Face Dances
The Who
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You Better You Bet
05 : 36
2
Don’t Let Go the Coat
03 : 43
3
Cache Cache
03 : 56
4
The Quiet One
03 : 09
5
Did You Steal My Money
04 : 10
6
How Can You Do It Alone
05 : 26
7
Daily Records
03 : 27
8
You
04 : 30
9
Another Tricky Day
04 : 55
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Track Lyrics
You Better You Bet Lyrics
[Intro]
You better, you better you bet, ooh
You better, you better you bet, ooh
You better, you better you bet, ooh
You better, you better you bet, ooh
[Verse 1]
I call you on the telephone
My voice too rough with cigarettes
I sometimes feel I should just go home
But I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets
I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex (Hmmmm)
To the sound of old T-Rex (oh) – and Who's Next
[Chorus]
When I say I love you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I need you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
[Post-Chorus]
You better bet your life
Or love will cut you, cut you like a knife
[Verse 2]
I want those feeble-minded axes overthrown
I'm not into your passport picture – I just like your nose
You welcome me with open arms and open legs
I know only fools have needs, but this one never begs
I don't really mind how much you love me
Ooh, a little is alright
When you say, come over and spend the night
Tonight, tonight
[Chorus]
When I say I love you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I need you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
[Post-Chorus]
You better bet your life
Or love will cut you, cut you like a knife
[Bridge]
I lay on the bed with you
We could make some book of records
Your dog keeps licking my nose
And chewing up all those letters
Saying “you better”
You better bet your life
You better love me, all the time now
You better shove me back into line now
You better love me, all the time now
You better shove me back into line now
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
I showed up late one night
With a neon light for a visa
But knowing I'm so eager to fight
Can't make letting me in any easier (oooh ooh)
I know I've been wearing crazy clothes
And I look pretty crappy sometime (oooh ooh)
But my body feels so good
And I still sing a razor line every time
And when it comes to all night living
I know what I'm giving
I've got it all down to a tee
And it's free
[Chorus]
When I say I love you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I need you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I love you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I need you, you scream you better (ooh)
You better, you better you bet
When I say I love you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I need you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I love you, you say you better
You better, you better you bet
When I say I need you, you scream you better
You better, you better you bet
[Outro]
You better bet your life or love will cut you
Just like a knife
Don’t Let Go the Coat Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I can't be held responsible for blown behavior
I lost all contact with my only savior
No-one locked me out because I failed to phone up
I can't bear to live forever like a loner
[Chorus]
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
[Verse 2]
It's easy to be sad when you lack a partner
But how would I react to a broken heart now
It ain't really true rock and roll unless I'm
Hanging onto you when I hold it next time
[Chorus]
I won't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
[Verse 3]
I try to explain but you never understand it
I need your body but I can't just demand it
I won't let go like a stray at heel
(Never let him out of your sight)
Every lonely wife knows the way I feel
[Chorus]
(Don't let go tonight)
Don't let go the coat
Never let go of the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
[Verse 4]
Your friends all pass for life is just a market
But you have to finish everything you started
So I live my life tearing down the runway
Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday
[Chorus]
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Never let go of the coat
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Won't get no more chances - forget the war dances
Don't let go
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go
Don't let go the coat
Never let go of the coat
Don't let go
Go blind and hang on – don't try the slang son
Never let go of the coat
No, no
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go
Don't let go of the coat
Don't let go
Don't let go the coat
Never let go
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Cache Cache Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Did you ever sleep in a bear pit
With apple cores and mice along
Did you ever lay on ice and grit
Or search for a place where the wind was gone
Did you ever tramp up endless hills
Past cozy homes with secret beds
Did you ever dream of a suicide pill
And wake up cold to the smell of bread
[Chorus]
Well I have slept there badly twice
And shared my straw with scratching mice
And Although you'll find some deep brown hair
I'll tell you something for nothing
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
[Verse 2]
Did you ever have to make a draw
For a hard wooden bench or a bed of stone
Did you ever jimmy a stable door
Or scare the horse to escape the snow
Did you ever invade a neat little yard
Or Wake up the kids who hope for ghosts
Did you ever cause their dogs to bark
Their guests to curse their noisy hosts
[Chorus]
Don't jump in expecting fun
Don't swagger in there with your elephant gun
Don't enter the cage with waving chairs
Cos I'll tell you something for nothing
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)
[Verse 3]
Did you ever pass the police at work
And hope that they might take you in
Did you ever wonder why music hurts
When someone plays it aloof to sin
Did you ever believe that a smile could cure
A happy face keep you warm at night?
Were you ever fooled by laughter’s lure
Only to find that they laughed in spite?
[Chorus]
Don't jump in expecting fun
Don't swagger in there with your elephant gun
Don't enter the cage with waving chairs
Cos I'll tell you something for nothing
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)
[Chorus]
Did you ever finally find a place
A soft warm bed in a room of flowers
And when you finally laid down your face
You found you slept for a hundred hours
A hundred hours
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)
No bears in there (cache cache)
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)
The Quiet One Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can see but you can't hear me
Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can try but you can't get near me
I ain't never ever had the gift of the gab
But I can talk with my eyes
Words fail me but you won't nail me
My eyes can tell you lies
[Chorus]
Still waters run deep so be careful I don't drown you
You've got nothing to hear I've got nothing to say
Sticks and stones may break your bones
But names can never down you
It only takes two words to blow you away
[Verse 2]
Everybody calls me the quiet one
But you just don't understand
You can listen you won't hear me
With your head stuck in the sand
I ain't never had time for words that don't rhyme
My head is in a cloud
I ain't quiet - everybody else is too loud
[Chorus]
Still waters run deep so be careful I don't drown you
You've got nothing to hear I've got nothing to say
Sticks and stones may break your bones
But names can never down you
It only takes two words to blow you away
Did You Steal My Money Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I wake up on broken glass
But you left your number
All the members of the cast
They reckon I was lumbered
[Bridge]
Did you steal it
Did you screw me
Did you peel it
Did you do me
Did you steal my money
Did you steal my money
[Chorus]
Are you out there Mr. no-one
Is my investment growing
Sorry that I got so drunk
But I wrote you a poem
Did you search me
Did you turn me over
While I cold turkey
On the sofa
Did you steal my money
Did you steal my money
How can we forgive a grievance
Now that we all live with demons
[Verse 2]
Did you know that poor old veteran
That you kicked out of his bed
Says that he cannot forget you
But he does not wish you dead
Just leave his gold watch in reception
And he'll keep the sixteen stitches in his head
Did you steal his money
Did you steal his money
Did you pinch my trainer football
Say if you half inched it
Thought I heard a female foot fall
While I washed my kitchen
[Chorus]
Did you use me
Oh why did I trust you
Why'd you abuse me
I ain't gonna bust you
Did you steal my money
Did you steal my money
Did you steal my money
Did you steal my money
Did you steal my lolly
It fell right off my lorry
Did you pinch my brass-o
Nick my gilt you asshole
How Can You Do It Alone Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Saw a man about fifty or so
He looked lonely but his eyes were bright
He was walking up the Holland Park Road
And I stopped him to ask for a light
He practically froze when I spoke
But eased when he saw my cigarette
Then I saw as he lit up my smoke
Beneath his coat he was naked and wet
[Chorus]
With eyes full of shame
For he knew that I knew
He slumped to the wall with a moan
I said "I know there's no name
For what you go through
But how - how can you do it alone."
[Verse 2]
I crossed the street to the local news store
And flicked through some cheap magazines
Beside me some school kid I saw
Stuff some girlie mags down into his jeans
The shop girl was watching amazed
She asked me to call for the police
She screamed at his blushing young face
And he escaped into the streets
[Chorus]
With eyes full of shame
For he knew that I knew
He slumped to the wall with a moan
I said "I know there's no name
For what you go through
But how - how can you do it alone."
Ooh, how can you do it alone
I need your help, so I can do it by myself
Do it alone, don't have to breathe down the phone
I ain't got a clue, 'bout the things that you do
But how...can you do it alone
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
[Verse 3]
Back at the flat my girl sat in the shower
And wasn't too keen on me sharing
She came out well after an hour
And by that time I was past caring
Some women it seems have the knack
Of attaining the stars in their dreams
They simply relax and lay back
While people like us scratch our jeans
[Chorus]
With eyes full of shame
And I know it must show
I slump - and I fall and I groan
Will somebody explain
What I need to know
How - how can you do it alone
[Outro]
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it
How can you do it without any help
How can you do it all by yourself
[Repeat to fade]
Daily Records Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This could be suffering
This could be pleasure
I'm unaware of any difference
My head is aching
My balls are aching
But I'm not looking for deliverance
This could be letting on
This could be highly cut
I'm unaware of any difference
One says it can't be done
Then someone does it - but
I am not looking for equivalents
I just don't quite know how to wear my hair no more
No sooner cut it than they cut it even more
Got to admit that I created private worlds
But cold sex and booze don't impress my little girls
[Chorus]
Daily records
Just wanna be making daily records
Try to avoid the bad news in the letters
Just wanna be making records
Play in - play out - fade in - fade out
Making records day in - day out
[Verse 2]
And they say it's just a stage in life
But I know by now the problem is a stage
And they say just take your time and it'll go away
But I know by now, I know I'll never never change
I could be losing you
I could be coming through
I am unaware of any difference
You still support me now
You love me anyhow
And I am still under your influence
[Verse 3]
We had some years of hate
And now we're in the eights
I'm unaware of any difference
I need you even more
My money keeps me poor
I'm still amazed at your omnipotence
I look at baggy suits and leather capped with puke
I look at Richmond married couples denim look
I watch my kids grow up and ridicule the bunch
But when you are eleven the whole world's out to lunch
[Chorus]
Daily records
Just wanna keep making daily records
I can't exist no more in chains and fetters
Just wanna keep making records
Play in - play out - fade in - fade out
Making records day in - day out
Just wanna be making...daily records
You Lyrics
[Chorus: Pete Townshend & John Entwistle]
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
[Verse 1: Roger Daltrey]
I woke up in a Soho doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said, “You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away”
I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwing punches around
And preaching from my chair
[Chorus: The Who]
Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really want to know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Because I really want to know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
[Verse 2: Roger Daltrey]
I took the tube back out of town
Back to the Rolling Pin
I felt a little like a dying clown
With a streak of Rin Tin Tin
I stretched back, and I hiccuped and looked back on my busy day
Eleven hours in the Tin Pan
God, there's got to be another way
[Chorus: The Who]
Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Oh, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Come on, tell me who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Oh, who the fuck are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
[Bridge: Townshend & Entwistle]
Who are you?
Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa ooh
Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa ooh
Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa ooh
Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa ooh
Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa ooh
Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa ooh
[Chorus: The Who]
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
I really want to know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really want to know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Come on, tell me who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Because I really want to know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
[Verse 3: Roger Daltrey]
I know there's a place you walked
Where love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup
I only feel right on my knees
I spit out like a sewer hole
Yet still receive your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone now
After such a love as this?
[Outro: The Who]
Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me who are you (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Oh, I really want to know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Come on, come on, who? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Oh, who the fuck are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Oh, tell me who are you (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know
Oh, I really wanna know
Come on, tell me, who are you, you, you, you?
Who are you?
Another Tricky Day Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You can't always get it
When you really want it
You can't always get it at all
Just because there's space
In your life, it's a waste
To spend your time, why don't you wait for the call
[Chorus 1]
(Just got to get used to it)
We all get it in the end
(Just got to get used to it)
We go down and we come up again
(Just got to get used to it)
You irritate me, my friend
(This is no social crisis)
This is you having fun
(No crisis)
Getting burned by the sun
(This is true)
This is no social crisis
Just another tricky day for you
[Verse 2]
You can always get higher
Just because you aspire
You could expire even knowing
Don't push the hands
Just hang on to the band
Then you can dance while your knowledge is growing
[Chorus 2]
(It could happen anytime)
You can't expect to never cry
(Patience is priceless)
Not when you try to fly so high
(Just stay on that line)
Rock and roll will never die
(This is no social crisis)
This is you having fun
(No crisis)
Getting burned by the sun
(This is true)
This is no social crisis
Just another tricky day for you
[Verse 3]
Another tricky day
Another gently nagging pain
What the papers say
Just seems to bring down heavier rain
The world seems in a spiral
Life seems such a worthless title
But break out and start a fire, you all
It's all here on the vinyl
(No crisis)
Just you having fun
(There's no crisis)
Getting burned by the sun
(You got no crisis, this is true)
This is no social crisis
Just another tricky day for you
[Verse 1]
You can't always get it
When you really want it
You can't always get it at all
Just because there's space
In your life, it's a waste
To spend your time, why don't you wait for the call
[Chorus 3]
(Just got to get used to it)
Got to get used to waiting
(Just got to get used to it)
You know how the ice is
(Just got to get used to it)
It's thin where you are skating
(This is no social crisis)
This is you having fun
(No crisis)
Getting burned by the sun
(This is true)
This is no social crisis
Just another tricky day for you fella
Just another tricky day…for you
Just another tricky day…for you
Just another tricky day
Just another tricky day for you
You'll get through