Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

     Ok, so this won’t be a normal blog today.  I was thinking about Changes.  The change of seasons, the change that school is starting tomorrow, the change of the landscape where there has been fire and oh so many more changes that happen over time whether they are good or bad. 

     This thinking about change put the song Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes in my mind and I started to try to sing it and realized I had no idea what the lyrics were.  I also had no idea who sang the song.  Thank goodness for internet or what would we do? Immediate answers to any questions we can come up with no matter how silly they are.

     First shocker is the fact that David Bowie sings the song. Never knew that, doesn’t sound like him to me.  Second shocker is the lyrics aren’t anything like I ever sang and Third shocker is the thread of comments on the lyrics site I accidentally happened upon.  If you are ever in a need for a comedy relief break then check out this website.  http://www.lyricsdepot.com/david-bowie/changes.html

     I couldn’t come up with a way to relate his song to the changes I was thinking about because after I started to read the comments I couldn’t quit reading them.  Then I realized how much time I had wasted reading them and wondered if it was strange.  Or had it been a strain to read them?  Or was I late for the train in Spain?  I guess I’ll never know and neither will you. 

     Here’s the lyrics from the website, just in case it matters to you.

Changes
David Bowie

I still don’t know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I’d got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I’ve never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I’m much too fast to take that test

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don’t want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time

I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They’re quite aware of what they’re going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don’t tell t hem to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Where’s your shame
You’ve left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can’t trace time

Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace I’m going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Oh, look out you rock ‘n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Pretty soon you’re gonna get a little older
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can’t trace time