Five Years - David Bowie
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0:26 - 0:29Pushing through the market square
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0:31 - 0:34So many mothers sighing
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0:35 - 0:38News had just come over
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0:39 - 0:43We had five years left to cry in
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0:45 - 0:47News guy wept and told us
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0:49 - 0:53Earth was really dying
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0:54 - 0:57Cried so much that his face was wet
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0:58 - 1:02Then I knew he was not lying
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1:03 - 1:07I heard telephones, opera house,
favorite melodies -
1:07 - 1:12I saw boys, toys, electric irons
and T.V.'s -
1:12 - 1:16My brain hurt like a warehouse,
it had no room to spare -
1:16 - 1:21I had to cram so many things
to store everything in there -
1:21 - 1:29And all the fat-skinny people,
and all the tall-short people -
1:29 - 1:37And all the nobody people,
and all the somebody people -
1:37 - 1:43I never thought
I'd need so many people -
1:46 - 1:53A girl my age went off her head,
hit some tiny children -
1:55 - 2:03If the black hadn't a-pulled her off,
I think she would have killed them -
2:04 - 2:12A soldier with a broken arm,
fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac -
2:13 - 2:17A cop knelt and kissed
the feet of a priest -
2:17 - 2:21And a queer
threw up at the sight of that -
2:22 - 2:30I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor,
drinking milk shakes cold and long -
2:31 - 2:35Smiling and waving
and looking so fine -
2:35 - 2:40Don't think you knew
you were in this song -
2:40 - 2:45And it was cold and it rained
so I felt like an actor -
2:45 - 2:49And I thought of Ma
and I wanted to get back there -
2:49 - 2:54Your face, your race,
the way that you talk -
2:54 - 2:58I kiss you, you're beautiful,
I want you to walk -
2:58 - 3:03We've got five years,
stuck on my eyes -
3:03 - 3:07Five years,
what a surprise -
3:07 - 3:12We've got five years,
my brain hurts a lot -
3:12 - 3:16Five years,
that's all we've got -
3:16 - 3:21We've got five years,
what a surprise -
3:21 - 3:25Five years,
stuck on my eyes -
3:25 - 3:30We've got five years
my brain hurts a lot -
3:30 - 3:34Five years,
that's all we've got -
3:34 - 3:39We've got five years,
stuck on my eyes -
3:39 - 3:43Five years,
what a surprise -
3:43 - 3:48We've got five years,
my brain hurts a lot -
3:48 - 3:53Five years,
that's all we've got -
3:53 - 3:58We've got five years,
what a surprise -
3:58 - 4:01Five years,
stuck on my eyes -
4:01 - 4:06We've got five years,
my brain hurts a lot -
4:06 - 4:11Five years,
that's all we've got -
4:11 - 4:14Five years
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- Title:
- Five Years - David Bowie
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Here's a video I made to celebrate Ziggy Stadust's 40th Anniversary.
I wanted to juxtapose the glamour and glitter of Ziggy with the Daily Drudgery and Political/Economic crises of the time.
As some of you movie buffs may notice, I've also borrowed heavily from Stanley Kubrick, who was a major influence on Bowie throughout his career.
Let me know what you think!
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 05:07
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Alexandre Clemente edited English subtitles for Five Years - David Bowie | |
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Alexandre Clemente edited English subtitles for Five Years - David Bowie | |
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Alexandre Clemente edited English subtitles for Five Years - David Bowie |