Artist: John Entwistle Album: Too Late The Hero {1981}

Face to face but you're talking long distance
Can't stand up but you still try to dance
Qualude shuffle up to my table
Two steps back, one step advance

I can tell by the smile you're trapped in
You've been smoking your breakfast again
Real life specimen, Space Captain
Know where to stop but you don't know when

Try me, I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, I don't promise to teach you to fly
Try me, I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, I don't promise to teach you to fly

Life begins at midnight if you're feeling down
The white man's talking powder turns you round
Powder yer nose don't mean what you suppose
In this town it's inside not out

I can tell by the smile you're trapped in
You've been smoking your breakfast again
Real life specimen, Space Captain
Know where to stop but you don't know when

Try me, I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, I don't promise to touch the sky
Try me, I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, I don't promise to teach you to fly
Try me, I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, I don't promise to teach you to fly
Try me, I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, become addicted to me

I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, I don't promise to touch the sky
Try me, I could be all that you need to get high
Try me, I don't promise to teach you to fly

You talk about the weather
Sun's out - it's gonna rain, it's gonna pour down
Take a drive - no car
Take walk - let's stay home and fool around

You talk about religion
Moses - Jezebel
Go to church - go to bed
Godspell - go to hell
Why can't you talk dirty
I like it when you talk dirty

You talk about politics
White House - whore house
Revolution - prostitution
President - Mickey Mouse

You talk about music
Chopin - too square
Heavy metal - too loud
Top twenty - who cares
Why can't you talk dirty
I like it, when you talk dirty

Playboy, Mayfair, Penthouse, White House
Filthy naked poses, Moses
Masochism, sadism, lesbianism, communism
Suntan, striptease, can-can, Chopin

You talk about painting
Van Gough - kiss my ear
Gaugin - go where
Van Dyke - she's queer

You talk about Shakespeare
Romeo or Juliet
Dickens - good idea
Oliver Twist - not quite yet
Why can't you talk dirty
I like it, when you talk dirty

Playboy, Mayfair, Penthouse, White House
Filthy naked poses, Moses
Masochism, sadism, lesbianism, communism
Suntan, striptease, can-can, Chopin
Talk dirty, talk dirty, talk dirty
Talk dirty, talk dirty, talk dirty
Talk dirty, talk dirty, talk dirty
Talk dirty, talk dirty, talk dirty

She kissed me while I was sleeping - goodbye in her eyes
She knew the spell had broken, it came as no surprise
You win some, you lose some
Lady Luck has just run out on you
A new day is coming up
The black night is almost through
As the door closed behind her I opened my eyes
The pillow was empty, it came as no surprise

Fly away lovebird
You're learning to fly
Now the winter, is over
So am I, so am I
Fly away lovebird
You're learning to fly
Now the winter, is over
So am I, so am I

You win some, you lose some
Lady Luck has just run out on you
A new day is coming up
The black night is almost through
A letter on the table with nothing much inside
Just a note saying so long and thanks for the ride

Fly away lovebird
You just learned to fly
Now the winter is over
So am I, so am I 
Fly away lovebird
You just learned to fly
Now the winter is over
So am I, so am I
Fly away lovebird
You just learned to fly
Now the winter is over
So am I, so am I

Who's that knocking at the bottom of my door
Who's that lying on the floor
Like a fallen meteor
It's the sleeping man
Tomorrow just slipped away
Whatever happened to yesterday
You play you pay
Sleeping man

Sandman please leave him alone
Let him out of the twilight zone
Just for once let him answer the phone
Sleeping man
Sandman please leave him alone
Let him out of the twilight zone
Just for once let him answer the phone
Sleeping man

After supper, eyes shut tight
Night is day and day is night
He's not a pretty sight
Sleeping man
Face down on the table, drink in his hand
He doesn't hear the noise of the band
With a head full of ideas and eyes full of sand
Lies the sleeping man

Sandman please leave him alone
Let him out of the twilight zone
Just for once let him answer the phone
Sleeping man
Sandman please leave him alone
Let him out of the twilight zone
Just for once let him answer the phone
Sleeping man

Sing a long lullaby to the sleeping man
Grab some Z's, sleeping man
Said goodnight again to the sleeping man
See you in your dreams sleeping man

California, I gotta warn ya
Keep thinking while I'm away
Because I'm coming back, I'm coming back

Shangri-la, you ain't that far
Just over the rainbow bar
You know I'm coming back, I'm coming back
If I can find a way I'm coming back

It's a small world, if you seen it time after time
So many cities, you can never be everywhere
I've seen places, I've seen faces I never want to see again
Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there

London town, don't wear that frown
I won't let you down
You know I'm coming back, I'm coming back

Here I am again, back on the plane
Only thing that keeps me sane
Is the fact I'm coming back, I'm coming back
I don't know exactly when but I'm coming back

I'm coming back, I'm coming back, back, back, back, back, back, back
I'm coming back, I'm coming back, back, back, back, back, back, back
I'm coming back, I'm coming back, back, back, back, back, back, back
I'm coming back, I'm coming back, back, back, back, back, back, back
I'm coming back, I'm coming back, back, back, back, back, back, back

I'm gonna pull your strings and make you do things
That you really don't want to do
I'm gonna spin you around, screw you into the ground,
Till I make a star out of you
I'm the dancing master
I'm gonna teach you to dance

I'll make you lose control to my rock and roll
Till your feet run out of space
I won't let you stop until you drop
You have to move to win the race
I'm the dancing master
I'm gonna teach you to dance

Disco here, disco there, dance
Disco here, disco there, dance
Disco here, disco there, dance
Disco here, disco there, dance

Whether you like it or not it's gonna get hot
When you trip the light fantastic
You got to press some muscle to do the hustle
To the shiny muse of black plastic
I'm the dancing master
I'm gonna teach you to dance

Nobody loves the fallen angel once he's hit the ground
There's only one way to go and that's down
Nobody loves the prince of evil, don't need him around
So Lucifer's hiding underground

You aim high but you hit low
He stays and you go
Black sky, hello
Goodbye rainbow

Nobody loves a fallen idol, failure leaves a scar
And memories only go so far
Nobody cares but everyone stares as you stagger to the bar
That face is familiar, didn't he used to be a star

You aim high but you hit low
Blue skies, Acapulco
Dark eyes, incognito
You live fast, better spend slow
Or it's goodbye to the chateau
Hello Skid Row

You aim high but you hit low
You live fast, better spend slow
Black sky, hello
Goodbye rainbow

Love is a pain, love is a heart attack
It's so easy to take but so hard to give back
The doctor told me this is a showdown
You're living too fast, you've got to slow down
You're heart can't take it, you're gonna break it
You're not gonna make it

Love is a pain, love is a heart attack
It's so easy to fall in but so hard to get back
The doctor told me, you've got to choose
Between living or dying and sex, drugs, and booze
Drugs I can handle, booze I can quit
But giving up love, I can't take it

Death is nature's way of telling you to stop
Love is a heart attack
Sex is just the icing on the top
Underneath everything is jet black

Set your pacemaker to a boogie beat
You gotta dance love out of your life
Set your pacemaker to a boogie beat
You gotta dance love out of your life
Set your pacemaker to a boogie beat
You gotta dance love out of your life
Set your pacemaker to a boogie beat
You gotta dance, dance, dance

I've got one more night to live maybe two
If we can take it slow
One more night of love with you
Such a nice way to go
Love is a pain, love is a heart attack 
Love is a pain, love is a heart attack
Love is a pain, love is a heart attack
Love is a pain, love is a heart attack
Love is a pain, love is a heart attack
Love is a pain, love is a heart attack

Too late the hero
It all comes to zero
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's the end of my movie
The bad guys beat me easy
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's easy to live in your imagination
If you can't control the situation
You just cut and start it again
It's easy to live in your imagination
You have to make an alteration
You just cut and start it again

How I wish I could live on the silver screen
Like the stars in the movie magazines
With a happy ending as the final scene

Too late the hero
It all comes to zero
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's the end of my movie
The bad guys beat me easy
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's easy, the villains always wear black
They see your guns and turn back
It only happens in the movies
It's easy, the heroes always wear white
The ladies fall off the sight
It only happens in the movies

As the Viking ship drifts off to the sea
The black sail bursts into fire
I turn to kiss the princess
I have to pacify her
The arrows fall, the sky is red
The music gets higher and higher

The battle's done, I'm on my way home
A hero's welcome on the shore
Single handed, all by myself
I've just won the war

It was nothing, really