After All

David Bowie

{Original}

Album Information
Album Name (Year): The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
Record Label: Virgin Records
Billboard Chart: The Billboard 200
Entry Week (Position): 11/18/1972 (170)
Peak Position: 105	Weeks On Chart: 23
Songs On This Album: (Click For Lyrics) 1. The Width Of A Circle 2. All The Madmen 3. Black Country Rock 4. After All 5. Running Gun Blues 6. Saviour Machine 7. She Shook Me Cold 8. The Man Who Sold The World 9. The Supermen

Album Notes

This album also spent 22 weeks on the British Charts starting 11/25/72, peaking at #26.

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Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall, oh by jingo
There's no room for anger, we're all very small, oh by jingo
We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies, from paradise
But they think that we're holding a secretive ball
Won't someone invite them?
They're just taller children, that's all, after all

Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown, oh by jingo
So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down, oh by jingo
Some people are marching together and some on their own
Quite alone
Others are running, the smaller ones crawl
But some sit in silence, they're just older children
That's all, after all

I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords
With my words
I've borrowed your time and I'm sorry I called
But the thought just occurred that we're nobody's children at all, after all

Live your rebirth and do what you will, oh by jingo
Forget all I've said, please bear me no ill, oh by jingo
After all, after all

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Song Information
Song Written By: David Bowie
Track Number: 04	Track Length: 3:53
Billboard Chart: Song did not chart
Entry Week (Position): - -
Peak Position: - -	Weeks On Chart: - -

Song Notes

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