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

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

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

Ask Yourself Pete Townshend

Do I really understand Do I really understand Ask yourself, ask yourself, ask yourself, ask yourself Do I really trust this man Ask yourself, ask yourself, ask yourself, ask yourself Do I really love this

Crashing By Design Pete Townshend

resigned You're crashing by design In your single-roomed flat in a courtyard building You sit alone just like a broken toy Where's your mother, where's your lover And where are the children Are you a man

Street In The City Pete Townshend

There's a man up on that ledge. He's only cleaning windows. What a shame, who's to blame, for the pain with his sin, Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall.

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

Misunderstood Pete Townshend

Just want to be misunderstood want to be feared in my neighborhood Just want to be a moody man Say things that nobody can understand I want to be obscure and oblique Inscrutable and vague So hard to pin

Don't Try To Make Me Real Pete Townshend

You're so convinced that I'm the man to see I can't live up to What you give up to I fail to see the perfect man in me Make me from your magazine a listed ideal Dress me in the doll's house your knickers

Empty Glass Pete Townshend

oh.what a thrill for you I've been there and gone there I've lived there and bummed there I've spun there, I gave there I drank there and I slaved there I've had enough of the way things been done Every man

All Shall Be Well Pete Townshend

HOGARTH You can demand that your love's defined Before you jump in blind Keep everything to plan So you can remain a man CROW You can demand that your love is defined Before you break and jump in blind

I Am Secure Pete Townshend

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 is frozen and timeless My man

The Real Me (Demo) Pete Townshend

I went to the holy man, full of lies and hate I seemed to scare him a little So he showed me to the golden gate, I said Can't you see the real me, holy man? Can't you see the real me?

Give Blood Pete Townshend

blood But it could cost more than your dignity Give blood Parade your pallor in iniquity Give blood They will cry and say they're in our debt Give blood But then they'll sigh and they will soon forget [man

Secondhand Love Pete Townshend

Don't bring me your secondhand love I want the first call on your kiss Answer me one question:can you promise me this I want my defenses laying in your hands I don't want to rest in the palm of another man

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

The Seeker Pete Townshend

after 'Til the day I truly 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

Pure And Easy Pete Townshend

when you played your guitar The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a child flew past me riding in a star Today is the day the sound curdles mountains Flowing and blowing each man

English Boy Pete Townshend

demented kind a cummuta Trying to avoid paying for my ticket I'm a lost soul I read about myself in the newspapers I'm a pig I'm a thug I've got nowhere to go but down Feel like I'm kicking at a dead man

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 d...

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 bit...

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 emptyNo coffee for my creamDogs howl in the alleyCrazy women screamSome kids shout from there pick up truckThere stoned on life and beerFifty radios playing in this streetBut I'm ...

Jools And Jim Pete Townshend

Anyone can have an opinionAnyone can join in and jumpAnyone can pay or just stay awayAnyone can crash and thumpBut did you read the stuff that Julie said?Or little Jimmy with his hair died red?They...

Face The Face Pete Townshend

Face the face, got to face the faceFace the face, got to face the faceYou must have heard the cautionary talesThe dangers hidden on the cul-de-sac trailsFrom wiser men who've been through it allAnd...

Uniforms (Corp D'esprit) Pete Townshend

I don't matter, you don't matterNeither does this mindless clatterIt don't matter where you're fromWhat matters is your uniformWear your braces 'round your seatDoctor Marten's on your feetKeep your...

My Baby Gives It Away Pete Townshend

My baby wakes in the deep of the nightShe doesn't need itBut she says it's all rightMy baby digs it, just a Rollin' awayMy baby gives it up every dayMy baby gives it, she gives it awayMy baby gives...

Outlive The Dinosaur Pete Townshend

I breatheMy throat clenchesClutching to excludeA dozen different stenchesIn Falmouth BayA blue whale rollsGonna drown in the swillFrom city sewer holesSummer's longerDeltas gashedAncient treesUproo...

Keep On Working Pete Townshend

I was digging in the yard todayWhen a letter came from Southampton wayKeep on workingKeep on workingI must admit I was a bit in the redBut if you never have pleasure then you could be deadKeep on w...

White City Fighting Pete Townshend

The White City, that's a joke of a nameIt's a black violent place if I remember the gameI couldn't wait to get out but I love to go homeTo remember the White City fightingThe White City Fighting, r...

Time Is Passing Pete Townshend

I'm playing my guitar while my sister bangs the jarThe glass sets up a sound like people laughingIt's going to my brain and it's easing all my painI must hear this sound again 'cause time is passin...

I Am Afraid Pete Townshend

I stand beside youI face the futureI'll admit to youI am afraidI am afraidAs I stand beside youI have denied youI am afraidI am not drunk nowI am not pilled downMy windows wound downI am not brainw...

Parvardigar Pete Townshend

O Parvardigar, the Preserver and Protector of allWithout beginning are you Lord without endNon-dual , beyond compare, and none can measure YouWithout color, expression, or form, nor attributes to l...

A Little Is Enough Pete Townshend

They say that love often passes in a secondAnd you can never catch it upSo I'm hanging on to you as though eternity beckonBut it's clear that the match is roughCommon sense'd tell me not to try and...

Heart To Hang Onto Pete Townshend

Johnny boy, he's always propping up the barHe's sees life crystallized through his jarHe says he only lives for beerBut deep in his heart is a cry of fearGive me a heart to hang ontoGive me a soul ...

Sheraton Gibson Pete Townshend

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

The Sea Refuses No River Pete Townshend

I remember being richer than a kingThe minutes of the day were goldenI recall that when the joint passed 'roundMy body felt a little colderBut now I'm like a sewer channelRunning lime and scagLet m...

Brilliant Blues Pete Townshend

Say goodbye to the brilliant bluesSay goodbyeIt's time, to liveMake me, take meIt's time, to giveSo don't betray me, pay meThe brilliant bluesDon't want to be frozenI'll spend my mornings at the su...

Now And Then Pete Townshend

Now and then you see a soul and you fall in loveYou can't do a thing about it(repeat 3 times)In you I saw someone that I recognizedHad no idea what was in your mindI met your eyes and I was hypnoti...

I Won't Run Anymore Pete Townshend

WOODLAND CREATURESDon't be afraid of the nightOnly you hear the scream that you screamDon't turn away from the lightOnly you see the dream that you dreamHOGARTHI'm not going to run anymoreI'm not g...

Keep Me Turning Pete Townshend

River's getting higherNo wood for the fireThey saw the messiahBut I guess I missed him againThat brings my score to a hundred and tenThe water's getting closerBetter ring up the grocerStack up the ...

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 Di...

A Friend Is A Friend Pete Townshend

When eyes meet in silence, a pact can be madeA life-long alliance that won't be betrayedWon't be betrayedBe friendly, befriend me nowBe friendlyA friend is a friend, nothing can change thatArgument...

Let's See Action Pete Townshend

Let's see action. Let's see peopleLet's see freedom. Let's see who caresTake me with you. When you leave meAnd my shell behind us thereI have learned it. Known who burned meAvatar has warmed my fee...

Dig Pete Townshend

Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, digWe old ones have seen two warsWe old ones have seen two warsWhen you're sick and afraid, and there's danger aroundTake a pick and a spade, and cut into the groundAway fr...

I Eat Heavy Metal Pete Townshend

I eat heavy metal and gargle premium gasI drink heavy water and nitro demitasseI eat heavy metal and chew up a LimousineI munch barbed wire in my submarineI like stainless razor, sharpen appetiteI ...

Was There Life Pete Townshend

HOGARTHWas there life before this loveWas there love before this girl I can seeWas there ever love for her before meAnd if I look will sheLook back at meIs fantasyEnough?Was there heat before this ...

Fast Food Pete Townshend

Fast food, feed me fastI've been waiting for an aeonAnd I just won't lastI want fast food, I want food fastFood fast foodShe wants food fastShe wants fast foodFast food fastNo, I haven't bookedI do...

A Fool Says Pete Townshend

A fool says love is like a melodyOr something like a symphonyBut this love is cacophonyNever changing keyWe, we can't fool our audienceWe put up such a poor pretenseDon't hide a shred of evidenceWe...

Fire Pete Townshend

Fire I'll take you to burnFire I'm gonna take you to learnI'll see you burnYou fought hard and you saved and earnedNow all of it's going to burnIn your mind, your tiny mindYou know you've been comp...