Helpless Dancer

[low_delta]

When a man is running from his boss
Who hold a gun that fires "cost"
And people die from being cold
Or left alone because they're old
And bombs are dropped on fighting cats
And children's dreams are run with rats
If you complain you disappear
Just like the lesbians and queers
No one can love without the grace
Of some unseen and distant face
And you get beaten up by blacks
Who though they worked still got the sack
And when your soul tells you to hide
Your very right to die denied
And in the battle on the streets
You fight computers and receipts
And when a man is trying to change
But only causes further pain
You realize that all along
Something in us going wrong

You stop dancing.


Pete Townshend
The Who
Quadrophenia
1973

Comments

[lonita.livejournal.com]

Just one of the many reasons why I admire that man.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows he's a world-class kind of musician, but he is still way underrated. Awesome guitarist, and one of the best songwriters ever.