Cover art for A Better Future by David Bowie

A Better Future

Jun. 11, 20021 viewer5.7K views

A Better Future Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Please don't tear this world asunder
Please take back this fear we're under

[Chorus 1]
I demand a better future
Or I might just stop wanting you
I might just stop wanting you

[Verse 2]
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain and all the sorrow

[Chorus 2]
I demand a better future
Or I might just stop needing you
I might just stop needing you

[Verse 3]
Give my children sunny smiles

Give them moon and cloudless skies

[Chorus 3]
I demand a better future
Or I might just stop loving you
Loving you, loving you

[Bridge]
When we talk, we talk to you
When we walk, we walk to you
From factory to field, how many tears must fall?

Down there below, nothing is moving

[Refrain]
I might just stop wanting you
I might just stop needing you
I might just stop loving you
I demand a better future
I demand a better future

[Chorus 4]
I demand a better future
For I might just stop loving you
Loving you, loving you
I demand a better future


[Outro]
I demand a better future
I demand a better future
For I might just stop loving you, loving you, loving you
I demand a better future

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