Artist: The Who
Album: The Who Sell Out {1967} click for explanation
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Songs:
Armenia City In The Sky
Heinz Baked Beans
Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
Odorono
Tattoo
Our Love Was
I Can See For Miles
I Can't Reach You
Medac
Relax
Silas Stingy
Sunrise
Rael 1
Bonus Tracks:
Rael 2
Glittering Girl
Meloncholia
Someone's Coming
Jaguar
Early Morning Cold Taxi
Hall Of The Mountain King
Girl's Eyes
Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Alternative Version)
Glow Girl





Armenia City In The Sky
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday


If you're troubled and you can't relax
Close your eyes, think on this
If the rumors floating in your head are turned to facts
Close your eyes and think on this

Armenia, city in the sky
Armenia, city in the sky

If you ever want to lose some time
Just take off, there's no risk
If you ever want to disappear
Just take off and think of this

Armenia, city in the sky
Armenia, city in the sky

The sky is glass, the sea is brown
And everyone is upside-down

Armenia, city in the sky
Armenia, city in the sky
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Heinz Baked Beans
Wonderful radio London, whoopee


One, two, three, four

What's for tea, mum
What's for tea, darling
Darling, I said "What's for tea?"
What's for tea, daughter
Heinz baked beans
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Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
More music, more music, more music, more music


I danced with Linda, I danced with Jean
I danced with Cindy, then I suddenly seen
Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they've done to her man, those shaky hands

Mary is so pretty, the prettiest in the land
Guys come from every city just to shake her shaky hands

Linda can cook, Jean reads books
Cindy can sew but I'd rather know
Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they've done to her man, those shaky hands

Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they've done to her man, those shaky hands
Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they've done to her man, those shaky hands


Premiere Drums, Premiere Drums, Premiere Drums, Premiere Drums
Premiere Drums, Premiere Drums, Premiere Drums, Premiere Drums
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Odorono
She sang the best she'd ever sang
She could never sing any better
But Mr. Davidson never rang
She knew he would forget her

She'd seen him there
And put herself to ransom
He had stared
He really was quite handsome

She had really looked her best
She could never look any better
But she knew she'd failed the test
She knew he would forget her

Triumphant was the way she'd felt
As she acknowledged the applause
Triumphant was the way she'd felt
When she saw him at the dressing room door

She was happier than she'd ever been
As he praised her for her grace
But his expression changed, she had seen
As he leant to kiss her face

It ended there
He claimed a late appointment
She quickly turned
To hide her disappointment

She ripped her glittering gown
Couldn't face another show, no
Her deodorant had let her down
She should have used Odorono
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Tattoo
Its smooth sailing
With the highly successful sound
Of wonderful radio London


Me and my brother were talking to each other
Bout what makes a man a man
Was it brain or brawn or the month you were born
We just couldn't understand
Our old man didn't like our appearance
He said that only women wear long hair

So me and my brother borrowed money from mother
We knew what we had to do
We went downstairs past the barber and gymnasium
And got our arms tattooed

Welcome to my life tattoo
I'm a man now, thanks to you
I expect I'll regret you
But the skin-graft man won't get you
You'll be there when I die - tattoo

My dad beat me cos mine said mother
But my mother naturally liked it
And beat my brother cos his tattoo was of a lady in the nude
And mother thought that was extremely rude

Welcome to my life tattoo
We've a long time together, me and you
I expect= I'll regret you
But the skin-graft man won't get you
You'll be there when I die - tattoo

Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over
My wife is tattooed too
A-roody-to-to
Rooty-tooty-to-to
Rooty-tooty-to
Tattoo too, to you
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Our Love Was
Radio London reminds you go to the church of your choice


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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I Can See For Miles
Your a pussy cat and your where it's at, the one thats in on every play
The AM side, Big L
Speak easy, drink easy, pull easy

Hold your group together with Rotosound strings


I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have cos there's magic in my eyes
I can see for miles and miles
And miles and miles and miles, oh yeah

If you think that I don't know about the little tricks you play
And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way
Well, here's a poke at you, you're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile because all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
And miles and miles and miles, oh yeah

You took advantage of my trust in you when I was so far away
I saw you holding lots of other guys and now you've got the nerve to say
That you still want me, well, that's as may be
But you gotta stand trial because all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
And miles and miles and miles, oh yeah

I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have cos there's magic in my eyes
I can see for miles and miles
And miles and miles and miles, oh yeah

The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days
You thought that I would need a crystal ball to see right through the haze
Well, here's a poke at you, you're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile because all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
And miles and miles and miles
And miles and miles and miles

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
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I Can't Reach You
The Charles Atlas course with dynamic tension
Can turn you into a beast of a man


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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Medac
Henry Pond had no fun
Had a face like a currant bun
This adolescent little fella
Was nicknamed by his friends "Old Yella"

The doctors gave him creams and lotions
To try to soothe the boy's emotions
But all in vain the acne stayed
Henry's hopes began to fade

Then when just about to crack
Found another cream - Medac
When Henry in the mirror peered
His pimples all had disappeared
Henry laughed and yelled, "I got 'em
Me face is like a baby's bottom."
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Relax
Relax and settle down
Let your mind go round
Lay down on the ground
And listen to the sound of the band, hold my hand

Open up your mind
We'll love right where we lie
I'll know you from inside
You're like a horse I'll ride
O'er the sand through the land

Relax and let your mind roll on
Over all your problems
Relax and let your mind roll on
Over all your problems

We try harder and harder, try to get away
But it's a long, long wait until judgment day
So settle your affairs and take your time
Cos everything in the world is yours and mine, yours and mine

Relax and settle down
Let your mind go round
Lay down on the ground
And listen to the sound of the band, hold my hand
Relax
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Silas Stingy
Hold your group together with Rotosound strings


Once upon a time there lived an old miser-man
By the name of Silas Stingy
He carried all his money in a little black box
Wich was heavy as a rock with a big padlock
All the little kids would shout when Silas was about

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes mingy Stingy

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes mingy Stingy

Silas didn't eat which was just as well
He would starve himself for a penny
He wore old clothes and he never washed
Cos soap costs a lot and the dirt kept him hot
All the little kids would shout when Silas was about

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes dingy Stingy

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes mingy Stingy

In the back of his head was a voice that said
"Someone will steal it all."
He'll be laying in the gutter with an empty box
The thieves will be having a ball!"

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes mingy Stingy

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes mingy Stingy

He bought a safe to put the box in
And a house to put the safe in
And a watch-dog on a chain to make quite sure
And his face was very funny
When he counted up his money
And he realized he hadn't any more

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes mingy Stingy

Money, money, money man
Money, money, money bags
There goes mingy Stingy
There goes mingy Stingy
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Sunrise
You take away the breathe I was keeping for sunrise
You appear and the morning looks drab in my eyes
And then again I'll turn down love, having seen you again
Once more you'll disappear, my morning put to shame

You take away the breathe I was keeping for sunrise
You appear and the morning looks drab in my eyes
And then again I'll turn down love, having seen you again
Once more you'll disappear, my morning put to shame

Sometimes I fear that this will go on my life through
Each day I spend in an echoed vision of you
And then again I'll turn down love remembering your smile
My every day is spent thinking of you all the while

The times I've let myself down
My head spinning round
My eyes seeing only you
The chances I've lost
Opportunities tossed
Away and into the blue

You take away the breathe I was keeping for sunrise
You appear and the morning looks drab in my eyes
And then again I'll turn down love, having seen you again
Then again you'll disappear, my morning put to shame
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Rael 1
The Redchins in their millions
Will overspill their borders
And chaos then will reign in our Rael
The country of my fathers
A proud land overloaded
Like a goldfish being swallowed by a whale

Rael the home of my religion
To me the center of the earth

The Redchins in their millions
Will overspill their borders
And chaos then will reign in our Rael
My heritage is threatened
My roots are torn and cornered
And so to do my best I'll homeward sail
And so to do my best I'll homeward sail

Now captain listen to my instructions
Return to this spot on Christmas day
Look toward the shore for my signal
And then you'll know if in Rael I'll stay

If a yellow flag is fluttering
Sickly held against the morn
Then you'll know my courage is ended
And you'll send your boat ashore
But if a red flag is flying
Brazen bold against the blue
Then you'll know that I am staying
And my yacht belongs to you

Now captain listen to my instructions
Return to this spot on Christmas day
Look toward the shore for my signal
And then you'll know if in Rael I'll stay

He's crazy if he thinks we're coming back again
He's crazy if he thinks we're coming back again
He's crazy if he thinks we're coming back again
He's crazy anyway

If a yellow flag is fluttering
Sickly held against the morn
Then you'll know my courage is ended
And you'll send your boat ashore
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Rael 2
What I see is all I've seen
In my sweetest sleeping dreams
What I feel is all I've felt
When by newborn babes I've knelt
What I know now is all I've known
That has been good while I have grown
Bless the thoughts that bade me sail
And the God who made Rael
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Glittering Girl
Top Gear, Top Gear, Top Gear, Top Gear, Top Gear


One, two

She wasn't a fool, that glittering girl
She followed the rules, that shimmering pearl
Said the rules mama preaches don't die when they break
The things mama teaches you just gotta shake 

But she wasn't a fool, that slender lovely girl
She followed her rules and made money bigger
She wasn't a fool, that shining young woman
She followed her rules, she's crying for no man 

Said the rules mama teaches don't die when they're broken
She explodes into peaches and cries when outspoken 
She wasn't a fool, that goddess of hell
There's no mother's rules, she makes them herself 

If I was down upon my knees
To beg her surrender up to me 

Something inside her told her she shouldn't
Tried and alight her, but the girl wouldn't
She wasn't a fool but love fell from her face
She's not scared of me, she's afraid of disgrace
She wasn't a fool, that female for whirl
She followed her rules, that glittering girl
That glittering girl, that glittering girl
That glittering girl
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Meloncholia
Coke after Coke after Coke after Coca-Cola
Coke after Coke after Coke after Coca-Cola

Coke after Coke after Coke after Coca-Cola
Coke after Coke after Coke after Coca-Cola

Coke after Coke after Coke after Coca-Cola
Coke after Coke after Coke after Coca-Cola


My cup is 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
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

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 dog is sick, the dust is thick
The kids have picked most all the flowers
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Someone's Coming
Lunetta bag of nails


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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Jaguar
Two, three - John Mason
One, two, three, four
John Mason, we've got the best cars here


Grace, space, pace

Everything they've seen, you have seen
Everywhere they've been, you have been
Everything they've done, you have been and done already

Every lovely spot near or far
You can reach them too in your car
Or you might be there now if you own a Jag already

The radio blasting, the girls are glancing
The dash is dancing with gleaming dials

Grace, space, pace
Grace, space, pace

Jaguar, Jaguar, Jaguar
Jag-u-ar
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Early Morning Cold Taxi
I think we should do it a bit faster
One, two, three, four
John Mason, we've got the best cars here


Three thirty-six, it's cold
I know I'm growing old
With life's best side on the downward slope
It's in my own hands, I know I'll cope
My girl's with me and all my friends can see
Here I am again - early morning, cold taxi
Early morning, cold taxi

Done it before, do it again
Know from experience it's not in vain
She's the best I've had, I cannot see
What someone else can do to me
It's a long way home but love's so warm you'll see
Here I am again - early morning, cold taxi
Early morning, cold taxi

Early morning, cold taxi
Each time I do it I feel so down and out
Early morning, cold taxi
Though my mind thinks strange I'll keep on, no doubt

Three thirty-six, it's cold
I know I'm growing old
One day we'll be wed
This I know for it's what she said
Then no more will my mind be uneasy

Early morning, cold taxi
Each time I do it I feel so down and out
Early morning, cold taxi
Though my mind thinks strange I'll keep on, no doubt

Three thirty-six, it's cold
I know I'm growing old
One day we'll be wed
This I know for it's what she said
Then no more will my mind be uneasy

Here I am again - early morning, cold taxi
Early morning, cold taxi
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Hall Of The Mountain King
Things go better with Coke
Coca-Cola
Things go better with Coke


Two, three, four
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Girl's Eyes
Radio one


Hello

Girl's eyes, butterflies
How she cries, can't get through to you
She knows all the charts, breaks her heart
Thinks a lot of you

Each time you play a melody
It means the earth to this little girl
Can you be cruel and break her heart
Tear her small world apart

She's there, eyes aglow, very front row
Don't throw sticks at her
Please don't look away, see her way
I don't care anyway

It's you who led her on I see
Just leave her down in her misery
She don't want help from you and me
Can't tell a note from a symphony

It's you who led her on I see
Just leave her down in her misery
She don't want help from you and me
Can't tell a note from a symphony

Girl's eyes, butterflies
How she cries, can't get through to you
She knows all the charts, breaks her heart
Thinks a lot of you

Each time you play a melody
It means the earth to this little girl
Can you be cruel and break her heart
Tear her small world apart
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Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand (Alternative Version)
Odorono could have saved her day
Could have helped her to get the part
Odorono - and he would have stayed
Could have helped her to save her heart
Save her heart


I danced with Linda, I danced with Jean
I danced with Cindy, then I suddenly seen
Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they've done to her man, those shaky hands

Linda's got looks, Jean reads books
Cindy can sew but I'd rather know
Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they've done to her man, those shaky hands

Mary is so pretty, the prettiest in the land
Guys come from every city just to shake her shaky hands

I danced with Linda, I danced with Jean
I danced with Cindy and then I suddenly seen
Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they do to her man, those shaky hands

Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they done to her man, those shaky hands

Away with Linda, away with Jean
Away with Cindy and Mary waves at me
Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they do to her man, those shaky hands

Mary Anne with the shaky hands
What they've done to her man, those shaky hands
Oh, Mary Anne, Oh, Mary Anne
Oh, Mary Anne, Oh, Mary Anne
Oh, Mary Anne
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Glow Girl
Separates and lingerie, seven pairs of shoes
Lots of Woolworth's makeup, a pair of black watch trews
Your out of tune piano, sentimental photographs
A million little memories, a million little laughs

The wing of the aeroplane has just caught on fire
I say without reservation, "We ain't getting no higher."
All you wanted from me, all I had to give
Nothing matters you'll see, when in paradise you live
The plane is diving faster, we're getting near the ground
Nobody is screaming, no one makes a sound

It's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girl
It's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girl
It's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girl
It's a girl, Mrs. Walker, it's a girl


Track records, Track records, Track records, Track records
Track records, Track records, Track records, Track records
Track records, Track records, Track records, Track records
Track records, Track records, Track records, Track records
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