When I'm Five Lyrics - David Bowie

1 When I'm five

2 I will wash my face me hands all by myself

3 When I'm five

4 I will chew and spit tobacco like my grandfather Jones

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

6 When I'm five

7 I will read the magazines in mummy's drawer

8 When I'm five

9 I will walk behind the soldiers in the May Day parade

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

11 Yesterday was horrid day, 'cause Raymond kicked my shin

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

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

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

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

16 When I'm five

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

18 When I'm five

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 When I'm five

28 When I'm five

29 When I'm oah