DAVID BOWIE - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

DAVID BOWIE

SONGWRITERS: BRIAN ENO; DAVID BOWIE; DIMITRI TIOMKIN; IVY JO HUNTER; MARVIN GAYE; NED WASHINGTON & WILLIAM MICKEY STEVENSON

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: NOTHING HAS CHANGED

LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 2014

"Absolute Beginners" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie. It was the theme song to the 1986 film of the same name (itself an adaptation of the book Absolute Beginners).

Although the film was not a commercial success, the song was released on 3 March 1986 and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top ten on the main singles charts in eight other countries, becoming his last single to achieve that. It was less successful in the US, peaking at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bowie performed "Absolute Beginners" live on his 1987 Glass Spider Tour, his 2000 "Mini" Tour, and his 2002 Heathen Tour. The song has been included on a number of Bowie's compilation and "Best-of" releases, and was included as a bonus track on the 1995 re-release of Tonight(1984).

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 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

There's no reason

To feel all the hard times

To lay down the hard lines

It's absolutely true.