When I'm Five Lyrics - David Bowie

When I'm five 

I will wash my face me hands all by myself 

When I'm five 

I will chew and spit tobacco like my grandfather Jones 

'Cause I'm only four and five is far away 

When I'm five 

I will read the magazines in mummy's drawer 

When I'm five 

I will walk behind the soldiers in the May Day parade 

'Cause I'm only four and grown-ups walk too fast 

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Yesterday was horrid day, 'cause Raymond kicked my shin 

And mummy says if I am good, she'll let me go to school in August 

Daddy shouted loud at mummy and I dropped my toast at breakfast 

And I laughed when Bonzo licked my face, because it tickled 

I wonder why my daddy cries and how I wish that I was nearly five 

When I'm five 

I will catch a butterfly and eat it and I won't be sick 

When I'm five 

I will jump in puddles, laugh in church and marry my mum 

And I'll let my daddy do the washing-up 

If I close one eye, the people on that side can't see me 

I get headaches in the morning and I rode on Freddie's tricycle 

And everywhere was funny, when I ran down to the sweetshop 

Then I fell and bleeded-up my knee and everybody soppied me 

Photos 

I saw a photograph of Jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five 

I saw a photograph of Jesus and I asked him if he'd make me five 

When I'm five 

When I'm five 

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