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             FIVE YEARS  / David Bowie


             
 pushing thru'

              
 the market sq

      
uare
  
 so many mothe

r sighing

 News had just

 come over
             
 We had five y

              
ears left ti c

       
ry in


 News guy wept

 and told us

 earth eas rea

lly dying

 Cried so much

, his face was

 wet

 Then i knew h

e was not lyin

g.


      
 I heard telep

hones, opera h

ouse, favorite

 melodies
     
 I saw boys, t

oys, electric 

irons and T.V'

s
    
 My brain hurt

 like a ware h

ouse, it had n

o room to spar

e
           
 I had to cram

 so many thing

s to store ev'

ry thing in th

ere
              
 And all the f

   
at skinny peop

le
             
 And all the t

          
all short peop

le
             
 And all the n

    
obody  people
             
 And all the s

      
omebody  peopl

e
              
 I never thoug

              
ht i'd need so

                  
 many people



 A girl my age

 went off her 

head

 Hit some tiny

 children

 If the black 

had not puled 

her off

 I think she w

ould have kill

ed them

 A soldier wit

h a broken arm

 Fixed his sta

te to the whee

ls of a Cadila

c

 A cop Knelt a

nd kissed the 

feet of a prie

st

 And a queer t

hrew up at at 

the sight of t

hat


             
 I think i saw

              
 you in an ice

              
 cream parlour

 Drinking milk

shakes cold an

d long

 smiling and w

aving and look

ing so fine

 Don't think y

ou knew you we

re in this son

g

         
 And it was co

ld, and it rai

ned, so i felt

 like an actor
    
 And i thoough

t of Ma, and i

 wanted to get

 back there
      
 Your face, Yo

ur race, the w

ay that you ta

lk
             
 I kiss you, y

              
ou're beautifu

              
ll, I want you

            
 to walk. we g


ot


             
 [[:  five yea

              
rs stuck on my

     
 eyes
      
      five yea

rs what a surp

rise we got
      
      five yea

rs my brain hu

rts a lot
      
      five yea

rs that's all 

we got we've g

ot  :]]