The Who

We’ll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the…

Let’s see action, let’s see people, Let’s see freedom, let’s see who cares, Take me with you when you leave me And my shell behind us there. I have learned it, known who burned me, Avatar has warmed my feet, Take me with you, let me see you, Time and life can meet. Nothing is…

Mama’s got a squeeze box She wears on her chest And when daddy comes home He never gets no rest ’cause she’s playing all night And the music’s all right Mama’s got a squeeze box Daddy never sleeps at night Well the kids don’t eat And the dog can’t sleep There’s no escape from the…

I went back to the doctor To get another shrink I sit and tell him about my weekend But he never betrays what he thinks Can you see the real me, doctor, doctor? Can you see the real me, doctor? Oh, doctor I went back to my mother I said, “i’m crazy, ma, help me.”…

Why should i care? Why should i care? Girls of fifteen Sexually knowing The ushers are sniffing Eau-de-cologning The seats are seductive Celibate sitting Pretty girls digging Prettier women Magically bored On a quiet street corner Free frustration In our minds and our toes Quiet storm water M-m-my generation Uppers and downers Either way blood…

People try to put us down (talkin’ ’bout my generation) Just because we get around (talkin’ ’bout my generation) Things they do look awful cold (talkin’ ’bout my generation) Hope i die before i get old (talkin’ ’bout my generation) It’s my generation It’s my generation, baby Why don’t you all fade away (talkin’ ’bout…

You can hear it in the street, See it in the dragging feet, The word is getting out about control, Spies they’re come and gone, The story travels on, The only quiet place is inside your soul. From tree to tree, From you to me, Travelling twice as fast as on any freeway. Ev’ry single…

No one knows what it’s like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes No one knows what it’s like To be hated To be fated To telling only lies But my dreams They aren’t as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love…

Look, he’s crawling up my wall Black and hairy, very small Now he’s up above my head Hanging by a little thread Boris the spider Boris the spider Now he’s dropped on to the floor Heading for the bedroom door Maybe he’s as scared as me Where’s he gone now, i can’t see Boris the…

I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise I know that you have ’cause there’s magic in my eyes I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles Oh yeah If you think that i don’t know about the little tricks you’ve played And never see you when deliberately you…

One girl was called jean marie Another little girl was felicity Another little girl was sally joy The other was me, and i’m a boy My name is bill, and i’m a head case They practice making up on my face Yeah, i feel lucky if i get trousers to wear Spend evenings taking hairpins…

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight I’ve got my clipboard, text books Lead me to the station Yeah, i’m off to the civil war I’ve got my kit bag, my heavy boots I’m runnin’ in the rain Gonna run till my feet are raw Slip kid, slip kid, second generation And i’m a…

On top of the sky is a place where you go if you’ve done nothing wrong If you’ve done nothing wrong And down in the ground is a place where you go if you’ve been a bad boy If you’ve been a bad boy Why can’t we have eternal life And never die Never die?…

I’m free I’m free And freedom tastes of reality I’m free I’m free And i’m waiting for you to follow me If i told you what it takes to reach the highest high You’d laugh and say: nothing’s that simple But you’ve been told many times before, messiah’s pointed to the door And no one…