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Five Years
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Five Years was released on March 25, 2022 by Latent Recordings as a part of the album Songs of the Recollection
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Release DateMarch 25, 2022
LabelLatent Recordings
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM139

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies
Performer
Michael Timmins
Michael Timmins
Electric Guitar
Alan Anton
Alan Anton
Bass Guitar
Margo Timmins
Margo Timmins
Vocals
Peter Timmins
Peter Timmins
Drums
Jeff Bird
Jeff Bird
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Bowie
David Bowie
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Michael Timmins
Michael Timmins
Producer
Peter J. Moore
Peter J. Moore
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Pushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News 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, even 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
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 have 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 milkshakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
I don't think you knew you were in this song
And it was cold and it rained, I felt like an actor
'Til 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, 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
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years
Five years, that's all we've got
Five years
They got five years
Written by: David Bowie
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