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PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Bowie
David Bowie
Lead Vocals
Trevor Bolder
Trevor Bolder
Bass Guitar
Woody Woodmansey
Woody Woodmansey
Drums
Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Bowie
David Bowie
Songwriter
Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Bowie
David Bowie
Producer
Ray Staff
Ray Staff
Mastering Engineer
Ken Scott
Ken Scott
Producer

Lyrics

Pushing through the market square So many mothers sighing News had just come over We had five years left to cry in News guy wept and told us Earth was really dying Cried so much his face was wet Then I knew he was not lying I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies I saw boys, toys, electric irons and TV's My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to store everything in there And all the fat-skinny people And all the tall-short people And all the nobody people And all the somebody people I never thought I'd need so many people A girl my age went off her head Hit some tiny children If the black hadn't a-pulled her off I think she would have killed them A soldier with a broken arm Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest And a queer threw up at the sight of that I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour Drinking milk shakes, cold and long Smiling and waving and looking so fine Don't think you knew you were in this song And it was cold, and it rained, so I felt like an actor And I thought of ma and I wanted to get back there Your face, your race, the way that you talk I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Five years, what a surprise We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot Five years, that's all we've got We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Five years, stuck on my eyes We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot Five years, that's all we've got We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Five years, what a surprise We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot Five years, that's all we've got We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Five years, stuck on my eyes We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot Five years, that's all we've got Five years (our five years) Five years Five years Five years
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