Lyric discussion by CuteSparkina 

About a boy who loves a tomboyish girl with a short "boyish" hairdo and a love of loud music and getting into fights. The "torn dress" and "messy face" can refer to having been in fights, or to "punk" clothing and an excess of cosmetics. BTW Bowie admits to having swung both ways and experimented with male partners in the past, but he has since given up the One-Eyed Superhero to be model Iman's romantic hero

@CuteSparkina I always think it is a girl, because we were androgynous in those days. and cut our hair like boys.

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