i can't read

• tin machine'in ilk albümündeki^* en iyi şarkılardan biri, andy warhol'a da selam çakan bir david bowie ve reeves gabrels yapıtı...
  
  "i can't read and i can't write down
  i don't know a book from countdown
  i don't care which shadow gets me
  all i've got is someone's face
  
  money goes to money heaven
  bodies go to body hell
  i just cough, catch the chase
  switch the channel watch the police car
  
  i can't read shit anymore
  i just sit back and ignore
  i just can't get it right, can't get it right
  i can't read shit i can't read shit
  
  when you see a famous smile
  no matter where you run your mile
  to be right in that photograph
  andy where's my fifteen minutes"
• the ice storm'un bitişiyle zaten allak bullak olmuş bünyeye abandone olmuş boksöre son yumruğu sallarcasına öldürücü darbeyi indirir. o son sahnenin üzerine david bowie'nin girdiğini duyunca kevin kline gibi kapıp koyvermemek elde değil.
• (bkz: i can't hide)
• bu şarkının bilinen iki versiyonu vardır. birincisi tin machine albümlerindeki ve yukarıda yazan versiyonu; diğeri "the ice storm" filminin sonunda kullanılan hali. ikinci halinde andy warhol göndermesi yer almaz.
  
  i can't read and i can't write down
  i don't know a book from countdown
  i don't know which shadow gets me
  all i've got is someone's face
  
  can i see a family smile
  can i reach tomorrow
  can i walk a missing mile
  can i feel, can i please?
  
  i can't read shit anymore
  i just sit back and ignore
  i just can't seem to get it right (get it right)
  i can't read shit i can't read shit
  
  money goes to money heaven
  bodies go to body hell
  i sit back and catch the chase
  switch the channel watch the police cars