TOWNSHEND, Peter



Behind Blue Eyes

No one knows what it's like

To be the bad man

To be the sad man

Behind blue eyes


No one knows what it's like

To be hated

To be fated

To telling only lies


But my dreams

They aren't as empty

As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely


My love is vengeance

That's never free

No one knows what it's like

To feel these feelings


Like I do

And I blame you

No one bites back as hard

On their anger


None of my pain and woe

Can show through

But my dreams

They aren't as empty


As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely

My love is vengeance

That's never free


When my fist clenches, crack it open

Before I use it and lose my cool

When I smile, tell me some bad news

Before I laugh and act like a fool


And if I swallow anything evil

Put your finger down my throat

And if I shiver, please give me a blanket

Keep me warm, let me wear your coat


No one knows what it's like

To be the bad man

To be the sad man

Behind blue eyes


Baba (1) O'Riley (2)


Out here in the fields

I farm for my meals

I get my back into my living

I don't need to fight

To prove I'm right

No, I don't need to be forgiven


Don't cry

Don't raise your eye

It's only teenage wasteland (3)


Sally, take my hand

We'll travel south cross land

Put out the fire

And don't look past my shoulder

The exodus is here

The happy wolds are near

Let's get together

Before we get much older


Come on

Teenage wasteland

It's only teenage wasteland

Teenage wasteland

Oh, yeah

Teenage wasteland

They're all wasted


(1) Indian guru

(2) Ostinato at the beginning = repeated marimbatunes, isnpired by minimalist componist RILEY

(3) Junk left after festivals & brain damage by acid drug


My Generation


People try to put us d-down
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we get around
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)


My generation
This is my generation, baby


Why don't you all f-fade away
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Don't try to dig what we all s-s-say
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)


My generation
This is my generation, baby


Why don't you all f-fade away
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)


My generation
This is my generation, baby
My, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my generation


People try to put us d-down
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we g-g-get around
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)

My generation
This is my generation, baby
My, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my generation


Talkin' 'bout my generation
(My generation)
Talkin' 'bout my generation
(My generation)
Talkin' 'bout my generation
(Is my generation baby)
Talkin' 'bout my generation
(This is my generation)

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