Cover art for After Today by David Bowie

After Today

David Bowie
Track 28 on Sound + Vision [2003 Version] 
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After Today Lyrics

Woo
Thaaa
Thaaa

Always in trouble
Never to blame
Must be a double
You are the same
Here it comes again

Doing the wrong thing
Forgetting your li..ines
Waiting for something better to shine
Take that same okay

After today, fortune man will find you
After today, they will find you working
After today, you'll find the ones you're after
After today, look out, after today

What kind of rescue?
What will you be?
Where can you take it, baby boy? For me
Break that heart for me

After today, the fortune fan will find you
After today, they will fly you away
After today, you'll find the one you're after
After today, look out, after today
After today, the fortune fan will find you
After today, they will fly you away
After today, you'll find the one you're after
After today, look out, after today

Today
After today
After toda-ay, hey
Look out, after today
Ah, yeah
Look, ah (laughter)
(spoken : I was gettin' in to that)
(laughter)

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“After Today” is typical of the freewheeling Sigma sessions, as it was tried out both as a slow, moody ballad and as an uptempo piece, with a take of the latter version eventually released on Bowie’s career retrospective Sound + Vision (the decision seemed to be Rykodisc’s, who preferred the faster take).

Bowie’s decision to sing much of “After Today” in falsetto turned out to be overly ambitious, and likely doomed the song to being an outtake, but “After Today” remains a showcase for Andy Newmark’s drumming. Oddly enough “After Today” has never been included on various Young Americans reissues.

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