Lyrics to
After All

This version of After All was released by David Bowie in 1970.

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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 till 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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About Lyrics and After All by David Bowie

The lyrics to After All are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that David Bowie used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to After All have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only David Bowie and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to After All by David Bowie. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to After All" means the words set to the music of After All, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by David Bowie. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to After All and the lyrics to After All are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of David Bowie who came here looking just for the lyrics to After All, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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