Tommy
The Who
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Overture
03 : 51
2
It’s a Boy
02 : 06
3
1921
02 : 48
4
Amazing Journey
04 : 25
5
Sparks
02 : 43
6
Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker)
02 : 15
7
Christmas
04 : 34
8
Cousin Kevin
04 : 06
9
The Acid Queen
03 : 33
10
Underture
10 : 05
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Track Lyrics
Overture Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro 0:00 - 4:05]
[Verse]
Captain Walker didn't come home
His unborn child will never know him
Believe him missing with a number of men
Don't expect to see him again
It’s a Boy Lyrics
[Nurse: Verse]
It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy
It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy
[Chorus: Outro]
A son, a son, a son
1921 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Got a feeling '21 is gonna be a good year
Especially if you and me see it in together
So you think '21 is gonna be a good year?
Could be good for me and her
But you and her, no, never!
I had no reason to be over-optimistic
But somehow, when you smiled, I could brave bad weather
[Bridge 1]
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
He saw it all!
[Bridge 2]
You didn't hear it (I heard it)
You didn't see it (I saw it)
You won't say nothing to no one
(I won't say nothing to no one)
Never in your life (Never in my life)
You never heard it (I heard it)
How absurd it all seems without any proof
(How absurd it all seems without any proof)
You didn't hear it (I heard it)
You didn't see it (I saw it)
You never heard it, not a word of it! (I heard it, every word of it)
You won't say nothing to no one (I won't say nothing to no one)
Never tell a soul what you know is the truth
(Never tell a soul what I know is the truth)
[Verse 2]
Got a feeling '21 is gonna be a good year
Especially if you and me see it in together
Got a feeling '21 is gonna be a good year
Especially if you and me see it in together
I had no reason to be over-optimistic
But somehow, when you smiled, I could brave bad weather
[Outro]
What about the boy?
Amazing Journey Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Deaf, dumb and blind boy, he's in a quiet vibration land
Strange as it seems his musical dreams ain't quite so bad
[Verse 2]
Ten years old with thoughts as bold as thoughts can be
Loving life and becoming wise in simplicity
[Chorus]
Sickness will surely take the mind where minds can't usually go
Come on the amazing journey and learn all you should know
[Bridge]
A vague haze of delirium creeps up on me
All at once a tall stranger I suddenly see
He's dressed in a silver-sparked glittering gown
And his golden beard flows nearly down to the ground
[Verse 3]
Nothing to say, and nothing to hear and nothing to see
Each sensation makes a note in my symphony
[Chorus]
Sickness will surely take the mind where minds can't usually go
Come on the amazing journey and learn all you should know
[Outro]
His eyes are the eyes that transmit all they know
Sparkle warm crystalline glances to show
That he is your leader and he is your guide
On the amazing journey together you'll ride
Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker) Lyrics
[Verse]
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
Every time she starts to loving
She brings eyesight to the blind
Her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Daddy gave her lots of magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Every time she starts shaking
The dumb begin to talk
She has got the power to heal you
Never fear
She has got the power to heal you
Never fear
Just one word from her lips
And the deaf can hear
Christmas Lyrics
[Father: Verse 1]
Did you ever see the faces of the children? They get so excited
Waking up on Christmas morning
Hours before the winter sun's ignited
They believe in dreams and all they mean
Including Heaven's generosity
Peeping 'round the door to see
What parcels are for free in curiosity
[Father: Chorus]
And Tommy doesn't know what day it is
He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is
How can he be saved from the eternal grave?
[Father: Verse 2]
Surrounded by his friends
He sits so silently and unaware of anything
Playing poxy pinball, picks his nose
And smiles and pokes his tongue at everything
I believe in love, but how can men
Who've never seen light be enlightened?
Only if he's cured will his spirit's future level ever heighten
[Father: Chorus]
And Tommy doesn't know what day it is, yeah
He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is
How can he be saved from the eternal grave?
[Father: Bridge]
Tommy, can you hear me? Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me? Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me? Can you hear me?
How can he be saved?
[Tommy: Break]
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me!
[Father: Bridge]
Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me?
Tommy, can you hear me?
Can you, can you, can you hear me?
How can he be saved?
[Father: Verse 3]
Did you ever see the faces of the children? They get so excited
Waking up on Christmas morning
Hours before the winter sun's ignited
They believe in dreams and all they mean
Including heaven's generosity
Peeping 'round the doors to see
What parcels are for free in curiosity
[Father: Chorus]
And Tommy doesn't know what day it is, yeah
He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is
How can he be saved from the eternal grave?
Cousin Kevin Lyrics
[Chorus]
We're on our own, cousin
All alone, cousin
Let's think of a game to play
Now the grownups have all gone away
You won't be much fun
Being blind, deaf, and dumb
But I've no one to play with today
Do you know how to play hide-and-seek?
To find me it would take you a week
But tied to that chair you won't go anywhere
There's a lot I can do with a freak
[Verse 1]
How would you feel if I turned on the bath
Ducked your head under and started to laugh
What would you do if I shut you outside
To stand in the rain and catch cold so you die?
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm the school bully, the classroom cheat
The nastiest play-friend you ever could meet
I'll stick pins in your fingers and tread on your feet
[Chorus]
We're on our own, cousin
All alone, cousin
Let's think of a game to play
Now the grownups have all gone away
You won't be much fun
Being blind, deaf, and dumb
But I've no one to play with today
Do you know how to play hide-and-seek?
To find me it would take you a week
But tied to that chair you won't go anywhere
There's a lot I can do to the freak
[Verse 2]
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
Would change your expression to one of alarm
Drag you around by a lock of your hair
Or give you a push at the top of the stairs
[Outro]
I'm the school bully, the classroom cheat
The nastiest play-friend you ever could meet
I'll put glass in your dinner and spikes in your seat
The Acid Queen Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If your child ain't all he should be now
This girl could put him right
I'll show him what he could be now
Just give me one night
[Chorus]
I'm the Gypsy, the Acid Queen, pay before we start
I'm the Gypsy, I'm guaranteed to tear your soul apart
[Verse 2]
Give us a room, close the door
Leave us for a while
Your boy won't be a boy no more
Young, but not a child
[Chorus]
I'm the Gypsy, the Acid Queen, pay before we start
The Gypsy, I'm guaranteed to tear your soul apart
[Bridge]
Gather your wits and hold on fast
Your mind must learn to roam
Just as the Gypsy Queen must do
You're gonna hit the road
[Verse 3]
My work is done, now look at him
He's never been more alive
His head, it shakes, his fingers clutch
Watch his body writhe
[Chorus]
I'm the Gypsy, the Acid Queen, pay before we start
I'm the Gypsy, I'm guaranteed to break your little heart
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 4]
If your child ain't all he should be now
This girl will put him right
I'll show him what he could be now
Just give me one night
[Chorus]
I'm the Gypsy, the Acid Queen, pay before we start
The Gypsy, I'm guaranteed to tear your soul apart