The Who - Who Album Lyrics

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All This Music Must Fade

(Yours is yours
What's mine is mine
What's yours is yours, and what's mine is mine
What's yours is yours, and what's mine is mine)

I don't care
I know you're gonna hate this song
And that's fair
We never really got along
It's not new, not diverse
It won't light up your parade
It's just simple verse

All this music will fade
Just like the edge of a blade
All this music will fade
Just like the edge of a blade

I'm long gone
And I ain't never coming back
What's wrong?
I've never really quite gone bland
I'm not blue, I'm not pink
I'm just grey, I'm afraid
And it seems in a blink

All this music will fade
(All this music will fade)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Just like the edge of a blade)
All this music will fade
(All this music will fade)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Just like the edge of a blade)

What's yours is yours, and what's mine is mine
What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine
What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine
What's yours is yours, and what's mine is mine

I don't mind
Other guys ripping off my song
I'd be a liar
If I said I never done no wrong
Oh, this sound that we share
Has already been played
And it hangs in the air

All this music will fade
(All this music will fade)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Just like the edge of a blade)
All this music will fade
(All this music will fade)
Just like the edge of a blade

I don't care
I know you're gonna hate this song
That's fair
'Cause we never really got along
It's not new, not diverse
It won't light up your parade
It's just simple verse

All this music will fade
Just like the edge of a blade
All this music will fade
Just like the edge of a blade
All this music will fade

What's yours is yours, and what's mine is mine
What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine
What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine
What's yours is yours

Yours is yours, and what's mine is mine
And what's mine is mine, and what's mine is yours
Who gives a f*ck?

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Ball and Chain

Down in Guantanamo
We still got the ball and chain
Down in Guantanamo
We still got the ball and chain

That pretty piece off Cuba
Designed to cause men pain
Whoa, when you light up in Cuba
You won't feel the same again

Down in Guantanamo
Whew, still waiting for the big cigars
Down in Guantanamo
Whew, still waiting for the big cigars

Been a breach of promise
Still guilty with no charge
There's smoke in the forest
And the tumor is getting large

Down in Guantanamo
We still got the ball and chain
Down in Guantanamo
We still got the ball and chain

There's a long road to travel
For justice to make its claim
So let's bring down the gavel
Let the prisoner say his name

Mmm, still waiting for the big cigars
Still waiting for the
Still waiting for the big cigars

Hey, still waiting for the big cigars

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I Don't Wanna Get Wise

He was drunk, I was blind
Though we tried to be kind
I was sunk, always late
We were quick to rotate

Let's be blunt, I was a bluff
And the surreal life was tough
I was a runt, we told lies
But to our great surprise

All the shit that we did
Brought us some money, I guess
And those snotty young kids
Were a standing success

Helped us conquer and rise
And we learned in this hell

We don't wanna get wise
(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
Life teaches us well

We still pull, we get smug
And we all like a drug
Over full, always sated
Puffed up, elated

Let's admit our mistakes
Are what triggered our breaks
We were shits, oh, no disguise
And it is no surprise

That the crap that we did
Brought us money, God bless
And those snotty young kids
Were a standing success

Helped us conquer and rise
And we learned in this hell

We didn't wanna get wise
(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
Life teaches us well

Experiment, you universe
We'll ask why you choose to curse
Why set a fire you plan to douse?
Why set a rat to catch a mouse?

He was drunk (he was drunk), I was blind (he was blind)
Though we tried to be kind
I was sunk (he was sunk), he was late (always late)
We were quick to rotate

We tried hard to stay young
But the high notes were sung
We've been scarred, we've been prized
But you could see in our eyes

(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
We got wise!

(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
We got wise
(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
We got wise
(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
We got wise

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Detour

(Detour, detour)
Ooh, we got to make a detour
(Detour, detour)

The people try to crash land down
Shoot at the sky, a craze with rage
We're all good people if you go deep down
But we gotta be in keeping with the brand new age

Time for a detour
We oughta take the curve (Detour now)
Taking the detour
It's time for a swerve (Detour now)

The world's in a spin now
It's time for a change
We know we can win now
We'll share the weight, we cause no pain
We can't explain, we lost the force, we went off course

Ooh, we need a detour (Detour)
(Detour)
With a curve and a swerve (Detour)
Mmm, detour (Detour)

Forget that flaw from back in the days
And the power we sought as we took the stage
Made it 15 years till we found our ways
Our election fears as we turn the page

Gotta take a detour
The road is blocked (Detour now)
Time for a detour
Ooh, the gates are locked (Detour now)

We're finally tracking in the path of the groove
We're willingly backing the path of the moon
There'll be no more pain
We can't explain, we found the force, we're back on course

We need a detour (Detour)
Gonna have to make a detour (Detour)
Oh, with a curve and a swerve (Detour)
(Detour)

Used to say I love you but I was straight insane
I always left you holding the weight of my pain
'Cause I can't stay for even one more day
I broke two hearts, I couldn't share the plots
Then I ran away

People try to crash land down
Shoot at the sky, a craze with rage
We're all good people if you go deep down
But we gotta be in keeping with the brand new age

Time for a detour
We gotta take the curve (Detour now)
Making the detour
It's time for a swerve (Detour now)

The world's in a spinnin'
It's time for a change
We know we ain't winning
We share the weight
We cause no pain, we can't explain
We lost the force, we went off course

Ooh, we need a detour (Detour)
Oh, I got to have a detour (Detour)
Oh, with a curve and a swerve (Detour)
Ooh, we need a detour (Detour)

(Detour) Take a curve and a swerve
(Detour)
(Detour)
We need a detour (Detour)

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Beads on One String

Don't you ever say never
It don't mean a thing
Going to get us together
Like beads on one string
There's always someone to blame
You don't have to look far
Now the world is a fleeting dot in the stars
I don't care how you name Him
He is always the same
I just know that we shame Him
When we kill in His name

This can't go on forever
This war in a ring
Gotta bring us together
Like beads on one string

Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
Every one of us perfect (Like beads on one string)
But we all have a flaw (Like beads on one string)
Then we look for the defects and we go off to war (Like beads on one string)
And we send all our children (Like beads on one string)
Again and again (Like beads on one string)
It's our fear that we're building (Like beads on one string)
And we're really the same

This can't go on forever
This war in a ring
Gotta bring us together
Like beads on one string

Don't you ever say never (Don't you ever say never)
'Cause it don't mean a thing (It don't mean a thing)
Gonna get us together (Gonna get us together)
Like beads on one string (Like beads on one string)
Don't you ever say never (Like beads on one string)
'Cause it don't mean a thing (Like beads on one string)
(Like beads on one string)
Don't you ever say never

(Like beads on one string)
(Like beads on one string)
(Like beads on one string)
(Like beads on one string)
Don't you ever say never
(Like beads on one string) To never
(Like beads on one string) Got to know me a ring
(Like beads on one string) Gotta get us together
Like beads on one string

(Like beads on one string)
(Like beads on one string)
Like beads on a string
(Like beads on one string)
(Like beads on one string)

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Hero Ground Zero

Gazing down from Skiddaw, I can see the future
Music, art, and science are gonna bust
Oh, prepare to meet her in this labyrinth
This ancient archive full of dust

I'm a hero, ground zero
If I don't take off I'll surely drown
I'm a hero, ground zero
In the end every leader becomes a clown

Every rock star wants to make a movie
But the darkness she savors back to light
I won't go back to walkdown music
From this old hilltop, I'll take flight

I am a hero, ground zero
In my face, a Klieg lamp burns my eyes
I'm a hero, ground zero
On my back is the heat of a new sunrise

You look so good like spring
I didn't know that looks could kill
In my cave, I could hear you sing
How many rooms can one note fill?

You raised me up and then you dropped me
I drank and sank, absurd and stoned
I was adopted by the angels
They said my future was postponed

I was a hero, ground zero
I believe my stock has been thrown
I was a hero, ground zero
I've had the shock of being dethroned
Of being disowned

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Street Song

We ring to say so long
We sing, this is our street song
We win, so long
We sing, street song

We can sing out anything now
No supremo slows us down
We have banners in the air
We can shout and we can share

We once lacked the strength to wave
Simple fact, we stoop to fail
Flames are smokin', searing heat
Then the angels spoke, you own this street

(We ring, so long) We ring to say so long
(We sing, street song) We sing, this is our street song
(We ring, so long) We ring to say so long
(We sing, street song) We sing, we sing this is our street song

(We ring, so long) We ring to say so long
(We sing, street song) We sing our street song, this is our street song
(We ring, so long) We all sing out, la-la-la, la-la, la-la
(We sing, street song) We all sing out, la-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la-la

(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Fire keep burning
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Can't get out
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Fire keep burning
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Can't get out
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Fire keep burning
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Can't get out

(We will, gotta keep burning but you can't get out) We will
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Search so long
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) We sing, we sing
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) We sing
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) That street song
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
(We will, gotta keep burning but you can't get out) So long
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) My darling
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
So long (This is)
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out) Say goodbye to the ones that I love
(Street song)

We can sing out anything now
No supremo slows us down
We have banners, we have beats
We can shout, these are our streets

(We ring, to say so long) We ring to say so long
(We sing, this is our street song) We sing
(We ring, to say so long) We ring, we ring, we ring, we ring to say so long
(We sing, this is our street song) We sing, this is our street song

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I'll Be Back

The time has come
For us to see
If you'll take me once again
But darlin' I'll be back
I'll be reborn
I know I'll always want to be your friend

This life was like climbing
So glad I put the time in
I've got so used to loving you
In this life, you sure blessed me
Why would I want to get free?
I've been so happy loving you

I've lived too long
Lost so much time
I must accept I might be finally dying, yeah
What will survive
Is my consciousness
(It's what I'd guess)
And when I'm alive again you'll be my happiness
(Yes, yes, yes)

Next life I will be climbing again
So glad I put the time in, and then
I'll remember how I once loved only you
In this life, you sure blessed me
I would want that again, you see
To be happy again by loving you

I was young, rigged guitar
Long hair, big car
No more "big star"
Just be happy and go far
Not too far, not much now
[?] time to go far
Oh, 'cause I'm watching you
Tonight is for doing [?]
We [?]
Just ask if we asked for that
[?]
Didn't care much, you doubted me
Then I found my dignity with you

This life was like climbing
I'm so glad I put the time in
I got so used to loving you
In this life, you sure blessed me
Why would I want to get free?
I've been so happy loving you

Do you believe in life after this?
What science decries as only a myth
We hang on to dreams like pagans
From some ancient days
Then we get on and live out our life
Till we're looking right into the light
We'll only know for sure
When we're lost in the haze

The time has come
For us to see
If you'll take me once again
But darling, I'll be back
I'll be reborn
And I know I'll always want to be your friend
I'll always want to be your friend

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Break The News

I will always be the one to break the news, if it's alright
I never wanna bring you down, no
I will always be the one to speak the truth, if it don't hurt
I never wanna see you frown, no

We're laid in
I'm so happy that it's raining out again
I'm so made up that we're naked in our bed
Like we were twenty-four back when

Who will hammer out?
The deeper question needin' sorting out
If there's an answer we will find it with our doubt
We're a little more than friends

We fell through time and space
And cast upon this place
And so far we've been saved

I will always be the one to break the news, if it's alright
I never wanna bring you down, no
I will always be the one to speak the truth, if it don't hurt
I never wanna see you frown, no

I never wanna bring you down, no
I never wanna bring you down

It's raining out
I'm so made up, we've been makin' out
Watching movies in our dressing gowns
Like we were twenty-four or there about

What matters most?
Life's amazing but it's been a bumpy road
No more than lately things have been a little wild
Am I an adult or a child?
Don't feel any different now

We watch the world go by
And so far we've been fine

I will always be the one to break the news, if it's alright
I never wanna bring you down, no
I will always be the one to speak the truth, if it don't hurt
I never wanna see you frown, no
I never wanna bring you down

We fell through time and space
We chanced upon this place
And so far we've been saved

I will always be the one to break the news, if it's alright
I never wanna bring you down
I will always be the one to speak the truth, if it don't hurt
I never wanna see you frown, no
I never wanna bring you down

I will always be the one to break the news, if it's alright
I never wanna bring you down, no
I will always be the one to speak the truth, if it don't hurt
I never wanna see you frown
Never wanna see you down
Never wanna see you down, no

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Rockin in Rage

If I can't speak my truth for fear of bein' abused
I might as well be a mute, my voice never used
I'll be maligned, I'll be distant and trolled
If I can't be aligned, I'll be thrown in the cold

I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin
I'm too old to fight with machetes and blades
I feel like a leper, like handin' my cards in
Like I don't have the right to join the parades

I'm rockin' in rage, forward and back
My bones disengage, they splinter and crack

Deep fire in the clock in one last rampage
Drop all the lines, I'm rockin' in rage
Rockin' in rage, oh, I won't leave the stage
Oh, yeah, I'm rockin' in rage

If you can ride it right here, you know how to die
If you can conquer your fear, you'll get to fly
Ooh, you'll get to fly

This must be your right, to get it down on the page
You know you must write, you know you must rage
You might learn to fly, get out on the stage
But you might as well lie, unless you can rage

I don't think I've ever felt so out on the margin
I'm too old to fight with machetes and blades
I feel like a leper, like handin' my cards in
Like I don't have the right to join the parades

I'm rockin' in rage, well past my prime
Denyin' the curtain, wastin' no time

So this is the carver, the death before age
I thought I'd be calm, but I'm rockin' in rage
Rockin' in rage, oh, I won't leave the stage
I'm rockin' in rage, rockin' in rage

Rockin' in rage, no, I won't leave the stage
'Cause I'm rockin' in rage
Rockin', oh, my heart in a cage

If I can't speak my truth for fear of being abused
Might as well be a mute, my voice never used
This must be my right, get it down on the page
I know I must write, I know I must rage

Rage
Rage

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She Rocked My World

Places, ring bells
Faces all wrong
Old town's a scene
But old friends are gone
We raised some hell
And I can still call
Who was that girl
Pressed up against the wall

You hear people say
She rocked my world
They don't mean it the way I do
They seem that they mean it
Like some dumb cliche
But for that certain girl
It's totally true
She rocked my world

She rocked my world
Blew me down
Rocked my world
And turned me on
Rocked my world
Amazing girl
Ooh, yes, she rocked my world
Hmm, amazing girl

She served the beer
Down at the dawn
Working the nights
Teen daughter at home
We made it once
Just like a game
Then out of my sights
But I remember her name

Just wanna be gone, no denial of pain
Don't want to remember, but it rose back again
Can't make it stop till, can't make it stop
An ending while, till I hit the top
She rocked my world

(Rocked my world) And blew me down
(Rocked my world) Know she's pounded me around
(Rocked my world) Ooh, amazing girl
She rocked my world
Ooh, she rocked my world
Yes, she rocked my world

Places, ring bells
Faces all wrong
Old town's a scene
But old friends are gone
We raised some hell
And I can still call
Who was that girl
Pressed up against the wall

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This Gun Will Misfire

You must have somethin' better to do
Than learn to shoot that gun
You could read some history
See how the West was really won

Kings may come, queens may go
Be wary of desire
For when you think you need it most
That gun will misfire

There's a message in Afghanistan
Opium wins their trust
Charlie Wilson, the communists
They hate to take a loss

Kings may live, lose their thrones
They're junkies on the wire
You can warn the south with nukes and drones
That gun will misfire

Remember me when I am gone
I am the fool who got it wrong
One thing I said you can rely on
That gun will misfire

Could be that fatal click
You'll wish you chose a knife
A little toil, a little foil
Might have changed your life

There is a plague not far from here
Who likes to spread his seed
You may be the winning one
That feels the need to breed

When they play, they fly away
Before they join the choir
But please [?] for an easy out
That gun will misfire

Remember me when I am gone
I am the fool who got the ending wrong
One thing I said we're depending on
That gun will misfire

You must have somethin' better to do
Than learn to shoot that gun
You could'a read some history
Seen how the West was really won

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Got Nothing To Prove

Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore

When I was a little younger
I had to justify my angst
I'd spend a lotta precious time
Tryna find the facts
Then one day, I met Mikael
Mikael don't like my whine
So now I don't look toward my death
I look toward my life

Somehow this girl changed me
From a sad man to a clown
Now they call me crazy
'Cause nothing gets me down

Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore

When me and my girl walk down the street
I don't stare people out
All the things I used to do like that
I do without
Everything with her makes sense
Everything is real
You don't need no evidence
When you're sayin' what you feel

Nothing, yeah
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore

Somehow this girl changed me
From a sad man to a clown
Now they call me crazy
'Cause nothing gets me down

Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore
Got nothing to prove anymore

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Danny and my ponies

Danny laid back and surveyed the view
A king on his bench, he was cold, he was blue
I asked for permission to give him a note
He nodded, not movin', just scratched at his throat

Always smiled slightly, seemed so bemused
Like he was the one, who was glad to be used
I had a sense he was playin' a part
But I had to help, for he tore at my heart

He would walk, his feet wrapped in rags
He wandered the neighborhood, carrying his bags
The pride in his eyes would so clearly flash
Like I was the one who needed the cash

The tramps in our England, have always to walk
From Philip to Doss House, a fifteen miles stalk
The tramps in our country have no where's to hug
Home hysterics give comfort, there's no time to talk

Danny would lay, he'd never speak
Here was a man who had attained his peak
No fables to tell, and nothing held back
This was a man who had led a strong path

Old soldier, perhaps, or a worn, old jailbird
Who'd never a hand clean and never a word
For two hundred down, my project had fled
Danny was gone, or may well have been dead

He walked slowly, no hurryin' to death
Took in turn his view, with his very last breath
The river, the mist and the slightly grey sky
Danny was waiting, patient to die

The tramps in our England, have always to walk
From Philip to Dorchester, fifteen miles strong
The tramps in our country have no where's to hug
Home hysterics give comfort, there's no time to talk

Danny laid back, looked down and the plain
The king on his bench with magnificent mane
I asked his permission to give him a note
He nodded, not movin', just scratched at his throat

It's dangerous to faction as those who live rough
Danny was a giant, solid and tough
He allowed me to gift him and scribble this song
Without me and my ponies, he lived just as long