Was There Life Pete Townshend

HOGARTH Was there life before this love Was there love before this girl I can see Was there ever love for her before me And if I look will she Look back at me Is fantasy Enough?

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

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

Pictures Of Lily Pete Townshend

nights I went and told my dad He said, Son, now here's some little something And stuck them on my wall And now my nights ain't quite so lonely In fact I, I don't feel bad at all, I don't feel bad at all There

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

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

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

Begin The Beguine Pete Townshend

stars And down by the shore an orchestra's playing And even the palms seem to be swaying When they begin the beguine To live it again is past all endeavor Except when that tune clutches my heart And there

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

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

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

Day Of Silence Pete Townshend

something Wonderful and warm Lies between each second In every side and out Eternity will beckon You and me, we are part of a single soul And one day we will know we're one Sit and listen the word will come There

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 Snatch Pete Townshend

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 nines At sixes and sevens with you I had to let it happen, I had to change Couldn't stay all my life

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

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

Brooklyn Kids Pete Townshend

he's dressed for effect But his eye's reveal he's really wrecked He's all alone don't ask me why this kid from Brooklyn cries And their both just a mile apart, just streets away from a kindred heart But there

Jools And Jim Pete Townshend

They have a standard of perfection there That you and me can never share Typewriter bangers on You're all just hangers on Everyone's human except Jools and Jim Late copy churners Rock and Roll learners

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

Let's See Action Pete Townshend

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 Rumor has it.

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

The Sea Refuses No River Pete Townshend

sea refuses no river We tried not to age But time had it's rage We're washed over the stones From babies into clones of the mean The sea won't refuse this muddy river Won't deny the sulfurous stream There

(Nothing Is Everything) Let's See Action Pete Townshend

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

Christmas Pete Townshend

They believe in dreams and all they mean including heavens generosity Peeping round the door to see what parcels are for me, in curiosity And Tommy doesn't know what day it is He doesn't know who Jesus was

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

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

You Better You Bet Pete Townshend

You better you better you bet You better bet your life Or love will cut you Like a knife. I want those feeble-minded axes overthrown. I'm not into your passport picture, I just like your nose.

Give Blood Pete Townshend

Give blood But you may find that blood is enough Give blood And there are some who'll say it's not enough Give blood But don't expect too ever see reward Give blood You can give it all but still asked

Come To Mama Pete Townshend

is like an armour Flaming ring of fire Her pride is like a blindness An ever tightening wire Her pride is like a razor A surgeon's purging knife Her pride is like a censor She's slashed out half her life

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

Content Pete Townshend

I am ready to learn and to grow I am alone with the truth I am brave, what is there to fear I am strong, God supports me I am patient, each moment of eternity I am able to help when necessary I am happy

Fire Pete Townshend

your tiny mind You know you've been completely blind Don't you dream of what you left so far behind Fire To destroy all we've done Fire To end all we've become I'll see you burn You were living your life

And I Moved Pete Townshend

doorway His figure merely filled the space And I moved But I moved toward him And I moved And his hands felt like ice, exciting As he laid me back Just like an empty dress And I moved But a minute later He was

I Am Secure Pete Townshend

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 laid out like a patchwork Alone, I am free from hatred and blindness I hope that this life

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

Dig Pete Townshend

you're sick and afraid, and there's danger around Take a pick and a spade, and cut into the ground Away from the light, away from the sound Make a trap for the beast, dig his burial mound Dig for your life

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

La La La Lies Pete Townshend

who's this by my side This girl with eyes like gems And cool reactions to your lies Lies, la la la la la la lies You can't repeat what you put 'round All the things that made me cry You kicked me when I was

White City Fighting Pete Townshend

committees in my German car Prone to violence, prone to shame I glide in silence, my pride in vain For no one remembers, not that I can see That we were defenders, we were the free The White City, blood was

Time Is Passing Pete Townshend

My heart has heard the sound of harmony Blind to it, as my tears fall again It's only by the music I'll be free There's something in the whisper of the trees Millions hear it, still they can't believe There

Sleeping Dog Pete Townshend

Sleeping dog by the open fire You're sleeping your life away You don't know how far you've got to go Or the trouble that you'll have to face Yet all I can do is love you Provide you with some fun and food

Keep Me Turning Pete Townshend

me turning, I'm hanging on Stop me yearning, I've had enough Keep me turning While I hand in my backstage pass Children are smiling Parents are wining Bow tie tying For the big day ahead real soon Is there

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

A Little Is Enough Pete Townshend

pretend that I'm tough Just a little is enough Just like a sailor heading into the seas There's a gale blowing in my face The high winds scare me but I need the breeze And I can't head for any other place Life

You Came Back Pete Townshend

remember you You look a whole lot better off than you used to do Hey little boy, throw me the ball The kids in the park say you're the dirtiest of all Ain't I met you sometime before When the old street was

All Shall Be Well Pete Townshend

your bed You dream of a flaming head You know you've lost your heart You never even had a start WOODLAND CREATURES All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things Shall be well VIXEN I was

Street In The City Pete Townshend

He was charged with telling lies again. I see the world go by as I lean against my wall. I watch as Fleet Street makes new heroes rise and fall. The news is written in the eyes of us all.

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

Never Ask Me Pete Townshend

I passed her once, I passed her twice Her first reply, just seemed as cold as ice Never ask me, if I love you I was in doubt, I begin to shout She kept on laying the same line out Never ask me, if I love

Uniforms (Corp D'esprit) Pete Townshend

braces 'round 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