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All This Music Must Fade
03 : 20
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Ball and Chain
04 : 29
3
I Don’t Wanna Get Wise
03 : 54
4
Detour
03 : 46
5
Beads on One String
03 : 40
6
Hero Ground Zero
04 : 52
7
Street Song
04 : 47
8
I’ll Be Back
05 : 01
9
Break the News
04 : 30
10
Rockin’ in Rage
04 : 04
11
She Rocked My World
03 : 22
12
This Gun Will Misfire
03 : 35
13
Got Nothing to Prove
03 : 38
14
Danny and My Ponies
04 : 02
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Track Lyrics
All This Music Must Fade Lyrics
[Intro: Pete Townshend]
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
What's yours is yours, and what's mine is mine
[Verse 1: Roger Daltrey]
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
[Chorus: Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend]
All this music will fade
(Ooh-ooh, oh, yeah)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Ooh-ooh)
All this music will fade
(Ooh-ooh, oh, yeah)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Ooh-ooh)
[Verse 2: Roger Daltrey]
I'm long gone
And I ain't never coming back
White swan
I never really quite got black
I'm not blue, I'm not pink
I'm just grey, I'm afraid
And it seems in a blink
[Chorus: Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend]
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)
[Bridge: Pete Townshend]
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
[Verse 3: Roger Daltrey]
I don't mind
Other guys ripping off my song
I'd be lyin'
If I said I never done no wrong
All this sound that we share
Has already been played
And it hangs in the air
[Chorus: Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend]
All this music will fade
(This music will fade)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Just like the edge of a blade)
All this music will fade
(This music will fade)
Just like the edge of a blade
[Verse 1: Roger Daltrey]
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
[Chorus: Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend]
All this music will fade
(Ooh-ooh, oh, yeah)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Ooh-ooh)
All this music will fade
(Ooh-ooh, oh, yeah)
Just like the edge of a blade
(Ooh-ooh)
All this music will fade
[Outro: Pete Townshend]
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 fuck?
Ball and Chain Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Down in Guantánamo
We still got the ball and chain
Down in Guantánamo
We still got the ball and chain
That pretty piece of Cuba
Designed to cause men pain
Whoa, when you light up in Cuba
You won't feel the same again
[Verse 2]
Down in Guantánamo
Whew, still waiting for the big cigars
Down in Guantánamo
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 tumour is getting large
[Verse 3]
Down in Guantánamo
We still got the ball and chain
Down in Guantánamo
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
[Outro]
Mmm, still waiting for the big cigars
Still waiting
Still waiting for the big cigars
Hey, still waiting for the big cigars
I Don’t Wanna Get Wise Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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
[Chorus]
We don't wanna get wise
(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
Life teaches us well
[Verse 2]
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, so no disguise
And it is no surprise
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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
[Chorus]
We didn't wanna get wise
(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
Life teaches us well
[Bridge]
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?
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
(I don't wanna get wise
I don't wanna get wise)
We got wise!
[Outro]
(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
Detour Lyrics
[Intro]
(Detour, detour)
Ooh, we got to make a detour
(Detour, detour)
[Verse 1]
The people try, but crash right 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
Ooh it's time for a swerve (Detour now)
[Pre-Chorus]
The world's in a spin now
It's time for a change
We know we can win now
We'll share the wage, we cause no pain
We can explain, we lost the force, we went off course
[Chorus]
Ooh, we need a detour (Detour)
(Detour)
With a curve and a swerve (Detour)
Mmm, detour (Detour)
[Verse 2]
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 direction veers 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)
[Pre-Chorus]
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 explain, we found the force, we're back on course
[Chorus]
We need a detour (Detour)
Gotta make the detour (Detour)
Oh, with a curve and a swerve (Detour)
(Detour)
[Bridge]
Used to say I love you but I was straight insane
I always left you holding the weight of my pain
'Cause I couldn't stay for even one more day
I broke two hearts, I couldn't share the parts
Then I ran away
[Verse 3]
People try to crash right 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)
[Pre-Chorus]
The world is spinnin'
It's time for a change
We know we ain't winning
We share the wage
We cause no pain, we can explain
We lost the force, we went off course
[Chorus]
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)
[Outro]
(Detour) Take a curve and a swerve
(Detour)
(Detour)
We need a detour (Detour)
Beads on One String Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Don't you ever say never
It don't mean a thing
Going to get us together
Like beads on one string
There is always someone to blame
You don't have to look far
Now the world is aflame
And God's 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
[Chorus]
This can't go on forever
This war in a ring
Gotta bring us together
Like beads on one string
[Verse 2]
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)
Going to 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 will fill them
(Like beads on one string)
But we're really the same
[Chorus]
This can't go on forever
This war in a ring
Gotta bring us together
Like beads on one string
[Verse 3]
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)
Going to 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
[Outro]
(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)
Say never
(Like beads on one string)
Got no better thing
(Like beads on one string)
Gotta get us together
Like beads on one string
(Like beads on one string)
Oh yeah
(Like beads on one string)
Like beads on one string
(Like beads on one string)
(Like beads on one string)
Hero Ground Zero Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Every rock star wants to make a movie
But the darkness is safer than the light
I won't go back to walkdown music
From this old hilltop, I'll take flight
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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?
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
I was a hero, ground zero
I believe my stock has been atoned
I was a hero, ground zero
I felt the shock of being dethroned
Of being disowned
Street Song Lyrics
[Chorus]
We ring to say so long
We sing, this is our street song
(We ring, so long)
(We sing, street song)
[Verse 1]
We can sing out anything now
No supremo slows us down
We have banners in the air
We can shout and we can share
[Verse 2]
We once lacked the strength to wail
Simple fact: we stood to fail
Flames and smoke and searing heat
Then the angel spoke, "You own the street"
[Chorus]
(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
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
(We ring, so long)
We ring to say so long
(We sing, street song)
This is our street song
This is our street song
(We ring, so long)
We're gonna sing out and out and out and out
(We sing, street song)
We're gonna sing out and out and out and out and out and out
[Bridge]
(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
[Chorus]
(We will, fire keep burning but you can't get out)
We ring
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
To say 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, we sing
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Our street song
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
(We will, fire 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)
[Verse 3]
We can sing out anything now
No supremo slows us down
We have banners, we have beats
We can shout, "These are our streets!"
[Chorus]
(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
I’ll Be Back Lyrics
10 ContributorsI’ll Be Back LyricsThe 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 lovin' you
In this life, you so blessed me
Why would I want to get free?
I've been so happy lovin' 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 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 so blessed me
I would want that again, you see
To be happy again by lovin' you
I was young, Rick guitar
Long hair and big car
No, a big star
Just be happy and go far
Not too far
Love my town, love the boys
Down the Goldhawk Bar
Parkas and boxing boots
Faces were doing toots
We had no cash for that
Just had some hash for that
Lost my virginity
Kate took the piss out of me
Didn't care much who doubted me
Then I found dignity with you
This life was like climbing
I'm so glad I put the time in
I got so used to lovin' you
In this life, you so blessed me
Why would I want to get free?
I've been so happy lovin' you
Do you believe in life after this?
What science decries as only a myth
We hang onto dreams like beacons 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 darlin', I'll be back
I'll be reborn
And I know I'll always want to be your friend
I always want to be your friend
Break the News Lyrics
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
We're layin' 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 24 back when
Ooh, we'll hammer out
The deeper question needing sorting out
If there's an answer, we'll find it without doubt
We're a little more than friends
[Pre-Chorus]
We fell through time and space
And chanced upon this place
And so far we've been safe
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
It's raining out
I'm so made up, we've been makin' out
Watching movies in our dressing gowns
Like we were 24 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
[Pre-Chorus]
We watch the world go by
And so far we've been fine
[Chorus]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
We fell through time and space
We chanced upon this place
And so far, we've been safe
[Chorus]
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
Rockin’ in Rage Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 dissed and then 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 the machetes and blades
I feel like a leper, like handin' my cards in
Like I don't have the right to join the parades
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I'm rockin' in rage, forward and back
My bones disengage, they splinter and crack
Defying the clock in one last rampage
Drop all the lines, I'm rockin' in rage
[Chorus 1]
Rockin' in rage, oh, I won't leave the stage
Oh yeah, I'm rockin' in rage
If you can write 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
[Verse 2]
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 the machetes and blades
I feel like a leper, like handin' my cards in
Like I don't have the right to join the parades
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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
[Chorus]
Rockin' in rage, ooh, 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 a-rockin' in rage
No, no, no, ooh, I won't leave the stage
[Outro]
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
She Rocked My World Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Places ring bells
Faces all wrong
Old town's the same
But old friends are gone
We raised some hell
The night can still call
Who was that girl pressed up against the wall?
[Pre-Chorus 1]
You hear people say
"She rocked my world"
They don't mean it the way I do
They seem to demean it
Like some dumb cliché
But for that certain girl, it's totally true
She rocked my world
[Chorus]
She rocked my world
Blew me down
Rocked my world and turned me 'round
Rocked my world
Amazing girl
Ooh, yes, she rocked my world
Hmm, amazing girl
[Verse 2]
She served the beer down at the Dome
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
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Just wanna be gone, no denial of pain
Don't want to remember, but it rolls back again
Can't make it softer, can't make it stop
Unending while till I hit the top
She rocked my world
[Chorus]
(Rocked my world)
And blew me down
(Rocked my world)
Woo, she spun me 'round
(Rocked my world)
Ooh, amazing girl
She rocked my world
Ooh, she rocked my world
Yes, she rocked my world
[Verse 1]
Places ring bells
Faces all wrong
Old town's the same
But old friends are gone
We raised some hell
The night can still call
Who was that girl pressed up against the wall?
This Gun Will Misfire Lyrics
7 ContributorsThis Gun Will Misfire LyricsYou 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 the toss
Charlie Wilson, the communists
They had to take a loss
Kings may live, lose their thrones
The junkie's on the wire
You can arm yourself 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
You'll hear that fatal click
You'll wish you chose a knife
A little toil, a little oil
Might have changed your life
There is a plague not far from here
Who likes to spread his seed
You may be the willing one
Who feels the need to breed
When they play, they fly away
Before they join the choir
But please don't try it, 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, you can pin it on
That gun will misfire
You must have somethin' better to do
Than learn to shoot that gun
You coulda read some history
Seen how the West was really won
Got Nothing to Prove Lyrics
[This song is] from the summer of 1966. [It]… Read More 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
Danny and My Ponies Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
The tramps in our England, have always to walk
From billet to dosshouse, a fifteen mile stalk
The tramps in our country have no wares to hawk
Only spirits give comfort, there's no time to talk
[Verse 2]
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 pack
Old soldier, perhaps, or a worn old jailbird
Who'd never an inkling and never a word
At 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
[Chorus]
The tramps in our England, have always to walk
From billet to dosshouse, a fifteen mile stalk
The tramps in our country have no wares to hawk
Only spirits give comfort, there's no time to talk
[Verse 3]
Danny laid back, looked down at 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 patronize 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'd live just as long