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Songwriter Forum => Lyrics => Topic started by: Misanthropist on January 24, 2020, 11:54:43 AM
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After the biggest bigger big bang
There was a human boomerang
People everywhere
Had the same affair
The dead jumped over tombstones
The kings leapt off their tatty thrones
And everyone trained their smartphones
On the lady with nice cheekbones
Pout guys pout
Pout guys pout
She didn't know how to respond
And took off with a vagabond
People everywhere
Had the same affair
The attention they got was nil
As her cheek bones breezed over a hill
The vagabond's kissing them still
Pout guys pout
Pout guys pout
Kiss her cheek bones man while you can
See them get a lovely suntan
People everywhere
Have the same affair
She chose you oh everyone
groans
You didn't speak with golden tones
Nor did you point out her cheek bones
Pout guys pout
Pout guys pout
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Blimey this is good...could lyrics by Bowie, nice nice work
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Bowie?
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Yeah, it is good. And yeah, Bowie.
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I wrote this song in the morning. I don't understand where or how Bowie comes into this. Please enlighten me. Thanks in advance!
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Hi! Well for me it reminds me of Bowie’s “cut up lyrics” technique. His songs don’t tend to flow in a conventional narrative but have loads of arresting, often quite glamorous images that ‘somehow’ add up to a whole that feels consistent and has a message... although usually I couldn’t express the meaning in words so much, it’s more of a mood. I felt that about your lyrics too... I really like them, they are powerful and hang together well, but I’m not sure what’s going on. Plus, your title/chorus line has a swagger/glamour about it, a bit like Bowie’s “Boys keep Swinging” or similar. I don’t think this is a rip off at all though, more that I like it in the same way I like his words.
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I'm flattered ta
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Oom pah pah rhythm
Down up up strum
C..........................B
After the biggest bigger big bang
There was a human boomerang
F..........................G
People everywhere
F..........................G
Had the same affair
C............................G
The kings leapt off their tatty thrones
And everyone trained their smartphones
On the lady with nice cheekbones
F................G
Pout guys pout
Pout guys pout
C................................G
She didn't know how to respond
And took off with a vagabond
F.........................G
People everywhere
F.........................G
Had the same affair
C
The attention they got was
G
nil
As her cheek bones breezed over a hill
The vagabond's kissing them still
Pout guys pout
Pout guys pout
Kiss her cheek bones man while you can
See them get a lovely suntan
People everywhere
Have the same affair
She chose you oh everyone
groans
You didn't speak with golden tones
Nor did you point out her cheek bones
Pout guys pout
Pout guys pout