David Bowie - Little Bombardier

Little Bombardier is a song written and performed by David Bowie. It is from the album David Bowie in 1967.

Lyrics:

War made him a soldier
Little Frankie Mear
Peace left him a loser
The little bombardier

Lines of worry appeared with age
Unskilled hands that knew no trade
Spent his time in the picture house
The little bombardier

Frankie drank his money
The little that he made
Told his woes to no man
Friendless, lonely days

Then one day, the ABC
Four bright eyes gazed longingly
At the ice-cream in the hand of
The little bombardier

Sunshine entered our Frankie's days
Gone his worries, his hopeless maze
His life was fun and his heart was full of joy

Two young children had changed his aims
He gave them toffees and played their games
He brought them presents with every coin he made

Then two gentlemen called on him
Asked him for his name
Why was he friends with the children
Were they just a game?

Leave them alone or we'll get sore
We've had blokes like you in the station before
The hand of authority said "no more" to
The little bombardier

Packed his bags, his heart in pain
Wiped a tear and caught a train
Not to be seen in the town again
The little bombardier

Category:

Music

Tags:

• David Bowie
• Little Bombardier
• 1967
• Ziggy Stardust
• Thin White Duke
• Davy Jones

[mickyb8419]

I call this period his Anthony Newley time.....

[rosalbina188]

a waltzer? great!

[Cocarat206]

Such a sad little song ;_;

[musickrz]

FABULOUS way for any artist to start their career! Hands down...

[MichalFokt]

@Rawego Corporal Clegg was written by Roger Waters, who was obsessed with WWII since he lost his father there. Syd was a member of PF by that time when they recorded it, but he reportedly hadn´t any input there since his time with PF was coming to the end :-/

[ex59neo53]

Pure poetry ,with deep sense ,and this was on his 1st album in 1967 :oO 

[Strawberry7Lynn]

Fu*kin' great song this!

[danalogue1]

Great big voice even back then at 20 yrs of age!

[danalogue1]

Great big voice even back then - at 20 yrs old!

[Rawego]

this must be the civil version of Sid Barrett's 'Corporal Klegg'... a delightful little ditty indeed :))