Alphaville - Five Years Lyrics
Pushing through the market squareSo many mothers sighingNews had just come over, we had five years left to cry inNews guy wept and told us, earth was really dyingCried so much, his face was wet, then I knew, he was not lyingI heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodiesI saw boys, toys, electric irons and tvsMy brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spareI had to cram so many things to store, everything in thereAnd all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short peopleAnd all the nobody people, and all the somebody peopleI never thought Id need so many peopleA girl of my age went off her head, hit some tiny childrenIf the black hadnt a-pulled her off, I think she would have killed themA soldier with a broken armFixed his stare to the wheels of a cadillacA cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priestAnd a queer threw up at the sight of thatI think I saw you in an icecream parlourDrinking milkshakes cold and longSmiling and waving and looking so fineI dont think you knew you were in this songAnd it was cold and it raind, so I felt like an actorAnd I thought of ma and I wanted to get back thereYour face, your race, the way that you talkI kiss you, youre beautiful, I want you to walkWeve got five years, stuck on my eyes, weve got five years, what a surpriseWeve got five years, my brain hurts a lot, weve got five years, thats all weve gotWeve got five years...
