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  • The London Boys.

     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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  • Silly boy blue.

      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.

    "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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