Lyrics to
Don’t Bring Me Down

This version of Don’T Bring Me Down was released by David Bowie in 1973.

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I’m on my own, nowhere to roam
I tell you baby, don’t want no home
I wander round, feet off the ground
I even go from town to town
I said I think
this rock is grand
Say I’ll be your man
Don’t bring me down, don’t bring me down

I met this chick, the other day
And then to me, she said she’ll stay
I get this pad, just like a cave
And then we’ll have, our living made
And then I’ll lead her on the ground
My head is spinning round
Don’t bring me down, don’t bring me down

I, I, I, I, I need a lover
’cause someone new

And then to her I will be true
I’ll buy her furs and pretty things
I’ll even buy a wedding ring
But until then I’ll ?settle down?
Say I’ll be your man
Don’t bring me down, don’t bring me down
Until then I’ll ?settle down?
Say I’ll be your man
Don’t bring me down, don’t bring me down
Don’t bring me down

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About Lyrics and Don’T Bring Me Down by David Bowie

The lyrics for Don’T Bring Me Down are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by David Bowie. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Don’T Bring Me Down have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Don’T Bring Me Down - David Bowie and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Don’T Bring Me Down by David Bowie in multiple ways. 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 Don’T Bring Me Down" means the words set to the music of Don’T Bring Me Down, 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 Don’T Bring Me Down and the lyrics to Don’T Bring Me Down 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 Don’T Bring Me Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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