Artist: The Who
Album: Magic Bus The Who On Tour {1968} click for explanation
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Songs:
Disguises
Run Run Run
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
I Can't Reach You
Our Love Was, Is
Call Me Lightning
Magic Bus
Someone's Coming
Doctor, Doctor
Bucket T.
Pictures Of Lily





Disguises
I used to know everything about you
But today when I tried to point you out to one of my friends
I picked the wrong girl again
Don't see you in the crowd anymore
I think it's you but I can't be sure
You're wearing disguises
Occasionally a girl surprises me
When she turns out to be you wearing disguises

I don't think you want me to see you ever again
And today I saw you dressed as a flower bed
Last week you had a wig on your head
Your directing traffic in the street
And your shoes were too big for your feet
You were wearing disguises
Occasionally a girl surprises me
When she turns out to be you wearing disguises

I used to know everything about you
But today when I tried to point you out to one of my friends
I picked the wrong girl again
Don't see you in the crowd anymore
I think it's you but I can't be sure
You're wearing disguises
Occasionally a girl surprises me
When she turns out to be you wearing disguises
Wearing disguises, wearing disguises
Wearing disguises, wearing disguises
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Run Run Run
Run, run, run
Run, run, run
Run, run, run
Run, run, run

Well, baby, better take my advice
A black cat crossed your path twice
The moon came out next to the sun
Yeah, you opened your umbrella in a room
You better run, run, run
Run, run, run
Run, run, run
Run, run, run

Well, you ain't the luckiest girl I know
And you won't get luckier the way you're goin'
Your horseshoe's rusty and your mirror's cracked
You walk under ladders then you walk right back
You better run, run, run - pack your bags and go
Run, run, run - you better believe me
Run, run, run - you better go
Run, run, run

When you dropped that little pin
Never thought what a mess it would get you in
Little pin, little pin, bring me luck
Because I stopped to pick you up
You better run, run, run - get away from here
Run, run, run - pack your bags and go
Run, run, run - you've gotta go
Run, run, run

Now little girl I'm helping you
I hope you believe what I say is true
Whenever you run I'll be running too
Whenever you run I'll be following you
You better run, run, run
Run, run, run - you've gotta leave
Run, run, run - you've gotta go
Run, run, run
Run, run, run
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Hyde, Hyde 

Someone is spending my money for me
The money I earn I never see
In all things I do he interferes
All I know is trouble as soon as he appears 

Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde
Mister Hyde, Hyde

When I drink my potion my character changes
My whole mind and body rearranges
This strange transformation takes place in me
Instead of myself everybody can see

Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde
Mister Hyde, Hyde

Whenever you're with me make sure it's still me
I've got to the stage I can't tell which I'll be
The loveable fellow who'll buy you a drink
Then when he's drunk his he'll change in a wink into Hyde
Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde
Mister Hyde, Hyde
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I Can't Reach You
I'm a billion ages past you
A million years behind you, too
A thousand miles up in the air
A trillion times I've seen you there

Your hair is gold and mine is grey
You walk on grass, it turns to hay
Your blood is blue and your eyes are red
My body strains but the nerves are dead

I can't reach you, I strain my eyes
I can't reach you, I split my sides
I can't reach trying to get on you
See, feel or hear from you

The distances grow greater now
You drink champagne and past me plough
You fly your plane right over my head
You're so alive and I'm nearly dead

I can't reach you with arms outstretched
I can't reach you, I crane my neck
I can't reach trying to get on you
See, feel or hear from you

Once I caught a glimpse of your unguarded, untouched heart
Our fingertips touched and then my mind tore us apart

I can't reach you with arms outstretched
I can't reach you, I crane my neck
I can't reach, trying to get on you
See, feel or hear from you

I can't reach you with arms outstretched
I can't reach you, I crane my neck
I can't reach, trying to get on you
See, feel or hear, from you
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Our Love Was, Is
Our love was

Our love was famine, frustration
We only acted out an imitation
Of what real love should have been and suddenly
Our love was flying, our love was soaring
Our love was shining like a summer morning

Flying, soaring, shining morning
Never leaving, lying, dying

Love, love, love long, love, love, love long
Love, love, love long, love, love, love long
Love, love, love long, love, love, love long
Love, love, love long, love, love, love long
Love, love, love long, love, love, love long
Love, love, love long, love, love, love long

Our love was flying, our love was soaring
Our love was shining like a summer morning

Our love was famine, frustration
We only acted out an imitation
Of what real love should have been and then suddenly

Our love was flying, our love was soaring
Our love was shining like a summer morning
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Call Me Lightning
Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang

See that girl who's smiling so brightly - dum, dum, dum, du rang
Well I reckon she's cool and I reckon rightly - dum, dum, dum, du rang
She's good looking and I ain't frightened - dum, dum, dum, du rang
I'm gonna show you why they call me lightning - dum, dum, dum, du rang

Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang

Hey little girl who's dancing so lightly - dum, dum, dum, du rang
My XKE is shining so brightly - dum, dum, dum, du rang
The noose around us is slowly tightening - dum, dum, dum, du rang
Gonna show you why they call me lightning - dum, dum, dum, du rang

Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang

Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang

Hey little girl who's dancing so lightly - dum, dum, dum, du rang
My XKE is shining so brightly - dum, dum, dum, du rang
The noose around us is slowly tightening - dum, dum, dum, du rang
I'm gonna show you why they call me lightning - dum, dum, dum, du rang

Dum, dum, dum, du rang
Dum, dum, dum, du rang
You can't catch me, I'm as fast as can be
Call me lightning, I'm as fast as can be
No, you can't catch me, no, you can't catch me
Woo, lighting
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Magic Bus
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 no 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

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
You can't have it
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it

Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
Thruppence and sixpence each day
Cos I drive my baby every way

Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus, oh, oh, oh
Magic Bus, oh, oh, oh, Magic Bus, Magic Bus
I want the Magic Bus, I want the Magic Bus, I want the Magic Bus

I said, now I got my Magic Bus - too much, the Magic Bus
I said, now I got my Magic Bus - too much, the Magic Bus
I drive my baby every way - too much, the Magic Bus
Each time I go a different way - too much, the Magic Bus
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it

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
Magic Bus
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Someone's Coming
Goodnight baby, someone's a-comin', someone's a-comin'
Goodnight baby, gotta get a-runnin', gotta get a-runnin'
Your father doesn't like me
Told you that you couldn't see me anymore
That's why we meet in secret
That's why we're hiding here

Goodnight baby, same time tomorrow, same time tomorrow
Goodnight baby, see you here tomorrow, see you here tomorrow
Your mother made you stay in
When she saw you goin' out with me
You'll say you'll take the dog out
Then you sneak out here to me

If your parents find you here
You're gonna get a hidin', gonna get a hidin'
So I'll vanish, disappear
See you here tomorrow, see you here tomorrow
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Doctor, Doctor
Doctor, there's something wrong with me
My health is not all that it used to be
My heart is out of beat, I got blisters on my feet
My eyesight's getting dimmer, I can't see

Doctor, thanks for seeing me today, I'm glad
I've got every sickness there is to be had
I had whooping cough last month and today I've got the mumps
And tomorrow I'll catch chicken pox as well

Doctor, doctor, doctor make me well
I've not got long to go now I can tell
Doctor, doctor, doctor make me well
I've not got long to go I can tell
I've not got long to go I can tell

Those pills I took have no effect at all
Just the other day I had a nasty fall
And I think I broke my jaw when it hit the kitchen floor
And I'm shrinking, last week I was five-foot-four

I've been getting shivers lately, is it flu
I know the bug is going round, what can I do
And it's about to pick on me, I've still got the other three
Do you think if I caught smallpox I'd get flu

Doctor, doctor, doctor make me well
I've not got long to go now I can tell
Doctor, doctor, doctor make me well
I've not got long to go I can tell
I've not got long to go I can tell

Do you think it's time that I made out my will
I'll leave everything to you to pay my bill
Just how long is there to go, please tell me I want to know
But on second thought, don't tell me, I'm too ill
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Bucket T.
Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T

Found her in a barn in Tennessee
I paid five bucks for my Bucket T
Took me three years of sweat and blood
To clean off all that Tennessee mud
My Bucket T - Bucket T
Bucket T - Bucket T
My Bucket T - Bucket T
My Bucket T - Bucket T

T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T
Bucket, bucket, bucket, bucket, bucket, bucket

Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T

Cruisin' down the street in front of school
I wanna rev it up but I gotta be cool
Drivin' down the road I'll get my kicks
A-poppin' the clutch and slippin' the sticks
My Bucket T - Bucket T
Bucket T - Bucket T
My Bucket T - Bucket T
Bucket T - Bucket T

T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T, T
Bucket, bucket, bucket, bucket, bucket, bucket

Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T

Out at Rag City she's first in her class
There's nothing on the freeway she don't pass
All the girls want to take a ride with me
But there's only one seat in my Bucket T
My Bucket T - Bucket T
Bucket T - Bucket T
My Bucket T - Bucket T
Bucket T - Bucket T

Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket, bucket T, T, bucket T, bucket T
Bucket T, bucket T, bucket T, bucket T
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Pictures Of Lily
I used to wake up in the morning
I used to feel so bad
I got so sick of having sleepless nights
I went and told my dad

He said, "Son, now here's some little something."
And stuck them on my wall
And now my nights ain't quite so lonely
In fact, I, I don't feel bad at all
I don't feel bad at all

Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night
Pictures of Lily solved my childhood problem
Pictures of Lily helped me feel alright
Pictures of Lily - Lily, oh, Lily
Lily, oh, Lily, pictures of Lily

And then one day things weren't quite so fine
I fell in love with Lily
I asked my dad where Lily I could find
He said, "Son, now don't be silly
She's been dead since nineteen-twenty-nine."
Oh, how I cried that night
If only I'd been born in Lily's time
It would've been alright

Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful
Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night
For me and Lily are together in my dreams
And I ask you, "Hey mister, have you ever seen pictures of Lily?"
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