Five Years
The Paper Chase * Track #16 On Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know
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Album Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know
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- #4Apple Pies And Alibis
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- #5Neat;Manageable:Piles
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- #6Can I Pour You Another Drink, Lover?
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- #7Lenny What’s Gotten Into You?
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- #8Goddamn These Hands (I Let Them Touch You)
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- #10Throw Your Body On The Apparatus
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- #11Off With Their Heads!
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- #12Daddy’s Got Your Nose
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- #13Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork
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- #14When You Least Expect It
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- #15When (And If) The Big One Hits, I’ll Just Meet You There
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- #16Five Years
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Five Years by The Paper Chase
Release Date
Performed by
The Paper ChaseProduced by
John CongletonWrited by
David BowieAbout
This song is a cover of David Bowie’s “Five Years” that was only released as a bonus track on the Southern Records CD reissue of Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know.
Interestingly, all instruments (and vocals) on this song are credited to John Congleton, meaning that the rest of the band was not in...
Five Years Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Pushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News had just come over
We had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told us
Earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet
Then I knew he wasn't lying
I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
I saw boys, and toys, electric irons, and TVs
My brain hurt like a warehouse
I had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things to stuff
Everything in there
And all the fat, skinny people
And all the tall, short people
And all the nobody people
We're all somebody's (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 in 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
I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor
Drinking milk shakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
I didn't think you know you're in my song
And it was cold and it rained, and I feel like an actor
And I thought of Ma and I wanna 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, what a surprise
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
We've got five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
We've got five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years
Five Years Q&A
Who wrote Five Years's ?
Five Years was written by David Bowie.
Who produced Five Years's ?
Five Years was produced by John Congleton.
When did The Paper Chase release Five Years?
The Paper Chase released Five Years on Mon Jan 20 2003.
What has the band said about David Bowie?
At the end of a live show in 2005, a reporter asked John Congleton whether Bowie was an influence on him (translated from Italian):
A: Bowie? Yes, I really love him, and in our music there’s a lot that comes from the ‘70s!
Q: For example, Hunky Dory?
A: No, rather than Hunky Dory, I’ve been influ...