Another Tricky Day
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
Athena
Baba O'Riley
Bargain
Behind Blue Eyes
Eminence Front
Goin’ Mobile
Happy Jack
I Can See For Miles
I Can’t Explain
I'm Free
Long Live Rock
Love Ain't For Keeping
My Generation
My Wife
Pinball Wizard
Substitute
The Kids Are Alright
The Real Me
The Relay
The Seeker
Who Are You
Won't Get Fooled Again
You Better You Bet
Why should I care? Why should I care?
Girls of fifteen, sexually knowing, the ushers are sniffing, eau -du-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-my generation, uppers and downers, either way blood flows.
Inside outside, leave me alone, inside outside, nowhere is home.
Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the five-fifteen.
Out of my brain on the train. Out of my brain on the train.
A raft in the quarry, slowly sinking, on the back of a lorry, holy hitching.
Dreadfully sorry, apple scrumping, born in a war, birthday punching.
He-man drag in a glittering ballroom, greyly outrageous in my high heeled shoes.
Tightly undone, know what they're showing, sadly ecstatic that their heroes are news.
Inside outside, leave me alone, inside outside, nowhere is home.
Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the five-fifteen.
Out of my brain on the train. Out of my brain on the train…
Why should I care? Why should I care?
Another Tricky Day
You can't always get it when you really want it, you can't always get it at all.
Just because there's space in your life, it's a waste
to spend your time, why don't you wait for the call?
Just gotta get used to it, we all get it in the end.
Just gotta get used to it, we go down and we come up again.
Just gotta get used to it, you irritate me my friend.
This is no social crisis, this is you having fun.
No crisis, getting burned by the sun, this is true.
This is no social crisis, just another tricky day for you.
You can always get higher just because you aspire, you could expire even knowing.
Don't push the hands, just hang on to the band, you can dance while your knowledge is growing.
It could happen anytime, you can't expect to never cry.
Patience is priceless, not when you try to fly so high.
Just stay on that line, rock and roll will never die.
This is no social crisis, this is you having fun.
No crisis, getting burned by the sun, this is true.
This is no social crisis, just another tricky day for you.
Another tricky day, another gently nagging pain.
What the papers say just seems to bring down heavier rain.
The world seems in a spiral, life seems such a worthless title.
But break out and start a fire, y'all, it's all here on the vinyl.
No crisis, no crisis, this is true. This is no social crisis, just another tricky day for you.
You can't always get it when you really want it, you can't always get it at all.
Just because there's space in your life, it's a waste
to spend your time, why don't you wait for the call?
Just gotta get used to it, gotta get used to waiting.
Just gotta get used to it, you know how the ice is.
Just gotta get used to it, it's thin where you're skating.
This is no social crisis, this is you having fun.
No crisis, getting burned by the sun, this is true.
This is no social crisis, just another tricky day for you, fella.
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
I can go anyway, way I choose. I can live anyhow, win or lose.
I can go anywhere, for something new, anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose.
I can do anything, right or wrong. I can talk anyhow, and get along.
Don't care anyway, I never lose anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose.
Nothing gets in my way, not even locked doors.
Don't follow the lines that been laid before.
I get along anyway I dare, anyway, anyhow, anywhere.
I can go anyway, way I choose, I can live anyhow, win or lose.
I can go anywhere, for something new, anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose.
Anyway, anyway I choose, yeah.
Anyway I wanna go, I wanna go and do it myself, do it myself, do it myself, yeah.
Anyway, way I choose, anyway I choose yeah, yeah.
Ain't never gonna lose the way I choose, the way I choose, the way I choose…
Athena
Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need her.
In peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her.
My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong but I think I'll get along.
She's just a girl, she's a bomb.
Athena, all I ever want to do is please her.
My life has been so settled and she's the reason.
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone, but I think I'll get along.
She's just a girl, she's a bomb.
Just a girl, just a girl. Just a girl, just a girl. Just a girl, just a girl. She's just a girl.
Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bath.
I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path.
I'd of topped myself to give her time, she didn't need to ask. Was I a suicidal psychopath?
She's just a girl, she's a bomb.
Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stage,
he had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his rib cage.
And I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambéed,
you got me requisitioned, Blondie.
She's just a girl, she's a bomb. I'm happy, I'm ecstatic.
Just a girl, just a girl. Just a girl, just a girl. Just a girl, just a girl. She's just a girl.
Look into the face of a child, measure how long you smiled before the memory claimed.
How long would children remain, how long would children remain?
Athena, you picked me up by my lapels and screamed, "leave her."
It felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meter
and now you're stuck with a castrated leader and I hate the creep.
I didn't mean that, she's a bomb. I just said it, she's a bomb. I didn't mean it, please, she's a bomb.
Athena, I had no idea how much I need her.
My life has been so settled and she's the reason.
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone, but I get along.
She's just a girl, she's a bomb. She's just a girl, she's a bomb.
Baba O'Riley
Out here in the fields, I fought for my meals, I get my back into my living.
I don't need to fight to prove I'm right, I don't need to be forgiven.
Don't cry, don't raise your eye, it's only teenage wasteland.
Sally, take my hand, travel south cross land, put out the fire, don't look past my shoulder.
The exodus is here, the happy ones are near. Let's get together before we get much older.
Teenage wasteland, it's only teenage wasteland.
Teenage wasteland, oh yeah, teenage wasteland. They're all wasted!
Bargain
I'd gladly lose me to find you, I'd gladly give up all I had.
To find you, I'd suffer anything and be glad.
I'll pay any price just to get you, I'll work all my life, and I will.
To win you I'd stand naked, stoned and stabbed.
I'd call that a bargain, the best I ever had, the best I ever had.
I'd gladly lose me to find you, I'd gladly give up all I got.
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop.
I'd pay any price just to win you, surrender my good life for bad.
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man.
I'd call that a bargain, the best I ever had, the best I ever had.
I sit looking round, I look at my face in the mirror.
I know I'm worth nothing without you.
And like one and one don't make two, one and one make one.
And I'm looking for that free ride to me, I'm looking for you.
I'd gladly lose me to find you, I'd gladly give up all I got.
To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop.
I'll pay any price just to win you, surrender my good life for bad.
To find you I'm gonna drown an unsung man.
I'd call that a bargain, the best I ever had, the best I ever had.
Behind Blue Eyes
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 is vengeance that's never free.
No one knows what it's like to feel these feelings like I do, and I blame you.
No one bites back as hard on their anger, none of my pain and woe, can show through.
But my dreams, they aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be.
I have hours, only lonely. My love is vengeance that's never free.
When my fist clenches crack it open before I use it and lose my cool.
When I smile tell me some bad news before I laugh and act like a fool.
And if I swallow anything evil, stick your finger down my throat.
If I shiver please give me a blanket, keep me warm, let me wear your coat.
No one knows what it's like to be the bad man to be the sad man, behind blue eyes.
Eminence Front
Sun shines, people forget.
The spray flies as the speed boat glides, people forget, forget they're hiding.
The girls smile, people forget.
The snow packs as the skier tracks, people forget, forget they're hiding
behind an eminence front, eminence front, it's a put on.
It's an eminence front, it's an eminence front, it's a put on.
It's an eminence front, eminence front, it's a put on.
It's an eminence front, it's an eminence front, it's a put on.
It's a put on, it's a put on, it's a put on, it's a put on.
Come and join the party dress to kill.
Won't you come and join the party dress to kill? Dress to kill.
Drinks flow, people forget.
That big wheel spins, the hair thins, people forget, forget they're hiding.
The news slows, people forget.
The shares crash, hopes are dashed, people forget, forget they're hiding
behind an eminence front, eminence front, it's a put on.
It's an eminence front, it's an eminence front, it's a put on.
It's an eminence front, eminence front, it's a put on.
It's an eminence front, it's an eminence front, it's a put on.
It's a put on, it's a put on, it's a put on, it's a put on.
Come and join the party, dress to, come and join the party, dress to,
come and join the party, dress to, come and join the party, dress to kill.
Dress yourself to kill.
Goin’ Mobile
I'm going home, and when I wanna go home, I'm goin' mobile.
Well, I'm gonna find a home on wheels, see how it feels, goin' mobile, keep me movin'.
I can pull up by the curb, I can make it on the road, goin' mobile.
I can stop in any street inviting people that we meet, goin' mobile, keep me movin'.
Out in the woods or in the city, it's all the same to me, when I'm driving free.
The world's my home, when I'm mobile, wee whoo, beep beep.
Play the tape machine, make the toast and tea when I'm mobile.
Well, I can lay in bed with only highway ahead when I'm mobile, keep me movin'.
Keep me movin' over fifty. Keep me movin' just a hippie gypsy.
C'mon move now, movin'. Keep me movin' movin' movin' yeah. Mobile, mobile...
I don't care about pollution, I'm an air-conditioned gypsy, that's my solution.
Watch the police and the taxman miss me, I'm mobile.
Happy Jack
Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man. He lived in the sand at the Isle of Man.
The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key
so they rode on his head on their furry donkey.
The kids couldn't hurt Jack, they tried and tried and tried.
They dropped things on his back and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied.
But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping
and they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy.
But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
and they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy.
The kids couldn't hurt Jack, they tried and tried and tried.
They dropped things on his back and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied.
But they couldn't stop Jack, or the waters lapping
and they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy. (I saw ya)
I Can See For Miles
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 play
and never see you when deliberately you put things in my way,
well, here's a poke at you, you're gonna choke on it, too.
You're gonna lose that smile because all the while
I can see for miles and miles, I can see for miles and miles,
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles, oh yeah
You took advantage of my trust in you when I was so far away.
I saw you holding lots of other guys and now you've got the nerve to say
that you still want me, tell, that's as may be
but you gotta stand trial because all the while
I can see for miles and miles, I can see for miles and miles,
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles, oh yeah.
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.
The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days.
You thought that I would need a crystal ball to see right through the haze.
Well, here's a poke at you, you're gonna choke on it too.
You're gonna lose that smile because all the while
I can see for miles and miles, I can see for miles and miles.
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
and miles and miles and miles and miles.
I can see for miles and miles, I can see for miles and miles…
I Can’t Explain
Got a feeling inside (can't explain), it's a certain kind (can't explain).
I feel hot and cold (can't explain) yeah, down in my soul, yeah (can't explain).
I said I can't explain. I'm feeling good now, yeah, but can't explain.
Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling blue, the things you've said, well, maybe they're true.
I'm getting funny dreams again and again. I know what it means, but…
Can't explain, I think it's love, try to say it to you when I feel blue.
But I can't explain (can't explain), yeah, hear what I'm saying, girl (can't explain).
Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling bad, the things you said have got me real mad.
I'm getting funny dreams again and again, I know what it means but...
Can't explain, I think it's love, try to say it to you when I feel blue.
But I can't explain (can't explain), forgive me one more time now, yeah (can't explain).
I said I can't explain, yeah. You drive me outta my mind.
Yeah, I'm the worrying kind, babe, I said I can't explain.
I'm Free
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,
no one had the guts to leave the temple.
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.
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.
How can we follow? How can we follow?
Long Live Rock
Down at the Astoria the scene was changing, Bingo and rock were pushing out X-rating.
We weren’t the first band to vomit at the bar and find the distance to the stage too far.
Meanwhile it's getting late at ten o'clock, rock is dead they say, long live rock.
Long live rock, I need it every night.
Long live rock, come on and join the line.
Long live rock, be it dead or alive.
People walk in sideways pretending that they're leaving,
we put on our makeup and work out all the lead-ins.
Jack is in the alley selling tickets made in Hong Kong,
promoter's in the pay box wondering where the band's gone.
Back in the pub the governor stops the clock, rock is dead they say, long live rock.
Long live rock, I need it every night.
Long live rock, come on and join the line.
Long live rock, be it dead or alive.
Landslide, rocks are falling, falling down around our very heads.
We tried but you were yawning, look again: rock is dead, rock is dead, rock is dead.
The place is really jumping to the hi-watt amps
till a twenty inch cymbal fell and cut the lamps.
In the blackout they danced right into the aisle
and as the doors fly open even the promoter smiles.
Someone takes his pants off and the rafters knock,
rock is dead they say, long live rock, long live rock, long live.
Long live rock, long live rock, long live rock…
Long live rock, I need it every night. Long live rock, come on and join the line.
Long live rock, be it dead or alive.
Love Ain't For Keeping
Laying on my back in the newly mown grass,
rain is coming down but I know the clouds will pass.
You bring me tea, say "the babe's are sleeping." Lay down beside me, love ain't for keeping.
Black ash from the foundry hangs like a hood. But the air is perfumed by the burning firewood.
The seeds are bursting, the spring is seeping. Lay down beside me, love ain't for keeping.
Lay down beside me, love ain't for keeping.
Lay down beside me, love ain't for keeping. Lay down my darling, love ain't for keeping.
My Generation
People try to put us d-down (talkin' 'bout my generation)
just because we get around (talkin' 'bout my generation).
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (talkin' 'bout my generation),
I hope I die before I get old (talkin' 'bout my generation).
This is my generation, this is my generation, baby.
Why don't you all f-fade away (talkin' 'bout my generation)?
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (talkin' 'bout my generation).
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (talkin' 'bout my generation),
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (talkin' 'bout my generation).
This is my generation, this is my generation, baby.
Why don't you all f-fade away (talkin' 'bout my generation)?
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (talkin' 'bout my generation).
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (talkin' 'bout my generation),
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (talkin' 'bout my generation
This is my generation, this is my generation, baby.
People try to put us d-down (talkin' 'bout my generation)
just because we get around (talkin' 'bout my generation).
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (talkin' 'bout my generation),
I hope I die before I get old (talkin' 'bout my generation).
This is my generation, this is my generation, baby…
My Wife
My life's in jeopardy, murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be.
I ain't been home since Friday night and now my wife is coming after me.
Give me police protection, gonna buy a gun so I can look after number one.
Give me a bodyguard, a back belt Judo expert with a machine gun.
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane, when she catches up with me won't be no time to explain.
She thinks I've been with another woman and that's enough to send her half insane.
Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots and take a long, long drive.
I may end up spending all my money but I'll still be alive.
All I did was have a bit too much to drink and I picked the wrong precinct.
Got picked up by the law and now I ain't got time to think.
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane, when she catches up with me won't be no time to explain.
She thinks I've been with another woman and that's enough to send her half insane.
Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots and take a long, long drive.
I may end up spending all my money but I'll still be alive.
And I'm, oh, so tired of running, donna lay down on the floor.
I gotta rest some time so I can get to run some more.
She's coming, she's coming…
Pinball Wizard
Ever since I was a young boy, I've played the silver ball.
From Soho down to Brighton, I must have played them all.
But I ain't seen nothin' like him in any amusement hall.
That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pin-ball.
He stands just like a statue, becomes part of the machine.
Feeling all the bumpers, always playing clean.
He plays by intuition, the digit counters fall.
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.
He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist. A pinball wizard's got "Such a supple wrist.
"How do you think he does it (I don't know)? What makes him so good?
He ain't got no distractions, can't hear no buzzers and bells.
Don't see lights a-flashin', plays be sense of smell.
Always gets a replay, I've never seen him fall.
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.
I thought I was the Bally table king, but I just handed my pinball crown to him.
Even on my favorite table, he can beat my best.
His disciples lead him in and he just does the rest.
He's got crazy flipper fingers, never seen him fall.
That deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.
Susbstitute
You think we look pretty good together, you think my shoes are made of leather.
But I'm a substitute for another guy, I look pretty tall but my heels are high.
The simple things you see are all complicated,
I look pretty good but I'm just back dated, yeah.
Substitute lies for fact, I can see right through your plastic mac.
I look all white but my dad was black, my fine looking suit is really made out of sack.
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.
The north side of my town faced east and the east was facing south.
And now you dare to look me in the eye but crocodile tears are what you cry.
If it's a genuine problem you won't try to work it out at all, just pass it by, pass it by.
Substitute me for him, substitute my coke for gin.
Substitute you for my mum, at least I'll get my washing done.
I'm a substitute for another guy, I look pretty tall but my heels are high.
The simple things you see are all complicated,
I look pretty young but I'm just back dated, yeah.
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.
The north side of my town faced east and the east was facing south.
And now you dare to look me in the eye but crocodile tears are what you cry.
If it's a genuine problem you won't try to work it out at all, just pass it by, pass it by.
Substitute me for him, substitute my coke for gin.
Substitute you for my mum, at least I'll get my washing done.
Substitute lies for fact ,I can see right through your plastic mac.
I look all white but my dad was black, my fine looking suit's really made out of sack.
The Kids Are Alright
I don't mind other guys dancing with my girl. That's fine, I know them all pretty well.
But I know sometimes I must get out in the light.
Better leave her behind where the kids are alright, the kids are alright.
Sometimes I feel I gotta get away. Bells chime, I know I gotta get away.
And I know if I don't, I'll go out of my mind.
Better leave her behind where the kids are alright, the kids are alright.
I know if I'd go, things'd be a lot better for her.
I had things planned, but her folks wouldn't let her.
I don't mind other guys dancing with my girl. That's fine, I know them all pretty well.
But I know sometimes I must get out in the light.
Better leave her behind where the kids are alright, the kids are alright.
Sometimes I feel I gotta get away. Bells chime, I know I gotta get away.
And I know if I don't, I'll go out of my mind.
Better leave her behind where the kids are alright, the kids are alright, the kids are alright.
The Real Me
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?
I went back to my mother I said, "I'm crazy ma, help me."
She said, "I know how it feels son, cause it runs in the family."
Can you see the real me, mother, mother? Can you see the real me, mother?
The cracks between the paving stones look like rivers of flowing veins.
Strange people who know me peeping from behind every window pane.
The girl I used to love lives in this yellow house.
Yesterday she passed me by, she doesn't want to know me now.
Can you see the real me, can you, can you? Can you see the real me, can you?
Can you see, can you see, can you see, can you see the real me?
I ended up with the preacher, full of lies and hate.
I seemed to scare him a little so he showed me to the Golden Gate.
Can you see the real me, preacher, preacher? Can you see the real me, preacher?
Can you see the real me, doctor? Can you see the real me, mother? Can you see the real me?
The Relay
You can hear it in the streets, see it in the dragging feet,
the word is getting out about control.
Spies, they've come and gone, the story travels on,
the only private place is inside your soul.
From tree to tree, from you to me, traveling twice as fast as on an empty freeway.
Every single dream wrapped up in the scheme, they all get carried on in the relay.
(Relay) Things are brewing, (relay) something's doing,
(relay) there's a revolution, (relay) hand me down the solution, yeah, pass it on.
Someone disapproves what you say I knew, I was asked to see if I could really learn you.
Don't believe your eyes, They're telling only lies.
What was done in the first place don't concern you.
From tree to tree, from you to me, traveling twice as fast as on an empty freeway.
Every single dream wrapped up in the scheme, they all get carried on in the relay.
(Relay) Things are brewing, (relay) something's doing,
(relay) there's a revolution, (relay) hand me down the solution, yeah, pass it on…
The Seeker
I've looked under chairs, I've looked under tables.
I've tried to find the key to fifty million fables.
They call me the seeker, I've been searching low and high.
I won't get to get what I'm after till the day I die.
I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary
but he couldn't help me either.
They call me the seeker, I've been searching low and high.
I won't get to get what I'm after till the day I die.
People tend to hate me cause I never smile.
As I ransack their homes they wanna shake my hand.
Focusing on nowhere, investigating miles, I'm a seeker, I'm a really desperate man.
I won't get to get what I'm after till the day I die.
I learned how to raise my voice in anger, yeah, but look at my face, ain't this a smile?
I'm happy when life's good and when it's bad I cry,
I got values but I don't know how or why.
I'm looking for me, you're looking for you
We're looking at each other and we don't know what to do.
They call me the seeker, I've been searching low and high.
I won't get to get what I'm after till the day I die.
I won't get to get what I'm after till the day I die.
Who Are You
I woke up in a Soho doorway, a policeman knew my name.
He said, you can go sleep at home tonight if you can get up and walk away.
I staggered back to the underground and the breeze blew back my hair.
I remember throwing punches around and preaching from my chair
Well, who are you (who are you, who who, who who)?
I really want to know (who are you, who who, who who).
Tell me who are you (who are you, who who, who who)?
Cause I really wanna know (who are you, who who, who who).
I took the tube back out of town, back to the rolling pin.
I felt a little like a dying clown with a streak of Rin Tin Tin.
I stretched back and I hiccupped and looked back on my busy day.
Eleven hours in the tin pan, God, there's got to be another way.
Well, who are you (who are you, who who, who who)?
I really want to know (who are you, who who, who who).
Tell me who are you (who are you, who who, who who)?
Cause I really wanna know (who are you, who who, who who).
I know there's a place you walked where love falls from the trees.
My heart is like a broken cup, I only feel right on my knees.
I spit out like a sewer hole yet still receive your kiss.
How can I measure up to anyone now after such a love as this?
Well, who are you (who are you, who who, who who)?
I really want to know (who are you, who who, who who).
Tell me who are you (who are you, who who, who who)?
Cause I really wanna know (who are you, who who, who who)…
Won't Get Fooled Again
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 judgement 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 new revolution,
smile and grin at the change all around me, pick up my guitar and play just like yesterday
then I'll get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again.
The change, it had to come, we knew it all along,
we were liberated from the fold, that's all.
And the world looks just the same and history ain't changed
cause the banners, they are flown in the next war.
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution, take a bow for the new revolution,
smile and grin at the change all around me, pick up my guitar and play just like yesterday
then I'll get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again.
I'll move myself and my family aside if we happen to be left half alive.
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya?
There's nothing in the streets looks any different to me
and the slogans are replaced, by-the-by.
And the parting on the left are now parting on the right
and the beards have all grown longer overnight.
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution, take a bow for the new revolution,
smile and grin at the change all around me, pick up my guitar and play just like yesterday
then I'll get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again.
Meet the new boss same as the old boss.
You Better You Bet
You better, you better, you bet. You better, you better, you bet. You better, you better, you bet.
I call you on the telephone, my voice too rough with cigarettes.
I sometimes thing I should just go home but I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets.
I love to hear you say my name especially when you say, ‘yes.’
I got your body right now on my mind and I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex,
to the sound of old T-Rex, oh, and Who's Next.
When I say I love you, you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.
When I say I need you, you say you better, 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.
You welcome me with open arms and open legs.
I know only fools have needs but this one never begs.
I don't really mind how much you love me, a little is really alright
when you say come over and spend the night, tonight, tonight.
When I say I love you, you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.
When I say I need you, you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.
You better bet your life or love will cut you like a knife.
I lay on the bed with you, we could make some book of records.
Your dog keeps licking my nose and chewing up all those letters
That say "you better." You better bet your life.
You better love me, all the time now, you better shove me back into line now.
You better love me, all the time now, you better shove me back into line now.
I showed up late one night with a neon light for a visa.
But knowing I'm so eager to fight can't make letting me in any easier.
I know that I been wearing crazy clothes and I look pretty crappy sometimes.
But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line every time.
And when it comes to all night living, I know what I'm giving.
I've got it all down to a tee and it's free.
When I say I love you, you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.
When I say I need you, you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.
When I say I love you, you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.
When I say I need you, you say you better, you better, you better, you bet.
You better bet your life or love will cut you just like a knife.