Artist: John Entwistle Album: Smash Your Head Against The Wall {1971}

Ever since I first saw you
I never seem to get you off my mind
When I tried to say, "Hello."
You tried to go, I made you stay behind
Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

Remember when I lost my cool
Shouted at you, you nearly hit the ceiling
You're trying to make me feel a fool
Ignoring me, you really hurt my feelings
Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

I'm gonna bring you down to my size
One of these days I'm gonna make you fall
I'm gonna bring you down to my size
Smash your head against the wall

Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

I'm gonna bring you down to my size
One of these days I'm gonna make you fall
I'm gonna bring you down to my size
Smash your head against the wall

Ever since I first saw you
I never seem to get you off my mind
When I tried to say, "Hello."
You tried to go, I made you stay behind
Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

Gather round the bar, let's have a race
Want to see how much beer I can pour into my face
Bottoms up, down it goes sending bubbles up my nose
Pick me up and lay me somewhere safe
Don't stand me up I'll fall, lean me up against the wall
Never touch the demon drink again
All I'll touch is tea, alcohol's destroying me

All I want to do is sleep
All I want to do is sleep

Everything is spinning round
Got to get up off the ground
Sorry if I've missed my round
This one's on me lads, here's a pound

Everything is spinning round
Got to get up off the ground
Sorry if I've missed my round
This one's on me lads, here's a pound

Take me out and put me in a taxi
Tell the driver where to go cos I don't think I know
See you all tomorrow in the bar
I've got to come back cos I've had to leave the car

All I want to do is sleep
All I want to do is sleep

What are we doing here
Such a long way away from home
We've been away so long
Away so long, away from home

So what are we doing here
In a place where we have no friends
All we can do is sit and cry
Let the time drag by and think of home

Home - what a day that will be
The faces of people we love that we'll see
The memories of what we had left will return
The present remains, the past is just burned

And there's only twenty-five days, six hours and ten minutes
And this'll all be five thousand miles away
Whoops, there goes another day
I'm wishing my life away

So what are we doing here
Such a long way away from home
We've been away so long
Away so long, away from home

What are we doing here
In a place where we have no friends
All we can do is sit and cry
Let the time drag by and think of home

Home - what a day that will be
The faces of people we love that we'll see
The memories of what we had left will return
The present remains, the past is just burned

And there's only twenty-five days, six hours and ten minutes
And this'll all be five thousand miles away
Whoops, there goes another day
I'm wishing my life away

When you're hungry and your stomach's feeling thin
You find the nearest restaurant and walk right in
Says the waiter with a sigh, "You're not dressed without a tie
And you bite your lips to keep the swear words in."

What kind of people are they
What kind of people are they
They've only got their jobs to do
That means they've got it in for you, you

Have you ever sat behind a traffic jam
When you'd get there quicker if you walked or ran
When you finally get out at the front of it no doubt
You'll find a policeman causing chaos with his hand

What kind of people are they
What kind of people are they
They've only got their jobs to do
That's why they've got it in for you, you 

When you park your car in some deserted street
Give the parking meter sixpences to eat
When the money's been digested you'll find that you just invested
In the profits of a traffic warden's beat

On top of the sky is a place where you go if you've done nothing wrong
If you've done nothing wrong
And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've been a bad boy
If you've been a bad boy
Why can't we have eternal life and never die, never die

In the place up above, you grow feather wings
And you fly round and round with a harp singing hymns
And down in the ground you grow horns and a tail
And you carry a fork and moan and wail
Why can't we have eternal life and never die, never die

On top of the sky is a place where you go if you've done nothing wrong
If you've done nothing wrong
And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've been a bad boy
If you've been a bad boy 
Why can't we have eternal life and never die, never die

Someone called the other day
Said old Teddy Greenstreets passed away
They buried him on Saturday
They said it was a lovely way to go
In his sleep - didn't know a thing

His wife couldn't go
Her second husband took her uptown to a show
His sons and daughters emigrated
Said it cost too much to travel home
Sent a wreath and a sheath

Isn't it a shame that no one came
The funeral was quiet, but all the same
He's much better off where he is now
Rest in peace Teddy

Someone called the other day
Said old Teddy Greenstreets passed away
They buried him on Saturday
They said it was a lovely way to go
In his sleep, didn't know a thing

Isn't it a shame that no one came
The funeral was quiet, but all the same
He's much better off where he is now
Rest in peace Teddy
Rest in peace Teddy

Who'd drown a cat, who'd do a thing like that
If you would you're mine
Who'd whip a horse - a lost soul of course
Those who work are mine

They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine
They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine

Who'd rob an old woman, take her pension from her bag
Those who steal are mine
Who'd take a life - be it friend, foe or wife
Those who kill are mine

They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine
They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Who'd shoot a rabbit, a very nasty habit
Those who hunt are mine
Who'd go to war like countless times before
Those who war are mine

They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine
They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Everybody's mine at sometime
Everybody's mine
You'll enjoy your stay till you're all reborn some day
Until you are you're mine

You're mine, mine, you're mine, mine
You're mine, mine, you're mine, mine

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Just give me one year of your life, my friend
And I'll make you look twenty years younger
I've done it for others, I can do it for you
New life, new body and new friends too
I can make you look as you've never felt before

Here's a very famous film star
Who took a one year course of my treatment
Ten inches off the waist
New hair stuck on with paste
And he acts as well as he ever did before

You'll be as virile as ever
Unaffected by the weather
Old age will seem to pass you by
And you won't detect a sign of old Father Time
Over sixty but you'll look like thirty-four

A very prominent politician
In danger of losing his position
A devastating smile
Looked real up to a mile
And he lies as well as he ever did before

This very well known pop singer
Had ceased to be a swinger
New hair, nose, teeth and eyes
Touch of padding round the thighs
And he sings as well as he ever did before

You'll be as virile as ever
Unaffected by the weather
Old age will seem to pass you by
And you won't detect a sign of old Father Time
Over sixty but you'll look like thirty-four

Have you ever had the feeling that you've been this place before
But you haven't, not in this life
You've seen it, you've done it, you've heard it all before
But you haven't, not in this life

Do you believe in Santa Claus and loving at first sight
I hope you do, cos I do
Do you believe in ghosts that rattle chains at dead of night
I hope you do, cos I do

Cos I believe in everything
Cos that's the simplest way for me to be
I believe in everything
To believe in everything you hear and see
I believe in everything
Cos that's the simplest way for me to be
I believe in everything
To believe in everything you hear and see

Have you ever had the feeling that you've been this place before
But you haven't, not in this life
You've seen it, you've done it, you've heard it all before
But you haven't, not in this life

Do you believe in witchcraft, Heaven And Hell, King Kong
Reincarnation, fairies at the bottom of the garden
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, goblins, ghouls and witches
Things that go bump in the night
Telepathy, eternal youth, Mickey Mouse, Father Christmas
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it you would even say it glows
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names

Chicken blockin', finger-lickin' good


I'm gonna live with a cinnamon girl
I could be happy the rest of my life with a cinnamon girl
A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night
You see us together chasing the moonlight, my cinnamon girl

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow
The drummer relaxes and waits between shows for his cinnamon girl
A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night
You see us together chasing the moonlight, my cinnamon girl

Ma send me money now
I wanna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see, your baby loves to dance
Yeah, yeah, yeah

What are we doing here
Such a long way away from home
We've been away so long
Away so long, away from home

So what are we doing here
In a place where we have no friends
All we can do is sit and cry
Let the time drag by and think of home

Home - what a day that will be
The faces of people we love that we'll see
The memories of what we had left will return
The present remains, the past is just burned

And there's only twenty-five days, six hours and ten minutes
And this'll all be five thousand miles away
Whoops, there goes another day
I'm wishing my life away

So what are we doing here
Such a long way away from home
We've been away so long
Away so long, away from home

What are we doing here
In a place where we have no friends
All we can do is sit and cry
Let the time drag by and think of home

Home - what a day that will be
The faces of people we love that we'll see
The memories of what we had left will return
The present remains, the past is just burned

And there's only twenty-five days, six hours and ten minutes
And this'll all be five thousand miles away
Whoops, there goes another day
I'm wishing my life away