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Rhythm 10.0
Melody 9.6
Instruments 9.2
Lyrics 9.6
Vocal 9.6
This song has been reviewed 5 times. Overall score for this song, 9.6.
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David Bowie - Five Years Lyrics

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TitleFive Years
ArtistDavid Bowie
AlbumThe Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust ... (1972) , Track 1 ,
Stage (1978) , Track 3
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Song lyrics
Pushing thru 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 T.V.'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 wheel 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
We've got five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
We've got five years, that's all we've got
lyrics submitted by stefano




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26-01-2005 00:30DisturbdCreacke is offline DisturbdCreacke 

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this song is awesome i mean bowie is a legend just like all the great rockers of the 70's
03-02-2005 11:59antoin is offline antoin 

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i just love the way the song builds up and eventually comes to my favourite part-the way he sings "smiling and waving and looking so fine" sends a shiver of pleasure up my spine. can anyone explain to me a little about what the song is about please?
07-01-2006 01:31whowhatwhen is offline whowhatwhen 

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one word: BEAUTIFUL!
i love this great lyrics beautiful melody and his voice! everythingäs just perfect.
14-01-2006 20:24AGI21391 is offline AGI21391 

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this songs about the world coming to an end in five years and the worlds like falling apart


and this song is not emo
16-09-2007 20:11jjdt25 is offline jjdt25 

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Not my favourite Bowie song,
but possibly the best.

The lyrics are amazing.


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