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Artist: David Bowie
Track: Absolute Beginners

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I've nothing much to offer
There's nothing much to take
I'm an absolute beginner
But I'm absolutely sane
As long as we're together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true

Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh, we're absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
We're certain to succeed

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Sail over heartaches
Just like the films
If there's reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true
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David Bowie – Absolute Beginners
This track was the theme song to the 1986 movie Absolute Beginners. It came during a difficult commercial period for Bowie, and marked one of his more successful singles in the 80s
David Bowie – Absolute Beginners (Live at BBC Radio Theatre, London, 27th June, 2000) [2021 Remaster]
[Verse 1] / I've nothing much to offer / There's nothing much to take / I'm an absolute beginner / And I'm absolutely sane / As long as we're together / The rest can go to hell / I
Michael C. Hall (Ft. Cristin Milioti) – Absolute Beginners
I've nothing much to offer / There's nothing much to take / I'm an absolute beginner / But I'm absolutely sane / As long as we're together / The rest can go to hell / I absolutely
Steve Harley – Absolute Beginners
I've nothing much to offer / There's nothing much to take / I'm an absolute beginner / But I'm absolutely sane / As long as we're together / The rest can go to hell / I absolutely
Tiago Bettencourt (Ft. David Fonseca) – Absolute Beginners
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Gil Evans – Absolute Beginners (Refrain)
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 1] / You, you will be mean / And I, I'll drink all the time / 'Cause we're lovers, yeah, that is a fact / Yes, we're lovers, and that is that / [Chorus] / Though nothing
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[Chorus 1] / I couldn't escape this feeling with my China Girl / I'm just a wreck without my little China Girl / I hear her heart beating, it's loud as thunder / I saw her stars
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust (Live, Glastonbury, 2000)
[Intro] / Oh yeah / [Verse 1] / Now Ziggy played guitar / Jamming good with Weird and Gilly / And the Spiders from Mars / He played it left hand / But he made it too far / Became
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Q:Who wrote “Absolute Beginners” by David Bowie?
“Absolute Beginners” by David Bowie was written by David Bowie.
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