Lyrics to
Repetition

This version of Repetition was released by David Bowie in 1979.

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Johnny is a man
And he’s bigger than you
But his overheads are high
And he looks straight through when you ask him how the kids are

He’ll get home around seven
‘Cause the chevy’s real old
And he could have had a cadillac
If the school had taught him right
And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse
He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse

And the food is on the table
But the food is cold
(Don’t hit her)

“Can’t you even cook?
What’s the good of me working when you can’t damn cook?”

Well Johnny is a man
And he’s bigger than her
I guess the bruises won’t show
If she wears long sleeves
But the space in her eyes shows through

And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse

He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse

Shows through
Shows through
Shows through

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David Bowie has released many songs over the years besides Repetition. David Bowie released songs from 1967 to 2003 spanning across albums like David Bowie, Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station To Station, Heroes, Low, Lodger, Scary Monsters, Hot Space, Let's Dance, Tonight, Never Let Me Down, Black Tie White Noise, Outside, Earthling, Hours..., Heathen, and Reality. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by David Bowie.

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About Lyrics and Repetition by David Bowie

The lyrics to Repetition are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by David Bowie in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Repetition are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by David Bowie and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Repetition back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Repetition by David Bowie in a number of 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 Repetition" means the words set to the music of Repetition, 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 Repetition and the lyrics to Repetition 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 Repetition, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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