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Changes

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Changes was released on 17 December 1971 by Parlophone UK as a part of the album Hunky Dory (2015 Remaster)

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

David Bowie

Saxophone

Trevor Bolder

Bass Guitar

Woody Woodmansey

Woody Woodmansey

Drums

Rick Wakeman

Piano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Bowie

Songwriter

Daniel Licht

Composer

Mick Ronson

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

David Bowie

Co-Producer

Ken Scott

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Still don't know what I was waiting for

And my time was running wild

A million dead-end streets and

Every time I thought I'd got it made

It seemed the taste was not so sweet

[PreChorus]

So I turned myself to face me

But I've never caught a glimpse

Of how the others must see the faker

I'm much too fast to take that test

[Chorus]

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Turn and face the strange

Ch-ch-changes

Don't wanna be a richer man

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Turn and face the strange

Ch-ch-changes

Just gonna have to be a different man

Time may change me

But I can't trace time

[Verse 2]

I watch the ripples change their size

But never leave the stream

Of warm impermanence and

So the days float through my eyes

But still the days seem the same

[PreChorus]

And these children that you spit on

As they try to change their worlds

Are immune to your consultations

They're quite aware of what they're going through

[Chorus]

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Turn and face the strange

Ch-ch-changes

Don't tell them to grow up and out of it

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Turn and face the strange

Ch-ch-changes

Where's your shame?

You've left us up to our necks in it

Time may change me

But you can't trace time

[Bridge]

Strange fascination

Fascinating me

Our changes are taking

The pace I'm going through

[Chorus]

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Turn and face the strange

Ch-ch-changes

Ooh, look out, you rock and rollers

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Turn and face the strange

Ch-ch-changes

Pretty soon now, you're gonna get older

Time may change me

But I can't trace time

I said that time may change me

But I can't trace time

Written by: Daniel Licht, David Bowie

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