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Dum Dum Boys

This version of Dum Dum Boys was released by Iggy Pop in 1976.

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Things have been tough
Without the dum dum boys
I can’t seem to speak
The language
I remember how they
Used to stare at the ground
They looked as if they
Put the whole world
Looked as if they put
the whole world down

The first time I saw
the dum dum boys
I was fascinated
They just stood in front
Of the old drug store
I was most impressed
No one else was impressed
Not at all
And we’d sing
da-da-da-da-da-da
dum dum day
Where are you now my
dum dum boys are you
Alive or dead
Have you left me the last
Of the dum dum daze
Then the sun goes down
And the boys broke down

People said we were negative
They said we’d take but
we would never give
But we’d sing da-da-da
Da-da-da dum dum day
Da-da-da-da-da dum
And hope it would pay
Da-da-da-da it’s been
A dumdumdum day
A dum dum day

Now I’m looking for
The dum dum boys
Where are you now
When I need your noise

Now I’m looking for
The dum dum boys
The walls close in and
I need some noise

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The lyrics to Dum Dum Boys are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Iggy Pop in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Dum Dum Boys are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Iggy Pop and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Dum Dum Boys back when it was created.

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