Worst Line in a Bowie Song

I mean “it’s not the side effects of the cocaine / I’m thinking that it must be love” is one of the best lines in pop music

The thing I like about “gazely” is how effective a word substitute it is for “lazy”— instead of using a literal adjective to convey the sociopathic narrator’s sense of impassivity at “gazing at all the millions there”, Bowie uses a redundant (and invented) adjective to adroitly convey just how impassive and uncaring the narrator really is. Bowie hit the jackpot with that entire lyric

“The Width Of A Circle”‘a lyric didn’t appeal to me when I was younger— the “hooking up with a dude = hellfire” thesis was not-great-Bob. I’ve come to really appreciate that song now as a bridge between Bowie’s Flower Power pastiche and the surrealism to come. “He laughed and cried and quipped “Khalil Gibran”” would’ve been a “bad Bowie lyric” at one point but now I think it’s kinda awesome

The entirety of "Love You Til Tuesday", but specifically:

Who's that hiding in the apple tree, clinging to a branch
Don't be afraid it's only me, hoping for a little romance
If you lie beneath my shade, I'll keep you nice and cool

It's not so much the lyrics, more that Bowie is trying to sound like Peter Noone but coming across as a massive creep instead.