Praying The Game Pete Townshend

Sitting in clouds of air Praying no on is there Holding your head to the sky, in there Swinging the smoke around Cross like in Heaven bound Hot line is cut up, because your bills all paid Praying the game

Christmas Pete Townshend

Did you ever see the faces of the children They get so excited Waking up on Christmas morning, hours before the winter sun's ignited They believe in dreams and all they mean including heavens generosity

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

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

Football Fugue Pete Townshend

You What I'm talking to you, you're wearing the wrong colored scarf So what Well, you're playing your tune to the Torrence of the enemy Hauf Hey you What I'm talking to you, concentrate on the game What

Street In The City Pete Townshend

Street in the city. 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.

The Shout Pete Townshend

Oh, oh Oh, oh I miss you, I miss you I remember lying by your side Up in the eerie waters of paradise 'N then one day you walked out Now I have nothing to do but shout And I want my voice To cut over mountains

The Seeker Pete Townshend

Looked under chairs Looked under tables Tried to find the key To fifty million fables They call me, The Seeker I've been searching low and high I won't find what I'm after 'Til the day I die I asked my

Face The Face Pete Townshend

Face the face, got to face the face Face the face, got to face the face You must have heard the cautionary tales The dangers hidden on the cul-de-sac trails From wiser men who've been through it all And

Brilliant Blues Pete Townshend

Say goodbye to the brilliant blues Say goodbye It's time, to live Make me, take me It's time, to give So don't betray me, pay me The brilliant blues Don't want to be frozen I'll spend my mornings at the

Don't Let Go Of The Coat Pete Townshend

thinking about you lot Don't let go the coat Don't let go the coat Don't let go the coat Don't let go the coat I try to explain but you never understand it I need your body and I can't just demand it,

The Sea Refuses No River Pete Townshend

me get at the master panel Let me at my stack The sea refuses no river And right now This river's banks are blown The sea refuses no river Whether stinking and rank Or red from the tank Whether pure as

Long Live Rock Pete Townshend

Down at the Astoria the scene was changing Bingo and rock were pushing out X rating We were the first band to vomit in the bar And find the distance to the stage too far Meanwhile it's getting late at

Guantanamo Pete Townshend

Down in Guantanamo We still got the ball and chain Down in Guantanamo We still got the ball and chain That pretty piece of Cuba Resolved to cause men pain When you light up in Cuba You won't feel the same

Parvardigar Pete Townshend

firmament above and in the deep On all the seven planes and farther on And in all that's hidden to our eyes and always see Beyond the trinity of words and in the vow You can not be perceived or no one

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

Let My Love Open The Door Pete Townshend

When people keep repeating That you'll never fall in love When everybody keeps retreating But you can't seem to get enough Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the

The Real Me (Demo) Pete Townshend

I went back to the doctor to get another shrink I sit and tell him about my weekend But he never betray what he thinks Can you see the real me, doctor? Can you see the real me, doctor?

Time Is Passing Pete Townshend

I'm playing my guitar while my sister bangs the jar The glass sets up a sound like people laughing It's going to my brain and it's easing all my pain I must hear this sound again 'cause time is passing

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

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

The Love Man Pete Townshend

You and I are having problems Pretend you're simply me and I am you Watch the way we weep and slip under Making love before the evening's through Say hello to the love man You can't afford to pass him

Happy Jack Pete Townshend

Happy Jack wasn't old but he was a man He lived in the sand at the Isle Of Man The kids all would sing, he would take the wrong key So they rode on his head on their furry donkey But they never stopped

Love Reign O'er Me (Demo) Pete Townshend

Only love can make it rain The way the beach is kissed by the sea Only love can make it rain Like the sweat of lovers laying in the fields Love reign o'er me Love, love reign o'er me, reign o'er me

Exquisitely Bored Pete Townshend

The tissue box is empty No coffee for my cream Dogs howl in the alley Crazy women scream Some kids shout from there pick up truck There stoned on life and beer Fifty radios playing in this street But I'm

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

Forever's No Time At All Pete Townshend

And nothing sure is forever When forever's no time at all As I lie amongst the heather bed High above the ocean's roar I seem to hear my name being called Yet who am I waiting for And I love the lover

Girl In A Suitcase Pete Townshend

When I have to get on my bike When I look back on 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

Cat's In The Cupboard Pete Townshend

Cat's in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cat's in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cat's in the cupboard You've got to set him free Rats on the high street You've got to let 'em be Rats

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

Keep Me Turning Pete Townshend

River's getting higher No wood for the fire They saw the messiah But I guess I missed him again That brings my score to a hundred and ten The water's getting closer Better ring up the grocer Stack up the

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

A Friend Is A Friend Pete Townshend

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, squabbles can't break the

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

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

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

Can't Outrun The Truth Pete Townshend

This lockdown is bringing me down My Mind's gone underground Though I crawl from room to room I can't leave myself behind I can't outrun the truth I won't turn to face it either Should I lay down in this

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

Cat Snatch Pete Townshend

think it's strange When I try to explain how I feel And that I still need your love After all that I've done You won't believe me All you will see is a girl you once knew Although she's dressed up to the

A Little Is Enough Pete Townshend

They say that love often passes in a second And you can never catch it up So I'm hanging on to you as though eternity beckon But it's clear that the match is rough Common sense'd tell me not to try and

You Came Back Pete Townshend

Hey little girl, playing in the street Baking as an apple, no shoes on your feet I think I can remember you You look a whole lot better off than you used to do Hey little boy, throw me the ball The kids

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

Slit Skirts Pete Townshend

blues It's sympathy not tears people need when they're the Front page sad news.

I Am An Animal Pete Townshend

I was always here in the silence But I was never under your eye Gather up your love in some wiseness For every memory shall always survive And you will see me I am an animal My teeth are sharp and my mouth

I Won't Run Anymore Pete Townshend

WOODLAND CREATURES Don't be afraid of the night Only you hear the scream that you 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

Sheraton Gibson Pete Townshend

I'm sittin' in the Sheraton Gibson playin' my Gibson And boy do I want to go home. I'm sittin' in the Sheraton Gibson playin' my Gibson And boy do I feel all alone. Cleveland, you blow my mind.

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

Uniforms (Corp D'esprit) Pete Townshend

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 jar: I'm all alone So I feel forgiven if I'm under par, a fallen clone Only in the

New Life (Reprise) Pete Townshend

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 wife For the

Don't Try To Make Me Real Pete Townshend

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 got the