Artist: Pete Townshend Album: Pete Townshend's Deep End Live! {1986}

Everybody get on your feet
You make me nervous when you in your seat
Take off your shoes and pat your feet
We're doing a dance that can't be beat
We're barefootin', barefootin', barefootin', barefootin'

Went to a party the other night
Long Tall Sally was out of sight
She threw her wig and her high sneakers, too
She's doing a dance without any shoes
She's barefootin', barefootin', barefootin', yeah, she's barefootin'

Hey, little girl with the red dress on
I bet you can barefoot all night long
Take off your shoes and throw 'em away
Come back and get them another day
Barefootin', barefootin', yeah, yeah, barefootin', yeah, barefootin'

Oh, lil' John Henry, he said to Sue
"If I can barefoot, you can barefoot too."
Sue told John, "I can get out here and groove
I been barefootin ever since I was two."
Barefootin', barefootin', yeah, she's barefootin', yeah, barefootin'
Take off your shoes and dance

Take off your shoes and dance

After the fire the fire still burns
The heart grows older but never ever learns
The memories smolder, the soul always yearns
After the fire the fire still burns

I heard a voice asking what happens after the fire
Then the sound of a breaking window and the scream of a tire
And then the sound of Brixton gun and the scream of a child
The night is hot but nothing's going to stop this gang running wild

After the fire the fire still burns
The heart grows older but never ever learns
The memories smolder, the soul always yearns
After the fire the fire still burns

I saw Matt Dillon in black and white
There ain't no color in my memories
He rode his brother's old Harley across the TV
While I was laughing at Dom DeLuise
I'm cycling all my video tapes, I'm crying and I'm joking
I've gotta stop drinking, I've gotta stop thinking, I've gotta stop smoking

Cos after the fire the fire still burns
The heart grows older but never ever learns
The memories smolder, the soul always yearns
After the fire the fire still burns
Raging through the pain
Blackening the promises, the tears and the pain
The fire still burns till the wind begins to turn and it all begins again
After the fire the fire still burns

After the fire the fire still burns
The heart grows older but never ever learns
The memories smolder, the soul always yearns
After the fire

After the fire the fire still burns
The heart grows older but never ever learns
The memories smolder, the soul always yearns
After the fire the fire still burns

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
If 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 won't you 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

A love born once must soon be born again
A flame that died
Then cinders to be fanned by the wind and thrown to flame
Flames like tongues impassioned in a moments burst
Tell me friend - why do you stand aloof from your own heart

The truth confronts you
The truth confronts you as the sea crushing with out detail
Impassioned and detached
Killing with love and power in God's name

People stop hurting people
People stop hurting people

Love conquers poses, love smashes stances
Love crushes angles into black
So you, without question, know your first love is your last
And you will never, you'll never, you'll never love again

I always wished to walk with her into restaurants, pretty clammy tale
I wanted just to be seen beside her at the public bar footrail
I wished to be matched with her
Yet her beauty was so different to mine
My beauty needs an understanding and a knowledge of what I am
Hers is enough, earned thru eons, for that's what true beauty is
Time's gift to true humility

May I be matched with you again
I know the match is bad
But God help me
May I be matched with you again
I know the match is bad
But God help me
May I be matched with you again
I know the match is bad
But God help me
May I be matched with you again
I know the match is bad
God help me, God help me
May I be matched with you again
Without your match there is no flame, yeah

People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people

May I be matched with you again
Without your match there is no flame

People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people
People stop hurting people, people stop hurting people

Every year is the same, I feel it again
I'm a loser - no chance to win
Leaves start falling, come down is calling
Loneliness starts sinking in

But I'm one, I am one
And I can see that this is me
And I will be - you'll all see I'm the one

Where do you get those blue, blue jeans
Faded patched secrets so tight
Where do you get that walk, oh, so lean
Your shoes and your shirts always right

But I'm one, I'm the one
And I can see that this is me
I will be - you'll all see I'm the one

I got a Gibson without a case
But I can't get that even tanned look on my face
Ill fitting clothes and I blend in the crowd
Fingers so clumsy, voice too loud

But I'm one, I'm one, yeah
And I can see that this is me
And I will be - you'll all see I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one

I put a spell on you because your mine, yeah
You better stop the things you do
I ain't lying, no, I ain't lying
You know I can't stand it the way you're running round
You know I can't stand it mamma, the way you put me down
So I put a spell on you because your mine

Do I love ya, do I love ya
Do I love ya, do I love ya anyhow
And I don't care, I don't care if you don't want me
Because I'm yours right now
I put a spell on you because your mine, yes you're mine, yeah

You know I can't stand it, I can't stand it
I can't stand it, I can't stand it when you put me down
You ought to know better mamma, I can't stand it when you run around
I put a spell on you because, because your mine

Two dozen other dirty lovers must be a sucker for it
Cry, but I don't need my mother
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Sooner or later your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later, don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later you hit the deck, you get found out
Sooner or later you'll run away, you run away and let me down

Run away, run away, let me down
Run away, run away, let me down
Run away, run away, let me down
Run away, run away

Black air and seven seas are rotten through but what can you do
Sometimes I don't know how get on with all of you lot
Sometimes I don't try
I just now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now

Sooner or later your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later, don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later you hit the deck, you get found out
Save it for later, don't run away, don't run away, don't let me down

Run away, run away, let me down
Run away, run away, let me down

Two dozen other stupid reasons why we should suffer all this
I can't see teeth to find a reason
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on this
Sooner or later your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later, don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later you hit the deck, you get found out
Save it for later, don't run away, you run away and let me down

Don't un away, run away, let me down
You'll run away, run away, let me down
Run away, run away, let me down
Run away, run away, let me down

Why don't you hold me
Why don't you hold me and kiss me
Why don't you just hold me
Why don't you hold me, just kiss me now
Save it for later, baby
Save it for later, honey
Please save it for later, honey
Save it for later
Don't run away, run away and let me down
Don't run away, don't run away, don't let me down
Don't run away, don't run away, don't let me down
Don't run away, don't run away and let me down

Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton, I must've played 'em all
But I've never seen anything like him in any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

He stands just like a statue, becomes part of the machine
Feeling all the bumpers, always playing clean
He plays by intuition, the digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

He's a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist
A pinball wizard's, got such a supple wrist

How do you think he does it
What makes him so good

He ain't got no distractions, can't hear no buzzers and bells
He don't see lights a-flashin', must play by sense of smell
Always gets the replay, never tilts at all
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

I thought I was the Bally table king
But I just handed my pinball crown to him

Even on my favorite table he can beat my best
His disciples lead him in, he does the rest
His supple flipper fingers, never tilts at all
That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

They say that love often passes in a second
You can never catch it up
But I'm hanging on to you as though eternity beckon
It's clear that the match is rough
Common sense'll tell me not to try and continue
But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you
So keep an eye open, my spirit ain't broken
Your love's so incredible, your body so edible
You give me an overdose of love
Just a little is enough

I'm like a connoisseur of champagne cognac
The perfume nearly beats the taste
I eat an oyster and I feel the contact
But more than one would be a waste
Some people want an endless line that's true
But all I have to have's a little time with you
A smile sets me reeling, a kiss feels like stealing
Your love is like heroin, this addict is mellowing
I can't pretend that I'm tough
Just a little is enough

Just like a sailor heading into the sea
There's a gale blowing in my face
High winds scare me but I need the breeze
And I can't head for any other place
Life would seem so easy on the other tack
But even a hurricane won't turn me back
You might be an island on the distant horizon
But the little I see looks like heaven to me
And I don't care if the ocean gets rough
Well, just a little is enough
Just a little is enough

Common sense'll tell me not to try and continue
But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you
So keep an eye open, my spirit ain't broken
Your love's so incredible, your body so edible
You give me an overdose of love
Just a little is enough
Just a little is enough, just a little is enough
Just a little is enough, just a little is enough
Just a little is enough, just a little is enough

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 lovin' she brings eyesight to the blind

You know her daddy gave her magic, I can tell by the way she walks
You know her daddy gave her magic, I can tell by the way she walks
Every time she start to shakin' the dumb begin to talk
Keep talkin'

She's got the power to heal you, never fear
Yes, she's got the power to heal you, never fear
Every time she start to wiggle the deaf begin to hear

You talk about your woman, I wish you could see mine
I wish you could see her
You talk about your woman, I wish you could see mine, oh
Every time she start to shakin' she bring eyesight to the blind


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