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Artist: David Bowie
Canonical path: /david-bowie/1984
Related lyric paths: 6
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1984
Read 1984 lyrics by David Bowie on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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1984
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Someday they won't let you
Now you must agree
The times, they are a-telling
And the changing isn't free
You've read it in the tea leaves
And the tracks are on TV
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
They'll split your pretty cranium
And fill it full of air
And tell that you're eighty
But, brother, you won't care
You'll be shooting up on anything
Tomorrow's neverthere
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played out an all night movie role
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
In 1984 (who could ask for more?)
1984 (who could ask for more?)
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I'm looking for a vehicle
I'm looking for a ride
I'm looking for a party
I'm looking for a side
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played out an all night movie role
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
In 1984 (who could ask for more?)
1984 (who could ask for more?)
(More)
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