Many of the songs on this album show Bowie's habit of inserting powerful exhalations, usually nothing more than a "ha" or "ah" shouted with great intensity. One more complex example is on "Suffragette City" where the frantically shouted "wham, bam, thank you ma'am" was an improvised replacement for "one more time," and was a homage to the song of a similar title ("Wham Bam Thank You Mam"😉 by Small Faces. In addition, simple two-syllable phrases provide the spine for "Suffragette City" ("hey man"😉, "Hang on to Yourself" ("come on"😉, "Lady Stardust" ("all right"😉, and "Five Years" ("five years"😉.