Five Years
Marian Gold Lyrics

Pushing through the market square
Walking through a busy market

So many mothers sighing
People were worried about something

News had just come over
There was a new announcement

We had five years left to cry in
There were only 5 years left to live

News guy wept and told us
The person delivering the news was crying

Earth was really dying
The planet was in danger

Cried so much, his face was wet
The person was crying a lot

Then I knew he was not lying
The news was true

I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
There were a lot of sounds in the background

I saw boys, toys, electric irons and TVs
There were a lot of things to look at

My brain hurt like a warehouse
The person's mind was overwhelmed

It had no room to spare
The person was mentally full

I had to cram so many things to store
The person had to remember a lot of things

Everything in there
The person had a lot on their mind

And all the fat-skinny people
There were a lot of different types of people

And all the tall-short people
People had different heights

And all the nobody people
There were different kinds of people

And all the somebody people
There were important people too

I never thought I'd need so many people
The person was surprised by how diverse the world was

A girl of my age went off her head
A young woman acted crazy

Hit some tiny children
The young woman injured some kids

If the black hadn't a-pulled her off
If someone hadn't stopped her

I think she would have killed them
The young woman would have hurt the children badly

A soldier with a broken arm
A wounded soldier

Fixed his stare to the wheels of a cadillac
The soldier was looking at a car

A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
A police officer was showing respect to a religious leader

And a queer threw up at the sight of that
A gay person got sick at the scene

I think I saw you in an icecream parlour
The person saw someone at a dessert shop

Drinking milkshakes cold and long
The person was drinking a milkshake

Smiling and waving and looking so fine
The person was happy and friendly

I don't think you knew you were in this song
The person being sung about didn't realize it

And it was cold and it rained
The weather was bad

So I felt like an actor
The person felt like they were in a movie

And I thought of ma
The person thought about their mother

And I wanted to get back there
The person wished they were home

Your face, your race
Thinking about someone's appearance and ethnicity

The way that you talk
The way someone speaks

I kiss you, you're beautiful
The person loves someone's looks

I want you to walk
The person wants to be with the other person

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
The five year time limit is on the person's mind

We've got five years, what a surprise
The five year time limit was unexpected

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
The time limit is overwhelming the person mentally

We've got five years, that's all we've got
The time limit is all the time they have left

We've got five years
The song repeats the five year limit