This started out as a parody of a nightclub song - a kind of throwaway - but people kept chanting for it at concerts. Bowie had no idea it was going to become so popular.
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Changes
by David Bowie
Oh, yeah
Mmm
Still don't know what I was waitin' for
And my time was runnin' wild
A million dead end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
How the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
There's gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
Mmm, yeah
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
And so the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Where's your shame?
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time
Strange fascinations fascinate me
Ah, changes are taking
The pace I'm goin' through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Ooh, look out, you rock 'n' rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Pretty soon now you're gonna get older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time
Lyrics © DistroKid, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network
Written by: David Bowie
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
by David Bowie
Oh, yeah
Mmm
Still don't know what I was waitin' for
And my time was runnin' wild
A million dead end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
How the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
There's gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
Mmm, yeah
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
And so the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Where's your shame?
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time
Strange fascinations fascinate me
Ah, changes are taking
The pace I'm goin' through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Ooh, look out, you rock 'n' rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Pretty soon now you're gonna get older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time
Lyrics © DistroKid, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network
Written by: David Bowie
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Riley Harrison
The first time I ever heard a David Bowie song, Shrek 2.
Brett Davis
Yeah, I think it was a cover of this song though because it sounded like a girl
Wildcard
Noooo I see you everywhere
Rez Wizard
Fiona!!!
Hello Later
Shrek means Horror. It's actually pronounced /shrech/. Stay calm ppl. We used to have gasoline for 17¢ a gal. Then about ten years later we were sitting in long lines for gasoline. Ten years later gasoline was just under $1 per gal.
Nothing changes but what we 'see'. Stay calm.
AP
Oh dear
FatDoobers
I snorted coke with Shrek and David Bowie back in the 70s
Eddy G's Music World
@MCPA Assistant I got plenty,they just come to me
MCPA Assistant
@Eddy G's Music World 🤣 🥂Do you have other funny quips and responses like this? If so, I have to send you a check! Hilarious.
Alchemispark
@trippy_ nation impossible, everyone knows that David Bowie did coke by throwing it in a fishtank so he could absorb it through his gills