A Fool Says Pete Townshend

A fool says love is like a melody Or something like a symphony But this love is cacophony Never changing key We, we can't fool our audience We put up such a poor pretense Don't hide a shred of evidence

Praying The Game Pete Townshend

Praying the game And it's all the losers start As your hurting all together Are you really getting threw Would you be wrong to sing and dance Life goes on forever Understanding isn't really new I am a

New Life (Reprise) Pete Townshend

What we want is a brand new year Open your heart and set us free What we need is a brand new life We'll decide on our own destiny What we want is a brand new life For every brother and sister husband and

Heart To Hang Onto Pete Townshend

Johnny boy, he's always propping up the bar He's sees life crystallized through his jar He says he only lives for beer But deep in his heart is a cry of fear Give me a heart to hang onto Give me a soul

Crashing By Design Pete Townshend

Nothing must pass this line Unless it is well defined You just have to be resigned You're crashing by design You once believed that crazy accidents Were happening to you You were chasing a capricious wind

Sleeping Dog Pete Townshend

fun and food All I can do is love you And that is what I do Sleeping children, laying in your beds Tomorrow you'll be back at school You look so young but you've come so far You'll never be any soul's fool

My Baby Gives It Away Pete Townshend

My baby wakes in the deep of the night She doesn't need it But she says it's all right My baby digs it, just a Rollin' away My baby gives it up every day My baby gives it, she gives it away My baby gives

The Sea Refuses No River Pete Townshend

I remember being richer than a king The minutes of the day were golden I recall that when the joint passed 'round My body felt a little colder But now I'm like a sewer channel Running lime and scag Let

Slit Skirts Pete Townshend

I was just thirty-four years old and I was still wandering in a haze I was wondering why everyone I met seemed like they were Lost in a maze I don't know why I thought I should have some kind of Divine

Face The Face Pete Townshend

Got to Got to You must have tried and defied belief Maybe found futility in insular grief I need your hunger you need mine A million appetites can swallow up time.

A Friend Is A Friend Pete Townshend

When eyes meet in silence, a pact can be made A life-long alliance that won't be betrayed Won't be betrayed Be friendly, befriend me now Be friendly A friend is a friend, nothing can change that Arguments

Evolution Pete Townshend

Well, once I was a stone, many years ago Into a pool was thrown, many years ago Time went by and the pool ran dry Excavated was I and tempered And beat in the fiery heat By the hand of a man whose name

Come To Mama Pete Townshend

His pride is like a bandage He's wrapped in a warm cocoon His pride is just like heroin He's back inside the womb His pride is like an ocean Encircled by a reef His pride's an hypnotic potion His memory

Pure And Easy Pete Townshend

There once was a note pure and easy Playing so free like a breathe rippling by The note is eternal I hear it, it sees me Forever we blend as forever we die I listened and I heard music in a word And words

Street In The City Pete Townshend

Street in the city on a working day. Street in the city. Street in the city on a working day. There's a man up on that ledge. He's only cleaning windows.

Pinball Wizard Pete Townshend

Ever since I was a young boy I've played the silver ball From Soho down to Brighton I must've played them all But I never seen anything like him In any amusement hall That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure

A Little Is Enough Pete Townshend

continue But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you So keep an eye open, my spirit ain't broken Your love is so incredible, your body so edible You give me an overdose of love That just a little is

Dig Pete Townshend

Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig We old ones have seen two wars We old ones have seen two wars When you're sick and afraid, and there's danger around Take a pick and a spade, and cut into the ground Away from

Now And Then Pete Townshend

Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (repeat 3 times) In you I saw someone that I recognized Had no idea what was in your mind I met your eyes and I was hypnotized

Empty Glass Pete Townshend

Why was I born today Life is useless like Ecclesiastes say I never had a chance But opportunity's now in my hands I stand with my guitar All I need is a mirror Then I'm a star I'm so sick of dud TV Next

Brooklyn Kids Pete Townshend

Girl lays on a white sheet, she's deep in a trance While her friends go out and dance She's all alone don't ask me why this kid from Brooklyn cries Boy struts on a main street, he's dressed for effect

Girl In A Suitcase Pete Townshend

my life I think of the days of the wine Of what I put you threw that time When I have to move away Pick up the pieces another day I remember little white lies And pretty brown blue eyes Little girl in a

Over The Top Pete Townshend

Over the top we go Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah, yeah Over the top we go Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah, yeah No idea where my life began But I am a fearless iron man I am a fearless iron man I am a fearless iron

Holly Like Ivy Pete Townshend

I went to Dallas back in 82 The cafe society was numero oui Surrounded by model, girls and guys in boots I watched as they conspired taking parking lot dues Looking back on a cherished memory A strange

Man Machines Pete Townshend

Man makes machines To man the machines That make the machines That make the machines Make a machine To make a machine And man and machine Will make a machine To break the machines That make the machines

Don't Try To Make Me Real Pete Townshend

Make me of clay, make me of steel But whatever you do don't try and make me real Make me your dream, a secretive deal But don't ever scheme to try and make me real Stop trying to make me real I haven't

English Boy Pete Townshend

I'm an English boy I was brought up right Hold me down And I will bite I know no fear I serve with joy I'm proud to be here An English boy I feel like a stray dog Blurred like a movie You say you've come

There's A Heartache Following Me Pete Townshend

Sometimes they ask me if Im really happy now I say sure, I never loved her anyhow But inside, I long for you and the way it used to be I look around and theres a heartache following me I always say that

Day Of Silence Pete Townshend

When you're feeling low Try a day of silence Take things very slow Listen to the wireless Never speak a sound Sit up on the hedgerow Watch the world go round Peace will let your mind go When you've had

Football Fugue Pete Townshend

I was listening to a guitar, bass drum thing Started hearing chest screech, thought I had a gut strength Then I saw a big band, right on the pavement Violins and heavy boots, wondering where the wave went

Driftin' Blues Pete Townshend

I'm driftin' and driftin', like a ship out on the sea I'm driftin' and driftin', like a ship out on the sea Nobody seems to want me Except the wide and open sea My ship ain't got no captain, my ship ain't

Keep On Working Pete Townshend

I was digging in the yard today When a letter came from Southampton way Keep on working Keep on working I must admit I was a bit in the red But if you never have pleasure then you could be dead Keep on

All Shall Be Well Pete Townshend

HOGARTH You can wake deep in the night And know that out of sight A dangerous passion grows A force you can't oppose VIXEN and HOGARTH In the safety of your bed You dream of a flaming head You know you've

I Am An Animal Pete Townshend

some wiseness For every memory shall always survive And you will see me I am an animal My teeth are sharp and my mouth is full And the passion is so strong when I'm alone Loneliness will change me I am a

Hiding Out Pete Townshend

From my window, I see roads Lead to darkness, leading home In the midnight of a soul's unsleeping I hear the waterfall of women weeping Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling I hear the prostituted

I Won't Run Anymore Pete Townshend

scream Don't turn away from the light Only you see the dream that you dream HOGARTH I'm not going to run anymore I'm not gonna run Away from this honeymoon I'm not gonna run anymore I'm not gonna run Like a

Face Dances (Pt. 2) Pete Townshend

I watch you sit and twitching with a match between your teeth You seem to have a knack of moving it It's in time to the beat Face dances tonight fate chances moonlight Face dances tonight fate chances

I Am Secure Pete Townshend

My room looks out to the wide open spaces My heart is touched by awakening faces I see the panic of people in motion I can stand here, look out on an ocean I am a wall awaiting a catchword I see the city

Rough Boys Pete Townshend

Tough boys Running the streets Come a little closer Rough toys Under the sheets Nobody knows her Rough boys Don't walk away I very nearly missed you Tough boys Come over here I wanna

Outlive The Dinosaur Pete Townshend

I breathe My throat clenches Clutching to exclude A dozen different stenches In Falmouth Bay A blue whale rolls Gonna drown in the swill From city sewer holes Summer's longer Deltas gashed Ancient trees

You Better You Bet Pete Townshend

You better you better you bet You better you bet you bet I call you on the telephone My voice too rough with cigarettes I sometimes feel I should just go home But I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets

Exquisitely Bored Pete Townshend

feel close to the stars There are good times walking in Laguna But it rains in my heart The peasants here are starving They look out there barrels out in space Pray TV looks like pay TV to me It's just a

Uniforms (Corp D'esprit) Pete Townshend

your seat Doctor Marten's on your feet Keep your bar net very neat For credibility on street We are marching as to war We won't be obscure no more In uniform, in uniform I am really living life inside a

Jools And Jim Pete Townshend

They don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead Is that exactly what I though I read?

White City Fighting Pete Townshend

The White City, that's a joke of a name It's a black violent place if I remember the game I couldn't wait to get out but I love to go home To remember the White City fighting The White City Fighting, remember

Misunderstood Pete Townshend

Just want to be misunderstood want to be feared in my neighborhood Just want to be a moody man Say things that nobody can understand I want to be obscure and oblique Inscrutable and vague So hard to pin

Don't Let Go Of The Coat Pete Townshend

I can't be held responsible for my behavior I lost all contact with my only savior Please don't lock me out 'cause I missed to phone ya I can't bear to live forever like a loner Don't let go the coat Don't

Begin The Beguine Pete Townshend

When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of music so tender It brings back a night of tropical splendor It brings back a memory ever green I'm with you once more under the stars And down by

Vicious Interlude Pete Townshend

(Pete) If I see you put that on the wall I'll smack you (little girl in background) I'm not I'm not (Pete) You got a mischief look in your eye

Guantanamo Pete Townshend

of Cuba Resolved to cause men pain When you light up in Cuba You won't feel the same again Down in Guantanamo Still waiting for the big cigars Down in Guantanamo Still waiting for the big cigars Been a