Davie Jones & The King Bees
Davie Jones & The King Bees
The Manish Boys
The Manish Boys
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
The Lower Third
The Lower Third
The Lower Third
The Lower Third
The Lower Third
The Lower Third
David Bowie With The Buzz
David Bowie With The Buzz
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
Bowie wrote “C’est la Vie” in summer 1967 and his manager Kenneth Pitt sent demos that October to song publishers and the American singer Chris Montez, to no response. The elaborate tape, which had eight instrumental and vocal versions of the song, with multiple vocal overdubs and prominent clunky b...
[Verse 1]
Through my window I can see
If the world is there for me
Will my shadow on the floor let me be?
[Hook]
And tomorrow calls my name
But I don't want to go
Through the burning flames of time
[Chorus]
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
[Verse 2]
With my friends I play the tune
Warm and tired within my room
And the crackle of the fire whispered low
[Hook]
Now tomorrow takes my hand
But I don't want to go
Through the burning flames of time
[Chorus]
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
[Outro]
How can I sail my good times
Over the waves of sorrow?
Show me tomorrow
Show me tomorrow
So that I will know
[Bridge]
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la
[Hook]
Now tomorrow takes my hand
But I don't want to go
Through the burning flames of time
[Chorus]
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
[Outro]
Through the burning flames of time
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
C’est la vie was written by David Bowie.
C’est la vie was produced by Kenneth Pitt.