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Time Will Crawl Lyrics by David Bowie

Sound + Vision [2003 Version]

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[Intro]
Time will crawl

[Verse 1]
I've never sailed on a sea
I would not challenge a giant
I could not take on the church
'Til the twenty-first century lose
I know a government man
He was as blind as the moon, and he—
He saw the sun in the night
He took a top-gun pilot and he—
He made him fly through a hole
'Til he grew real old, and he—
And he never came down
He just flew till he burst

[Chorus]
Time will crawl
'Til our mouths run dry
Time will crawl
'Til our feet grow small
Time will crawl
'Til our tails fall off
Time will crawl
'Til the twenty-first century lose

[Verse 2]
I saw a black, black stream
Full of white eyed fish
And a drowning man
With no eyes at all
I felt a warm, warm breeze
That melted metal and steel
I got a bad migraine
That lasted three long years
And the pills that I took
Made my fingers disappear

[Chorus]
Time will crawl
Time will crawl
Time will crawl
'Til the twenty-first century lose
(Go!)

[Interlude]
Time will crawl
Time will crawl

[Verse 3]
You were a talented child
You came to live in our town
We never bothered to scream
When your mask went off
We only smelt the gas
As we lay down to sleep

[Chorus]
Time will crawl
And our heads bowed down
Time will crawl
And our eyes fall out
Time will crawl
And the streets run red
Time will crawl
'Til the twenty-first century lose

[Chorus]
And our mouths run dry
Time will crawl
And our feet grow small
Time will crawl
And our tails fall off
Time will crawl
'Til the twenty-first century lose

[Chorus]
And our heads bowed down
Time will crawl
And our eyes fall out
Time will crawl
And the streets run red
Time will crawl
'Til the twenty-first century lose

[Outro]
(Time will crawl)
For the crazy child
(Time will crawl)
We'll give every life
('Til the twenty-first century lose)
For the crackpot notion

About “Time Will Crawl” by David Bowie

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"Time Will Crawl" appears on "Sound + Vision [2003 Version]".

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