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That's close to being one of the worst Bowie songs, although only in it's Debut LP version (The single had a little B-Movie flavor to it at least) but I still have to put Rubber Band in for a tie...both versions. Still, I don't shove away the Deram Years all together.

I have been surviving the first album through the Deram Anthology, and to me most of it was a clumsy attempt with a usually ineffective blend of a Music Hall style with some interesting but still under-developed lyrics that had a couple of good songs in my opinion - Silly Boy Blue and She's Got Medals (Despite a Hey Joe style in the music). Please, Mr. Gravedigger was also a very odd way to end an album circa 1967, and certainly one of my favorite Early Bowie tracks. That trio of songs may not be "Classic," they still hinted at the perverse and interesting songs he would later create one he matured.

To me, it's far better than most Twee Music...Bowie's singing is far better for starters.

As for the Post-LP Deram work, I would vote for Karma Man, the classic Let Me Sleep Beside You, and the solid In The Heat of the Morning among the great Bowie songs of all as pointers to his best work. Clearly, he was gaining a truly unique style during that time which alone was a major improvement over the debut album even then.