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Initialement "The London Boys" a été publié (en 1966) comme la face B du single "Rubber Band". Bien que ce ré-enregistrement possède des sons beaucoup plus moderne que la version 1966, il reste assez fidèle à l'original.
Cow bell strikes another night
Your eyes are heavy and your limbs all ache
You've bought some coffee, butter and bread
You can't make a thing cause the meter's dead
You moved away
Hold your folks you're gonna stay away
Bright lights, Soho, Wardour street
You hope you make friends with the guys that you meet
Somebody shows you round
Now you've met the London boys
Things seem good again, someone cares about you
Oh, the first time that you tried a pill
You feel a little queasy, decidedly ill
You're gonna be sick, but you mustn't lose faith
To let yourself down would be a big disgrace
With the London boys, with the London boys
You're only seventeen, but you think you've grown
In the month you've been away from your parents' home
You take the pills too much
You don't give a damn about that jobs you've got
So long as you're with the London boys
A London boy, oh a London boy
Your flashy clothes are your pride and joy
A London boy, a London boy
You think you've had a lot of fun
But you ain't got nothing, you're on the run
It's too late now, cause you're out there boy
You've got it made with the rest of the toys
Now you wish you'd never left your home
You've got what you wanted but you're on your own
With the London boys
Now you've met the London boys
Now you've met the London boys
Now you've met the London boys
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Initialement publié comme un seul en 1964 sous le nom de Davie Jones with the King bees. Cette nouvelle version a été retravaillée dans ce qu'on pourrait appeler un "jazz swing".
Well, I got a girl that's so good to me
(Oh, little Liza)
Well, now she ain't more than five foot three
(Oh, little Liza)
Well, this little girl is so good to me
(Oh, little Liza)
Yeah, this little girl's nearly half of me
(Oh, little Liza)
Little Liza Jane
I got a girl, duh-duh-goo-to-duh
(Oh, little Liza)
Yeah, this little girl turn me upside down
(Oh, little Liza)
Well, all of the little girls that I had
(Oh, little Liza)
You know this little girl drives me to despair
(Oh, little Liza)
Little Liza Jane
Yeah, I got a girl who loves me true
(Oh, little Liza)
Now she ain't more than five foot two, yeah
(Oh, little Liza)
You know this little girl is so good for me, yeah
(Oh, little Liza)
You know this little girl's nearly half of me
(Oh, little Liza)
Little Liza Jane
Oh yeah, I love her
Little Liza Jane
Well, I'm coming back to me love
'Cause she's driving insane
When will I meet her
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Initialement publié en 1967 sur le premier album de David Bowie.
Le majestueux réenregistrement ressemble à la version enregistrée en 1968 pour la BBC (disponible sur Bowie At The Beeb), y compris le " Chimi Chimi Chimi ".
Les arrangements de cordes sont particulièrement belles. La longue coda suggère que cette chanson aurrait pût fermé l'album.
Mountains of Lhasa are feeling the rain
People are walking the Potala lanes
Preacher takes the school
One boy breaks a rule
Silly Boy Blue, blue
Silly Boy Blue
Yak butter statues that melt in the sun
Cannot dissolve all the work you've not done
A chela likes to feel
That his overself pays the bill
Silly Boy Blue, Blue
Silly Boy Blue
You wish and wish, and wish again
You've tried so hard to fly
You'll never leave your body now
You've got to wait to die
La la la la la , la la , la la la la
La la la la la , la la , la la la la
La la la , la la
La la la , la la
Silly Boy Blue, blue
Silly Boy Blue
Child of Tibet, you're a gift from the sun
Reincarnation of one better man
The homeward road is long
You've left your prayers and song
Silly Boy Blue , blue
Silly Boy Blue
Silly Boy Blue
Silly Boy Blue
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"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" est une chanson écrite par David Bowie en 1965 et sorti en single sous le nom de Davy Jones (& the lower third). C'était la dernière chanson que Bowie, né David Jones, sorti avant de changer son nom pour éviter toute confusion avec Davy Jones des Monkees, et le premier des deux singles qui il a enregistré avec les Lower third après avoir quitté son groupe précédent, les Manish Boys.
Cette nouvelle version est beaucoup plus longue que la version originale et est proche de ce qui a été finalement libéré sur le "Slow burn single" hormis quelques différences notables comme l'annonce de la longue coda instrumentale à 3'38 dans la version "Slow burn single" est absente dans la version "Toy". Dans la version "Toy" David annonce le solo de Guitare de Earl slick à 3'49.
You've Got a Habit of Leaving original version:
You've Got a Habit of Leaving Bonus Slow Burn single:
You've Got a Habit of Leaving Toy version:
You've got a habit of leaving me
And you've got a habit
of deserting me
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I'm so sad
Sometimes I'm so glad, so glad
You could go on if you
wanted to, wanted to,
wanted to
Wanted to
Oh
If you wanted to, yeah
Oh huh
You've got a habit of leaving me
And you've got a habit
of deserting me
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I'm so sad
Sometimes I'm so glad, so glad
You could go on if you
wanted to, wanted,
wanted to
Wanted to, ooh yeah, yeah
Oh, if you wanted to
If you wanted to, yeah, yeah
Wanted to
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