David Bowie — Five Years Live 1978

[Verse 1] Pushing through the market square So many mothers sighing News had just come over We had five years left to sighing News guy wept and told us Earth was really dying Cried so much that his face was wet Then I knew he wasn't lying I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies I saw toys and boys, and electric irons and TVs 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 All the somebody people All the nobody people I never thought I’d need so many people [Verse 2] A girl my age went off her head Hit some tiny children If the Black hadn't pulled her off I think she would have killed them A soldier with a broken arm Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest And a queer threw up at the sight of that And 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 It was cold and it rained, and 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 [Outro] We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Five years, what a surprise Five years, my brain hurts a lot Five years, that's all we've got We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Five years, what a surprise We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot Five years, that's all we've got Five years Five years Five years [Audience Applause]