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

La La La Lies Pete Townshend

If I'm so lost without a friend Tell me, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uniforms (Corp D'esprit) Pete Townshend

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 jar: I'm all alone So I feel forgiven if I'm under

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

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

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

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

I Am An Animal Pete Townshend

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 is

Jools And Jim Pete Townshend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sheraton Gibson Pete Townshend

But I'm sittin' in the Sheraton Gibson playin' my Gibson Thinkin' 'bout a sunny barbeque I'm sitting in the Sheraton Gibson playin' my Gibson And my mind is a Cleveland afternoon.

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

Long Live Rock Pete Townshend

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 ten o'clock Rock is

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

feet Take me with you Let me see you Time and life can meet Rumor has it Minds are open Then you must fill them up with lies Future passing Nothing lasting I try to scream 'cause nothing dies Nothing is

Cat Snatch Pete Townshend

It won't be easy, you'll 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

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

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

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

Let's See Action Pete Townshend

Nothing lasting I try to scream, 'cause nothing dies Nothing is everything Everything is nothing is Please the people, audiences Break the fences, nothing is Let's see action.