitar solo to extended instrumental outro]

That one was called 'The Width Of A Circle'

Are you going to be doing gigs with this band?

Ha-ha, no; oh they're all looking at me, or rather, yes, we're going to be doing some gigs, aren't we Michael? Michael doesn't really know he's just come down from Hull and I met him for the first time about two days ago through John, the drummer whose worked with me once ...

I see, but you're planning to go on the road as it were, yes?

Yes, uh, surely ...