David Bowie - When I'm Five lyrics

When i'm five I will wash my face me hands all by myself When i'm five I will chew and spit tabacco 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 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 bu*terfly 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 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 oah