Five Years - David Bowie

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Five Years
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           Pus

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hing through t

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he market squa

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re,
                A  girl my age went   off her head


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 so  many moth

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ers sighing
          hit some tiny children (no C 2nd time)

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News had just 

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come over     

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         we ha

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d
       If the black had not pulled her off                           I

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 five years   

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            le

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ft   to   cry 

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in      
 think        she        would  have  killed them

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          News

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 guy wept  and

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   told   us  

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              A soldier with a broken arm                     fixed his 

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 Earth        

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       was rea

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lly       dyin

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g
 stare      to the wheels  of  a      Cadillac

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      Cried   

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so    much his

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 face was wet,

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         then 

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I 
      A cop knelt   and kissed    the feet of a priest            and a 

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knew          

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        he   w

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as    not lyin

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g             

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      I  heard
queer     threw up        at    the  sight of that

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 telephones   

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     opera hou

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se,      favou

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rite melodies 

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      I  saw
 I think I saw you             in an  ice  cream  parlour 

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 boys,        

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     toys elec

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tric      iron

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s    and T.V's

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            My
     drinking milk shakes    cold and long

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 brain hurt li

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ke a warehouse

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, it had no ro

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om to spare...

              
..      I had 

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to
  Smiling   and    waving      and     looking    so  fine

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I had to cram 

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so many things

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 to store evry

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thing in there

              
 and all the f

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at
Don't think you knew      you were in this song       |(next section)

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 skinny people

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 and all the t

              
all      short

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 people       

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 And all the n

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o    bod   y 

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 people       

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and all the so

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me   bod   y

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 people       

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         I nev

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er thought I'd

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 need         

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so   man   y 

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 people       

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(back to start

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)


(Continued from above)
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Don't think yo

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u knew      yo

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u were in this

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 song         

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And  it   was

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 cold       an

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d it rained   

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     so I felt

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  like   an  a

          
ctor      and 

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I

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 thought      

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of   Ma       

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    and I want

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ed to get    b

              
ack there  you

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r

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 face         

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your race     

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      the  way

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  that  you  t

              
alk           

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I

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 kiss you, you

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're  beautiful

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,      I   wan

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t  you   to  w

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alk    We  got

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 Five         

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     years    

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           stu

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ck  on   my  e

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yes

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 Five         

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     years    

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            wh

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at  a   surpri

              
se,     We  go

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t

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 Five         

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    years     

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     my   brai

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n hurts a lot 

              
         We go

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t 

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 Five         

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    years     

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         that'

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s all we've go

              
t        We go

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t 

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