Artist: Pete Townshend Album: Scoop {1983}

Uh, this is a valuable, valuable Pete Townshend recording
With traffic noises in the back
And, uh, it's a collector's item, so it must be treasured
And it's So Sad 'bout Us
And it's one of the very rare recordings of Pete Townshend
Alone, unaccompanied, by himself on his guitar


La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la

So sad bout us, so sad bout us
Sad that the news is out now
Sad, suppose we can't turn back now
Sad bout us

So bad bout us, so bad bout us
Bad - never meant to break up
Bad - now we'll never make up
Bad bout us

Apologies mean nothing when the damage is done
But I can't switch off your lovin' like you can't switch off the sun


Come on, let get out and about and roll

I don't know what he's saying

Mama's got a squeeze box she wear on her chest
When Daddy comes home he never gets no rest
Because she's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box - Daddy never sleeps at night

Well, the kids don't eat and the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music in the whole damn street
Because she's playing all night, help me, her music's alright
Oh, Mama's got a squeeze box - Daddy never sleeps at night, oh

She goin' in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
She's playing all night and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box - Daddy never sleeps at night

She says, "Squeeze me, I want you to squeeze me,
I want you to tease me like you do, I'm so in love with you."
Mama's got a squeeze box - you ain't gonna sleep tonight

In and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
She's playing all night, she make you feel alright
Mama's got a squeeze box - Daddy never sleep at night

When you're at the movie don't pretend you're groovy
Don't be swayed and shell shocked, hinder here the band out
Zelda's only waving, Minnie's misbehaving
Jackie's on the craving, Rabbit's on the raving
Zelda waves with a tooth force, hella frat while the cats snores
Zelda waves from the backseat, hello, hello
Zelda lays up the track sheet, hello, hello

Stand outside the door frame, enter at your own name
Horse is trapped and ignorant, of course, you'll wont get in here
Zelda's only waving, doesn't know you're worth saving
Mine is trapped in a cave in, Monday feels like a slave in
Zelda is waving with her two hands, Freddy is making up a new band
Zelda waves from the backseat, hello, hello
Zelda lays up the track sheet, hello, hello

I can't explain again and again
Ain't you afraid again and again

Zelda waves from the backseat, hello, hello
Zelda lays up the track sheet, hello, hello

When we meet with a genius you know he's never really seen us
He's come down to brandy, well that's really very handy
Zelda's only waving, to raise is just amazing
Keith has joined the navy, Roger's little baby
Zelda screams not to touch her but one day someone will fuck her
Zelda lays in the backseat, hello, hello
Zelda lays up the track sheet, hello, hello

People come to me for exclamations
Don't understand what they say
This is the age of intuition
Things look a little different every day

I have a little trouble to keep from getting angry with the world
But I feel a little better whenever I say to myself
I know when I'm right, I know when I'm wrong, ooh, yeah
I know when I'm right, I know when I'm wrong, ooh
I know when I'm right and I know when I'm wrong
And I know because I can feel it, that's how I get along

Here he comes the politician, Here he comes, watch it

Now do you think of polls of whipping
Or do you claim that on the law
Well the book don't talk about no tripping
And the book don't talk about no war

I have a little trouble to keep from getting angry with the world
But I feel a little stronger when I say to myself
I know when I'm right, I know when I'm wrong, ooh
I know when I'm right, I know when I'm wrong, ooh
I know when I'm right and I know when I'm wrong
And I know because I can feel it, that's how I get along
I know when I'm right, I know when I'm wrong
And I know when I'm right and I know when I'm wrong
I know when I'm right and I know when I'm wrong
I know when I'm right, I know when I'm wrong

Six string

When you tune up the top and you feel all the crap
And you rustle a little musk but don't ya make a fuss
It's dirty water, it's only dirty water
It's only dirty water and it's gonna run clear someday

Leave a little time, won't ya drink a little wine
And in the meantime play with the Grecian Hawaiian five 
Dirty water, it's only dirty water
It's only dirty water and it's gonna run clean someday

Dirty water. dirty water, dirty water, dirty water
It's only dirty water and it's gonna run clean
It's only dirty water and it's gonna run clean someday
Come on, yeah, woo, woo, yeah

Dirty water, dirty water
It's only dirty water, dirty water
It's only dirty water, it's only dirty water
It's only dirty water and it's gonna run clean someday, woo hoo

Mother and daughter, you met me in the sand
Mother and daughter, you took me in your hand
In the water, dirty water
It's only dirty water and it's gonna run clean someday

Muddy water
It's only dirty water, it's only dirty water
Dirty water
It's only dirty water, it's only dirty water
It's only dirty water and it's gonna run clean someday

Circles, my head is going round in circles
My mind is caught up in a whirlpool, dragging me down

Time will tell if I can live without you
I'm trying but I'll never get through
Circles bring me back to you

Everything I do, I think of you
No matter how I try, I can't get by
These circles, there leading me back to you

Round and around and around and around and around
And around and around and around and around
And around and around and around and around
And around and around and around and around
Round and round like a fool I go
Down and down in the pool I go, dragging me down

Time will tell if I'll take the homeward track
I don't know why I left, I won't come back, come on back to you
I'm coming on back to you
Leading me back to you
Circles lead me back to you
Circles lead me back to you

It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go

I say, I say, I say, I say
I say, I say, I say, I say
I say, I say, I say, I say

INSTRUMENTAL

My coffee's cold, my paper's old
My heart is sold to melancholia
My clothes are torn, my shoes are worn
My heart is borne to melancholia

A strange surprise, what I despised
In other guys is here is me
They lose their girl, they lose their world
ANd then they cry for all to see

I've never felt so bad
The virus drives me mad

The sheets are grey that since the day
She went away I lost all power
The dust is thick, the dog is sick
The kids have picked most all the flowers

The sun is shining but not for me
The sun is shining but not for me

The virus drives me mad
I've never felt so bad

My coffee's cold, my paper's old
My heart is sold to melancholia
My clothes are torn, my shoes are worn
My heart is borne to melancholia, melancholia

I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I had
To find you, I'd suffer anything and be glad
I'd pay any price to get you
I'd work all my life and I will
To win you, I'd stand naked, stoned, and stabbed
I'd call that a bargain, the best I ever had
The best I ever had

I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up what I got
To catch you, I'm gonna run and never stop
I'd pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you, I'm gonna drown an unsung man
I'd call that a bargain, the best I ever had
The best I ever had

I sit looking round, I look at my face in the mirror
I know I'm worth nothing without you
And like, one and one don't make two - one and one make one
And I'm looking for that free ride to me, I'm looking for you, oh

I'd gladly lose me to find you
I'd gladly give up all I got
To catch you, I'm gonna run and never stop
I'd pay any price just to win you
Surrender my good life for bad
To find you, I'm gonna drown an unsung man
I'd call that a bargain, the best I ever had
The best I ever had

The time will come, yes I know
You will come walkin' home
And you'll find my address, expectin' my caress
But darlin' things have changed
Things have changed
Please don't come around destroyin' the happiness I've found
Things have changed

You left me once without a word
Left me lookin' so absurd
Now I found my way around, get my feet back on the ground
But darlin' things have changed
Things have changed
Please don't come around destroyin' the happiness I've found
Things have changed

The only thing I think about you
But all the same I can live without you
Darlin' things have changed
Things have changed

Things have changed, things have changed
Things have changed, things have changed

Any tough can fight, few can play
Any fool can fall, few can lay
Any stud can reproduce, few can please
Any boy can pay a bill, few can tease

I just wanna be popular, I just wanna be popular
I don't really care who you are I just wanna be popular

Any man can claim, few can find
Any girl can blink, few can lie
Any soul can sleep, a few can die
Any wimp can weep, a few can cry

I just wanna be popular, I just wanna be popular
I don't really care who you are I just wanna be popular

I wanna be more popular than the rest
I'll do anything anything that I think will impress
Everyone is average but I just wanna be the best
Everything thing I do has to be a fact of interest
Popular, I want to be popular
I just gotta be popular, popular

Any brain can hide, a few can stand
Any kid can fly, a few can land
Any gang can scatter, few can form
Any child can chatter, few can storm

Anyone can fight but a few can play
Anyone can try but a few can stay
Anyone can cuss but a few can lay
Everyone complains but few can say

I just wanna be popular, I just wanna be popular
I don't really care who you are I just wanna be popular

I just gotta be popular, popular
I just gotta be popular, popular
I don't really care who you are I just wanna be popular

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
But 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

Every day I get in the queue - too much, the Magic Bus
To get on the bus that takes me to you - too much, the Magic Bus
I'm so nervous I just sit and smile - too much, the Magic Bus
Your house is only another mile - too much, the Magic Bus
Thank you, driver, for getting me here - too much, the Magic Bus
You'll be an inspector, have no fear - too much, the Magic Bus
I don't want to cause a fuss - too much, the Magic Bus
But can I buy your Magic Bus - too much, the Magic Bus
No

I don't care how much I pay - too much, the Magic Bus
I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day - too much, the Magic Bus
Every day you'll see the dust - too much, the Magic Bus
As I drive my baby in my Magic Bus - too much, the Magic Bus

The Magic Bus, the Magic Bus, the Magic Bus
The Magic Bus - give me a hundred
I wanna Magic Bus - she goes like thunder
I wanna Magic Bus - I won't take under
I wanna Magic Bus - it's a bus age wonder

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
You can't have her for just one hundred pounds
I want it, I want it, hey I want that bus
I want it myself, I wanna drive it

It'll be an investment in the long run - can't have it
Think how much I'd save in busfare - you can't have it

Thruppence and sixpence every day
To get in the bus and see my baby
Thruppence and sixpence every way

But I wanna buy your Magic Bus - give me a hundred
I wanna buy your Magic Bus - she goes like thunder
Won't take uder, I won't take under - it's a bus age wonder

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
What they goin' on about, god knows
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
Why don't you give it to us, I don't know

Too much, the Magic Bus, too much, the Magic Bus, too much, the Magic Bus
Too much, the Magic Bus, too much, the Magic Bus, too much, the Magic Bus

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 in secret beds
Did you ever dream of a suicide pill
And wake up cold to the smell of bread

Well I have slept there badly twice
I 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
Not a single bear in there - cache cache

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
And scare the horse to escape the snow

Did you ever invade a neat little yard
And wake up the children who hope for ghosts
Did you ever cause their dogs to bark
A guests to curse their noisy hosts

Don't jump in expecting fun
Don't swagger with your elephant gun
Don't enter the cage with a-waving chairs
Cos 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

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 

Don't jump in expecting fun
Don't swagger in with your elephant gun
Don't enter the cage with a-waving a chair
Cos I'll tell you something for nothing
There ain't no bear in there - cache cache
There ain't no bear in there - cache cache

Did you ever finally find a place
A soft warm bed in a room with 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
There ain't no bears in there - cache cache
There ain't no bears in there - cache cache
Not a single bear in there - cache cache
There ain't no bears in there - cache cache
Ain't no bears in there

I didn't find out I was a coward till I ran away
Didn't think I was a hypocrite till I tried to pray
Didn't realize I was lost till I started lookin'
I didn't know how much I loved you till I tasted your cookin'

I didn't know I was a cheat until I fixed a deck
Never felt like a petty larcenist till I forged a check
Didn't think I could hardly read till I stated bookin'
I didn't know how much I loved you till I tasted your cookin'

For your garlic flavored steak I'd suffer nightmares
For your mashed potatoes I'd even dig the dirt
For your roast beef I'd even get a haircut
And to keep the larder full I'd even work

Didn't know I was such a good liar till I wrote this song
But sometimes I like to get stoved more than you
Despite the fact there's no girl quite as good lookin'
I didn't know how much I loved you till I tasted your cookin'
I didn't know how much I loved you till I tasted your cookin'

I didn't know how much I loved you till I tasted your cookin'

You're so clever, so smooth and debonair
You're so clever and you never seem to have a care
You groove unflustered by storms or humid sticky weather
Oh, you're so clever, oh

You're so flippant and a thousand in the red
You're so instant, snap your finger and a light for my cigarette
I feel flustered by your charm when we're together
oh, you're so clever, oh yeah

I mean it - you're so perfect
You always choose the perfect wine
I seen you on the dance floor
And you keep that perfect time
There's no one I want but you
I mean forever, I mean forever
You're so clever

I mean it, oh, you're a genesis
Everything that ever gets me hot
I'm reeling, you cause my nemesis
You're everything I want and all I'm not
There's no one I want but you and I mean forever, I mean forever
You're so clever

You're so open, so straight but never plain
So gently spoken, I'm not joking, your smile could Stop the rain
I'm going to muster strength and chase you ever leather
You're so clever, oh yeah
You, you're so clever
Yes, you, you're so clever
Yes, you, you're so clever
Yes, you, you're so clever

Mix it up and make it nice
Cussed it once and cussed it twice
Talking chrome and whispering steel
Escargot and lemon peel
Body language, body language
Remove the bandage - body language

Beasting lips and private art
Treat it like an auto part
Bored, ignored and charred too much
Now it's me who's out to lunch
Body language - knee bone's let it
Martian Landing - body language

And I, claiming warm welcome, breast fed
Promises of buss lips and then sleep
Dreams of tossing, turning in the market rubble
Like a rat comfortable and secure in hell
Mouths never speaking - all inferred, deferred
Not even spluttered, never screamed or shouted
All that's long gone
Face dancing, body language

Plastic metic flush it harder
A cold medusa working larder
Never try to touch me
Without that thing, it's far too rusty
Body language

INSTRUMENTAL

Mary you are everything a man could want
And I want you, Mary
Did you know when you pushed me once away from you
The thing I knew grew inside me

People are dancing for you now but I can't see why
Can't they see that they can't beat nothing I have for you
Mary you are everything a man could need
How I need you, Mary, yeah
How I need you

When I look at the hole in your coat
I have to love you more
I remember when I was a child
And my brother slept on the floor
Oh, I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
But when a women let the my brother down
I swore one day I'd land me one Mary
Land me one Mary
Oh, Mary, yeah

When I look at the hole in your coat
I have to love your more
I remember when I was a child
My brother slept on the floor
Oh, I know that the sun don't shine down on every man
But when women put my brother down
I swore one day I'd land, swore I'd land me Mary

INSTRUMENTAL

Throwing stones into the river
Watching ripples splashing over
Wadding the bank where horses are grazing
Reflection shatter, quite amazing
But soon I quietly ask, "Is this the way for me?"
I twist my vacuum flask and have a cup of tea

Goin' fishin', never catch none
If I did, I'd surely lance
The spear is tossed, the first is quiggley
The fish tackle scares me and the snails
The pleasure cruiser's speed laden with wind cheaters
The hooters blow and seize my mind from natures creatures

Blowing the fish, emptying in my warm hand
I want fishin' everlasting
You can take my son if you drown your own daughter
Your a man and I am free

Throw a stick onto the surface
watch it bob, it cruises past
The river flows, gently eroding
Moves cross land, but not to fast

INSTRUMENTAL

Hey little girl playing in the street
Naked as an apple, no shoes on your feet
I think I can remember you
You look a whole lot better off than you used to do

Hey little boy throw me the ball
The kids in the park say you're the dirtiest of all
Ain't I met you sometime before
When the old street was here and the grocer's store

You came back, you came back
And I'm glad you picked my time
You came back, you came back
And by that mischievous look in your eye
I'd say before long, if I'm not wrong
You'll be back, you'll come back again

Before long and I'm not wrong
You'll be back, you'll be come again

Things have fallen into place
Puttin' names on every face
Remember bein' dead and alive
What could be the key
Am I crazy as I seem
Can I believe what I see with my own eyes

That girl with the umbrella used to be a fella
He used to be my very good friend
Now I recall and the mystery of thins
I've been here before and done a million things

If it's all right with you, I remember you, too
But I won't tell you who you were last time
But you're making up for it now
I suffer amnesia when you kiss my brow

You came back, you came back
And I'm glad you picked my time
You came back, you came back
And with that mischievous look in your eye
I'd say that before long if I'm not wrong
You'll be back, you'll come back again

Only love can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea
Only love can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers laying in the fields

Love, reign o'er me
Love, love, reign o'er me, reign o'er me

Only love can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky
Only love can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high

Love, love, reign o'er me, reign o'er me
Love, reign o'er me, love, reign o'er me

On the dry and dusty road
The nights we spend apart alone
I need to get back home to cool, cool rain

I can't sleep and I lay and I think
The nights are hot and black as ink
Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain

Love, love, love, reign o'er me, reign o'er me
Love, reign over me
Love, love, love, reign o'er me, ooh, reign o'er me, reign o'er me
Love

Come sleep on the beach, deep within my reach