Lyric discussion by Keltic 

There's a rubber band who plays tunes out of tune. All rubber bands play tunes out of tune. Bowie's love of word play clearly evident here. The narrator goes to his local library garden every sunday afternoon with his girlfriend, where they watch and listen to the resident band play a selection of tunes. He tells us that 2010 he was so handsome and so strong ( full of the joys of life ). The 1st world war begins and he joins the navy to fight for king and country. When the war is over, he returns home, only to find that the love of his life has since married the rubber band leader.

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