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

Heart To Hang Onto Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane

that's tailored true Give me a heart to hang onto A heart to hang onto Sally seems to get bigger everyday She evens out in a contented way A finger on the pulse of every guy But deep in the night you

Let My Love Open The Door Pete Townshend

Let my love open the door Let my love open the door To your heart (Let my love open the door, whoo) To your heart (Let my love open the door, whoo) To your heart (Let my love open the door, whoo

Don't Try To Make Me Real Pete Townshend

got the kind of heart a lover can steal Stop crying, I just can't feel Any sympathy for someone trying to make me real Make me of shit in a two-teenier deal Make me of pornography in a pedophile wheel

All Shall Be Well Pete Townshend

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 lost your heart

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

Exquisitely Bored Pete Townshend

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 still hardly here Exquisitely bored in California We take our trouble to

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

Was There Life Pete Townshend

Was there heat before this flame Were there flames before this fire in my heart Was I wrong about it from the start Am I in ecstasy Or next to see That fantasy S'to blame Was there life before this love

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

Slit Skirts Pete Townshend

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 right to

Brooklyn Kids Pete Townshend

street, 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

Begin The Beguine Pete Townshend

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 the shore an orchestra's playing And even the palms seem to

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

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

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

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

Jools And Jim Pete Townshend

Typewriter tappers You're all just crappers You listen to love with your intellect A4 pushers You're all just cushions Morality ain't measured in a room He wrecked.

Face The Face Pete Townshend

We got to face the face Try to place the place Where we can face the face Face the face,got to face the face. Face the face,got to face the face.

Come To Mama Pete Townshend

His pride is like a bandageHe's wrapped in a warm cocoonHis pride is just like heroinHe's back inside the wombHis pride is like an oceanEncircled by a reefHis pride's an hypnotic potionHis memory i...

Brilliant Blues Pete Townshend

Say goodbye to the brilliant blues Say goodbye It's time, to live Make me, take me It's time, to give So don't betray me, pay me The brilliant blues Don't want to be frozen I'll spend my mornings at the

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

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

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

Cat's In The Cupboard Pete Townshend

Cat's in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cat's in the cupboard You've got to set him free Cat's in the cupboard You've got to set him free Rats on the high street You've got to let 'em be Rats

The Seeker Pete Townshend

Looked under chairs Looked under tables Tried to find the key To fifty million fables They call me, The Seeker I've been searching low and high I won't find what I'm after 'Til the day I die I asked my

The Shout Pete Townshend

Oh, oh Oh, oh I miss you, I miss you I remember lying by your side Up in the eerie waters of paradise 'N then one day you walked out Now I have nothing to do but shout And I want my voice To cut over mountains

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

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

Fire Pete Townshend

Fire I'll take you to burn Fire I'm gonna take you to learn I'll see you burn You fought hard and you saved and earned Now all of it's going to burn In your mind, your tiny mind You know you've been completely

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

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

Sheraton Gibson Pete Townshend

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

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

Evolution Pete Townshend

heat By the hand of a man whose name was Dan Dan the blacksmith Well, once I was a daisy, many years ago In pastures green and lazy, many years ago But I was on my goat who fell in a moat And forgetting to

Don't Let Go Of The Coat Pete Townshend

I can't be held responsible for my behavior I lost all contact with my only savior Please don't lock me out 'cause I missed to phone ya I can't bear to live forever like a loner Don't let go the coat Don't

The Real Me (Demo) Pete Townshend

I went back to the doctor to get another shrink I sit and tell him about my weekend But he never betray what he thinks Can you see the real me, doctor? Can you see the real me, doctor?

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

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

Street In The City Pete Townshend

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. See that man going in the bank with a blue suit?

Can't Outrun The Truth Pete Townshend

This lockdown is bringing me down My Mind's gone underground Though I crawl from room to room I can't leave myself behind I can't outrun the truth I won't turn to face it either Should I lay down in this

Fast Food Pete Townshend

food Fast food fast No, I haven't booked I don't want it grilled and I don't want it cooked I don't even want it killed If it's dead I heave, it makes me sick So check that it can breathe and bring it to

Driftin' Blues Pete Townshend

I'm driftin' and driftin', like a ship out on the sea I'm driftin' and driftin', like a ship out on the sea Nobody seems to want me Except the wide and open sea My ship ain't got no captain, my ship ain't

Forever's No Time At All Pete Townshend

And nothing sure is forever When forever's no time at all As I lie amongst the heather bed High above the ocean's roar I seem to hear my name being called Yet who am I waiting for And I love the lover

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

There's A Heartache Following Me Pete Townshend

Sometimes they ask me if Im really happy now I say sure, I never loved her anyhow But inside, I long for you and the way it used to be I look around and theres a heartache following me I always say that

A Friend Is A Friend Pete Townshend

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, squabbles can't break the contract That each of you makes to

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

Guantanamo Pete Townshend

Down in Guantanamo We still got the ball and chain Down in Guantanamo We still got the ball and chain That pretty piece of Cuba Resolved to cause men pain When you light up in Cuba You won't feel the same

The Sea Refuses No River Pete Townshend

you and His This must be the time When we decide what freedom is Turn water into wine For the sea refuses no river We're polluted now But in our hearts still clean The sea refuses no river We tried not to