When I'm Five (demo 2)

(David Bowie)



When I'm five, I will wash my face and hands all by myself
When I'm five, I will chew and spit tobacco like my Grandfather Jones
'Cos 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
'Cos I'm only four and grown-ups walk too fast

Yesterday was horrid day, 'cos 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 tricastle
And everywhere was funny when I ran down to the sweet shop
Then I fell and bleeded-up my knee and everybody soppied me
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
When I'm five



(Appears on a demo tape recorded by David Bowie and John 'Hutch' Hutchinson in April 1969).