Five Years - David Bowie
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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[Verse]
Pushing throu
gh the market
square,
so many mother
s sighing
News had ju
st come over,
w
e had five yea
rs left to cry
in
News guy wept
and told us,
earth was rea
lly dying
Cried so much
his face was
wet,
then I knew he
was not lying
I heard teleph
ones, opera ho
use, favourite
melodies
I saw boys, to
ys electric ir
ons and T.V.'s
My brain hurt
like a warehou
se, it had no
room to spare
I had to cram
so many things
to store ever
ything in ther
e
[Bridge] walk from a, b to c on a string
And all the fa
t-skinny peopl
e,
and all the ta
ll-short peopl
e
And all the no
body people,
and all the so
mebody people
I never though
t I'd need so
many people
[Verse]
A girl my age
went off her
head,
hit some ti
ny children
If the black
hadn't a-pulle
d her off,
I thin
k she would ha
ve killed them
A soldier wit
h a broken arm
, f
ixed his stare
to the wheels
of a Cadillac
A cop knelt a
nd kissed the
feet of a prie
st,
and a queer t
hrew up at the
sight of that
I think I saw
you in an ice
-cream parlour
, dri
nking milk sha
kes cold and l
ong
Smiling and w
aving and look
ing so fine,
do
n't think you
knew you were
in this song
And it was co
ld and it rain
ed so I felt l
ike an actor
And I thought
of Ma and I w
anted to get b
ack there
Your face, yo
ur race, the w
ay that you ta
lk
I kiss you, y
ou're beautifu
l, I want you
to walk
[Outro]
We've got fiv
e years, stuck
on my eyes
Five years, w
hat a surprise
We've got fiv
e years, my br
ain hurts a lo
t
Five years, t
hat's all we'v
e got
We've got fiv
e years, what
a surprise
Five years, s
tuck on my eye
s
We've got fiv
e years, my br
ain hurts a lo
t
Five years, t
hat's all we'v
e got
We've got fiv
e years, stuck
on my eyes
Five years, w
hat a surprise
We've got fiv
e years, my br
ain hurts a lo
t
Five years, t
hat's all we'v
e got
We've got fiv
e years, what
a surprise
Five years, s
tuck on my eye
s
We've got fiv
e years, my br
ain hurts a lo
t
Five years, t
hat's all we'v
e got
Five years
Five y
ears Five
years
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Five years